Yes
For my diploma, every semester there will be a semester GPA, as
well as a cumulative GPA.
The cumulative GPA for the very first semester of your course
will be the same as the first semester's GPA, as you do not have a
"previous cumulative GPA".
However, from the second semester onwards, things starts to get
harder. If your second semester's GPA drop, your cumulative will
drop as well.
Maybe i will share with you my own experience on the dangers of
not working hard in poly.
When i first entered poly, my first semester was easy, i got a GPA
4.0.
During my second semester, i have to handle a total of 8 modules, I
scored 5As and 3B+. My semester GPA was 3.791, and this caused my
cumulative GPA to drop from 4.0 to 3.816. Luckily the modules which
i scored B+ have lower credit units, if not my GPA will go even
lower
During my 3rd semester(2nd year already), i have 6 modules to
handle, and i scored C and C+ for modules with higher credit units,
my semester GPA was 3.135, and my cumulative dropped from
3.816(from the previous semester) to 3.580
