GPA Calculator
Calculate your GPA with weighted credit hours. Enter your courses, letter grades, and credits to find your cumulative grade point average.
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How to Use This Calculator
Calculate your GPA accurately by entering your courses and grades. Our calculator handles weighted credit hours:
- Enter each course name (optional, but helps you keep track).
- Select the letter grade you received for each course.
- Enter the credit hours for each course (typically 3-4 for most courses).
- Click 'Add Course' to add more courses to your calculation.
- Your cumulative GPA updates automatically as you enter grades.
Why This Matters
Your GPA is a critical metric throughout your academic career and beyond. It determines eligibility for scholarships, Dean's List recognition, honors programs, and graduate school admission. Many employers also look at GPA when hiring recent graduates. Understanding how individual course grades affect your cumulative GPA helps you make strategic decisions about course selection, studying priorities, and whether to retake a course.
- Track your academic progress toward graduation requirements
- Determine eligibility for scholarships and honors programs
- Plan course loads to maintain or improve your GPA
- Calculate what grades you need to reach GPA goals
- Prepare accurate information for job and graduate school applications
Worked Examples
First Semester Freshman
4 courses: English (B, 3 credits), Calculus (A, 4 credits), Psychology (A-, 3 credits), History (B+, 3 credits).
Improving Your GPA
Current GPA: 2.8 with 60 credit hours. You take 15 more credits with a 3.5 GPA.
Dean's List Calculation
Need 3.5 GPA for Dean's List. Current semester: A (4 cr), B+ (3 cr), A- (3 cr), ? (3 cr).
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Forgetting to weight grades by credit hours - a 4-credit A matters more than a 3-credit A.
- Using high school GPA scales for college calculations - college typically uses a 4.0 scale without weighting.
- Not understanding that some schools use +/- grades while others don't - know your school's scale.
- Ignoring pass/fail courses in cumulative GPA calculations - they usually don't affect GPA but do count for credits.
- Calculating semester GPA when cumulative is needed (or vice versa) - they're different numbers.