GPA & Grades
Weighted, unweighted, semester, and cumulative GPA. Grade conversions and class rank.
Every tool in this category sits on top of the same small idea: a credit-weighted average of grade points. The formula doesn't change whether you're totalling one semester, four years, or a transfer transcript — only the inputs do. What makes GPA math interesting is the way schools vary those inputs. Some report plus-minus grades (A− = 3.7, B+ = 3.3), some snap everything to whole letters. Some add 0.5 for Honors and 1.0 for AP and IB, some add 0.5 across the board, some add nothing. The calculators here are built around the common conventions and flag where your school might differ. Knowing the formula matters most when your GPA doesn't match your intuition — you can usually find the disagreement in two minutes by redoing the math by hand.
How to use these tools
- Plus-minus grading treats A− as 3.7 and B+ as 3.3 in most schools; if your transcript shows only whole letters, every A is 4.0 and every B is 3.0.
- Admissions offices routinely recalculate to their own scale, so running both weighted and unweighted GPA is often the right move even when your school reports one.
- Credit hours matter more than the letter: a 4-credit B+ moves your GPA further than a 1-credit A.
- Pass-fail courses usually don't count toward GPA but failing grades do; check how your registrar handles withdrawals and incompletes before including them.
Guides & articles
A last note on these tools: they produce numbers, not judgements. A 3.52 on this site's calculator is the same 3.52 on your transcript, but the meaning of 3.52 depends entirely on your school's rigour, the course distribution, and the comparison pool. Use the calculators to get the arithmetic right. Use the blog posts to understand what the arithmetic means. Use your registrar, your counselor, or your admissions rep to decide what to do about it.