Calculate your GPA in seconds
Your grade point average sums up your academic performance in one number, and it matters for scholarships, honours, graduate school applications and internships. This GPA calculator converts letter grades and credit hours into your semester GPA on the standard 4.0 scale, shows a weighted GPA for honors and AP classes, and combines the result with your previous semesters to give your new cumulative GPA.
Features
- Letter grades from A+ to F, including plus and minus grades.
- Credit hours of any size, including half credits.
- Weighted GPA for honors (+0.5) and AP/IB (+1.0) classes.
- Cumulative GPA from your current GPA and completed credits.
- Optional A+ = 4.33 for schools that use it.
- Unlimited courses — add and remove rows freely.
- Private — your grades stay in your browser.
Grade point scale
| Letter | Points | Letter | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| A+ / A | 4.0 | C | 2.0 |
| A− | 3.7 | C− | 1.7 |
| B+ | 3.3 | D+ | 1.3 |
| B | 3.0 | D | 1.0 |
| B− | 2.7 | D− | 0.7 |
| C+ | 2.3 | F | 0.0 |
Example
Four classes: an A in a 3-credit class (12 points), a B+ in a 4-credit class (13.2 points), an A− in a 3-credit class (11.1 points) and a B in a 2-credit class (6 points). That's 42.3 points over 12 credits, a GPA of 3.53. If your previous cumulative GPA was 3.20 over 30 credits, your new cumulative GPA is (3.20 × 30 + 42.3) ÷ 42 ≈ 3.29.
How to raise your GPA
- Focus on high-credit classes. A better grade in a 4-credit class moves your GPA more than in a 1-credit class.
- Act early in your studies. The more credits you have, the harder it is to move a cumulative GPA, so early semesters have the biggest effect.
- Check retake policies. Many schools replace or average a failed grade if you retake the class.
- Use office hours and tutoring before exams, not after.
Weighted GPA in admissions
Colleges often recalculate GPAs using their own method, and many look at the difficulty of your courses as well as the grades. A strong unweighted GPA in a demanding schedule usually counts for more than a high weighted GPA from easier classes.
For other quick calculations, see the Percentage Calculator — handy for converting test scores into percentages.