GPA Calculator

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Each row is a letter grade and credits. Add Course appends a row, and Calculate GPA uses an unweighted 4.0 scale with no A+. The result shows GPA, quality points, and total credits.

How to use

  1. Each row has a grade menu and a Credits box. The page opens with three rows, and Credits starts at 3. The menu is A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, and F. There is no course-name field.
  2. Click Add Course when you need another row. The new Credits box also starts at 3.
  3. Click Calculate GPA. The main line is GPA to two decimals. The line under it is total quality points to one decimal, then total credits.

When it helps

Quality points are the grade value times the credits on that row, summed across every row. GPA divides those quality points by total credits. A 3-credit A and a 1-credit B are not treated as two equal courses. That use of credits is still the unweighted scale. It is not an honors bump.

The values are exactly 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, and F=0. For assignment scores typed as a percent and a weight, use the Grade Calculator. For a plain percent of a number, use the Percentage Calculator.

Limits

Unweighted only. Nothing adds a point for an honors or AP course. If a school uses a 5.0 weighted scale, this result will not match that transcript. There is no A+ and no 4.3.

If total credits are 0, the result says Add credits and does not show a GPA. There is no button to delete a row. Set Credits to 0 on a row you want ignored, because a zero-credit row adds nothing. The credit step is 0.5, so halves are allowed. A blank credit is treated as 0.

Questions

Is A+ on the grade menu?

No. The top grade is A at 4.0. A- is 3.7. There is no 4.3 option and no extra slot above A.

What do the lines after Calculate GPA mean?

The large line is GPA to two decimals. The detail line is total quality points to one decimal, then total credits. Quality points are grade value times credits, added up.

Will this match a weighted transcript?

No. The scale is unweighted. An extra weight for an advanced course is not on the form and is not applied.