Admissions
High School GPA Calculator
Enter your courses, grades, and credits to get your weighted and unweighted GPA. Add the GPA you already have and it works out your new cumulative GPA too.
Add your GPA so far (optional)
To get a cumulative GPA, enter the weighted GPA and total credits from your earlier semesters.
Weighted GPA
4.00
+0.5 honors, +1.0 AP / IB
Unweighted GPA
4.00
4.0 scale
Applying to a UC? The University of California recalculates your GPA its own way, using only 10th and 11th grade A-G courses. Use the UC GPA calculator or the CSU GPA calculator.
The 4.0 scale
The points this calculator gives each letter grade before any weighting. Honors courses add 0.5 and AP, IB, and dual-enrollment courses add 1.0. A failing grade gets no bonus.
| Grade | Regular | Honors | AP / IB |
|---|---|---|---|
| A+ | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
| A | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
| A- | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| B+ | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| B | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| B- | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| C+ | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
| C | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
| C- | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
| D+ | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| D | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
What colleges do with your GPA
Admissions readers rarely take a GPA at face value. They read it next to your school profile, which tells them what courses were available and how your school grades. A 3.8 with the hardest schedule your school offers usually reads better than a 4.0 without it.
Some systems recalculate it entirely. If you are applying in California, use the UC GPA calculator. To see the GPA ranges individual colleges publish, open the college table.
Frequently asked questions
How do you calculate a weighted GPA?
Convert each grade to points on the 4.0 scale, then add 0.5 for an honors course and 1.0 for an AP, IB, or dual-enrollment course. Multiply each result by the course credits, add them up, and divide by your total credits. An A in an AP class counts as 5.0 and a B counts as 4.0.
What is the difference between weighted and unweighted GPA?
An unweighted GPA treats every class the same, so the highest possible is a 4.0. A weighted GPA gives extra points for harder classes, so it can go above 4.0. Colleges usually look at both, along with the list of courses behind them.
How do I calculate my cumulative GPA?
Multiply your GPA so far by the credits behind it, add the grade points from your new courses, and divide by the combined credits. A 3.6 across 12 credits plus a 4.0 across 6 new credits is (43.2 + 24) divided by 18, which is a 3.73.
Does my school use the same scale?
Maybe not. This calculator uses the most common scale, where an A is 4.0, an A- is 3.7, honors adds 0.5, and AP or IB adds 1.0. Some schools give an A+ a 4.3, weight honors a full point, or use a 100-point scale. Your transcript or school profile shows the scale your school uses.
Do colleges recalculate GPA?
Many do. The University of California, for example, uses only 10th and 11th grade A-G courses, drops pluses and minuses, and caps honors points. That is why the same transcript can produce different GPAs at different colleges.
