The vast bulk of your GPA is due to testing. In major classes its pretty common to have your entire grade be from two or three exams. Increasingly in nonmajor c

The vast bulk of your GPA is due to testing. In major classes its pretty common to have your entire grade be from two or three exams. Increasingly in nonmajor classes they are weighing things like labs and assignments less and increasing the weight on exams. Especially in this era where you have to be at least a little suspicious of every submission you aren't in the room to see.