GPA calculator
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Choose a grade and enter the credit hours for each course.
Grade points (change them to match your college)
The grade points used
The calculator starts with the scale most US colleges use: A+ and A 4.0, A- 3.7, B+ 3.3, B 3.0, B- 2.7, C+ 2.3, C 2.0, C- 1.7, D+ 1.3, D 1.0, D- 0.7 and F 0. These are the values published by the University of Miami registrar, apart from D-, which that university does not award.
Colleges do not all use the same values. Some give an A+ 4.33, some give an A- 3.67 and a B+ 3.33, and some use whole letter grades only. Your college's catalog or registrar's website lists the values it uses, and you can enter them under "Grade points".
Cut or rounded to two decimal places
The large figure is the GPA cut to two decimal places, not rounded, which is how many registrars show it. The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute registrar gives the example of 41 grade points over 13 credit hours, which is 3.1538 and is shown as 3.15. Other colleges round, so the calculator also shows the rounded figure, which can be 0.01 higher. The exact sum it is based on is shown under each result.
What the calculator does not allow for
Courses taken pass/fail, withdrawals and incompletes are usually left out of a GPA, so leave them out here. Colleges treat a repeated course in different ways: some count only the later grade, others count both. Transfer credits are often not included in the GPA at the college you transfer to.
The cumulative figure uses the GPA so far that you enter. A GPA on a transcript is itself cut or rounded to two places, so the cumulative result can differ from your college's figure in the last digit. Your transcript is the official record.
How is a GPA worked out?
Each letter grade is worth a number of grade points (an A is 4, a B is 3, a C is 2, a D is 1 and an F is 0). Multiply the points for each course by its credit hours, add the results together and divide by the total credit hours. For example, an A in a 4-credit course and a B in a 3-credit course give 16 + 9 = 25 grade points over 7 credit hours, a GPA of 3.57.
How is a cumulative GPA worked out?
Your cumulative GPA covers every graded course so far, weighted by credit hours. Multiply your GPA so far by the credit hours it covers, add the grade points for this semester, and divide by the total credit hours. A GPA of 3.2 over 30 credit hours is 96 grade points; adding a semester of 41 grade points over 13 credit hours gives 137 over 43, a cumulative GPA of 3.18.
Is an A+ worth more than 4.0?
At most colleges an A+ is worth 4.0, the same as an A. Some colleges give it 4.33. Some do not use plus and minus grades at all, and some give an A- 3.67 rather than 3.7. Open "Grade points" under the calculator and enter the values your college uses.
Does it work out a weighted high school GPA?
No. The calculator works out an unweighted GPA, in which every course is scored on the same 4.0 scale. High schools that weight honors, AP or IB courses add extra points to those courses, and the amount differs from school to school and district to district.
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