Why this will not match every portal
Some high schools add 0.5 or 1.0 for AP. Some colleges use A+ = 4.0, others 4.3. If your handbook disagrees with the table on the page, the handbook wins for that school.
Your numbers
GPA
Courses, letter grades, and credits on a visible 4.0 convenience scale.GPA
3.50Unweighted 4.0 convenience scaleQuality points21
Credits6
How we got this
- Quality points21
- Credit hours6
- GPAUnweighted 4.0 convenience scale3.5
What we assumed
- Default points: A 4.0, A− 3.7, B+ 3.3, B 3.0, and so on down to F 0.0.
- This is an unweighted 4.0 convenience scale. It is not every institution’s policy and not “weighted GPA.”
- GPA = quality points ÷ credit hours.
Technical details
Method gpa-v1.0.0Data Manual inputs / fixed rules
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Guide
Unweighted 4.0 GPA from credits and letters
Each course contributes grade points × credit hours, then the total is divided by credits. The letter-to-points map is a visible unweighted 4.0 convenience scale. Weighted honors points, plus/minus variants, and pass/fail policies differ by school.
Questions about this calculator
Is this a weighted GPA?
No. It is unweighted 4.0 convenience points. For a weighted GPA, your school’s extra points are not in this engine.
Can I mix semester and cumulative GPA?
Enter every course you want in the average with its credits. The page does not keep a separate transcript store; it averages what you type now.
Terms used here
- Credit hour
- The weight of a course in the average.
- Unweighted 4.0
- A = 4.0 style scale without honors boosts, as shown on the page.
Practical tips
Repeat-course policies (replace versus average) are school rules, not this calculator.
Limits and caveats
Exact for the scale displayed. Not a registrar calculation.
Results are for information. They are not legal, tax, medical, or financial advice. How the math is maintained · Report a wrong figure.
Engine notes
Rounding, versioning, and omissions that sit beside the guide rather than repeating it.
- Quality points. GPA = Σ(grade points × credits) ÷ Σ credits. An A at 4.0 with 3 credits plus a B at 3.0 with 3 credits is 3.5.
- Visible scale. Each letter’s point value is shown in the grade menu. It is a common U.S. unweighted mapping, not every school’s catalog.
- Weighted GPA policies vary by school. There is no nationwide weighted-GPA standard to apply, so this page uses the unweighted 4.0 scale it shows. Weighted course grades belong on the Grade Calculator.