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GPA Calculator

Enter the grade and the credits for each course — the average appears as you type. Add your previous GPA and credits, and the cumulative figure comes out too.

Grade Credits Course level
This term

Before this term

What do I need next term?

The scale here is the common American one: A and A+ are both 4.0, A− is 3.7, B is 3.0, and so on down to F at zero. Some schools give A+ a 4.3 and some count pluses and minuses differently — check your handbook if the figure has to match a transcript exactly.

In the weighted mode honors adds 0.5 and AP or IB adds 1.0 — the most common arrangement, though not a universal one. An F stays an F: the bonus never lifts a failed course, exactly as schools count it.

Everything is counted in your browser: the grades stay on this device and are remembered only here, so a term can be filled in over several sittings. Nothing is sent anywhere.

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How to use

  1. Pick the grade for the first course and set its credits. A new row appears as soon as you fill the last one.
  2. Switch on weighting if your school counts honors and AP courses for more.
  3. To get the cumulative figure, fill in the GPA and credits you had before this term.
  4. Set a goal GPA and the credits you plan to take, and the page says what average you need to reach it.

Good to know

GPA is a weighted average, not a plain one

Each course counts as much as its credits. An A in a four-credit course pulls twice as hard as a C in a two-credit one — and that is where the usual mistake lives: averaging the grade points on their own gives a higher figure than the transcript, and the difference grows with every uneven term.

Why a cumulative GPA is not the average of two terms

Terms have different weights too. Three point zero over thirty credits followed by four point zero over fifteen gives 3.33, not 3.5: the older, heavier term still holds most of the total. The page converts both back into grade points before dividing, which is exactly how a registrar does it.

What weighting does and does not do

In the weighted mode honors adds 0.5 and AP or IB adds 1.0 to the grade point — the most common arrangement in American schools, though not a universal one. A failed course stays failed: the bonus never lifts an F, because no school counts it that way, and a weighted calculator that did would flatter you into a wrong decision.

Frequently asked questions

How do I calculate my GPA?

Multiply each grade point by the course credits, add those up, and divide by the total credits. That is what this page does as you type — the arithmetic is simple, but doing it by hand across twelve courses is where slips happen.

Is an A+ worth 4.0 or 4.3?

Here it is 4.0, because that is what most schools use: a plus on the top grade usually cannot raise the number past the ceiling of the scale. A minority of schools do give 4.3. If your figure has to match a transcript exactly, check the handbook.

What is the difference between weighted and unweighted GPA?

Unweighted treats every course the same and cannot exceed 4.0. Weighted adds a bonus for harder courses, so it can go above 4.0. Universities usually recalculate the figure their own way, so the unweighted number is the safer one to quote.

Do failed or pass-fail courses count?

An F counts, and it counts hard: zero grade points across its credits. A pass-fail course usually carries no grade points at all — leave its grade blank here, and the credits will stay out of the average, as they do on the transcript.

Are my grades sent anywhere?

No. The whole calculation happens in your browser, and the rows are remembered on this device only so that a term can be filled in over several sittings. Clear the site data and they are gone.

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