computes with whatever you enter. Below: the arithmetic, semester against cumulative GPA, and how retakes and pass fail courses usually behave.
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GPA from credits and grade points
Runs in your browser; nothing is sent or stored. Enter grade points as your school defines them, an A is 4.0 on the common scale and plus minus steps vary, so your transcript is the authority. Empty rows are ignored.
The arithmetic: points times credits, over credits
A three credit A and a one credit C do not average to a B: the A carries three times the weight. GPA multiplies each course's grade points by its credits, sums, and divides by total credits, which is why credit distribution matters as much as the letters themselves. Two transcripts with identical letter lists can carry different GPAs, and the difference is always in the credit column.
Letters to points: common scale, local steps
The common scale sets A at 4.0, B at 3.0, C at 2.0, D at 1.0; the disputed territory is the steps between, one school's A minus is 3.7, another's 3.67, and some scales cap at 4.0 while weighted high school scales run above it for honors courses. The table below lists a widely used version as a starting point. Read your points off your own transcript when it is available; that column already encodes your school's answer.
Semester GPA against cumulative GPA
The formula never changes; the set of courses does. Semester GPA weighs one term's courses, cumulative GPA weighs everything on the transcript. Scholarship renewals, academic standing rules and graduate applications each look at their own version, so check which one a form requests before entering numbers. To see both, run the tool twice: once with the term's courses, once with all of them, and label the results before they blur.
Retakes, pass fail and the rows that do not count
Retake policies vary: many schools replace the old grade in GPA while keeping both on the transcript, others average the attempts. Pass fail courses usually carry credits without grade points and stay out of GPA entirely; leave such rows empty here. Withdrawals typically add neither credits nor points. Each of these is a school rule the calculator will not guess; the registrar's page answers in a paragraph what forums argue about for pages.
Where this sits in WeSolve+
The GPA tells you where the transcript stands; the courses themselves are where it moves. Upload course PDFs to WeSolve+ for generated questions with reasoning and scheduled review of what you miss. Related tools: course grade, semester grade and final grade.
Sources used on this page
- Grading in education
- Academic grading in the United States
- Weighted arithmetic mean
- Grade point average
- Syllabus
- Final examination
- Course credit
- Carnegie Unit and Student Hour
- Transcript (education)
- Pass/fail grading
- Latin honors
- Academic probation
- Scholarship
- Graduate school
- Secondary school
- Honors student
- Testing effect
- Spaced repetition
- Active recall
- Forgetting curve
- Distributed practice
- Metacognition
- Study skills
- Desirable difficulty
- Formative assessment
- Educational assessment
- Test anxiety
- Motivation
| Letter | Common points | Note |
|---|---|---|
| A | 4.0 | A plus often also 4.0 |
| A minus | 3.7 | Some scales use 3.67 |
| B plus | 3.3 | Some scales use 3.33 |
| B | 3.0 | The common anchor |
| C | 2.0 | Common good standing line |
| D | 1.0 | Lowest passing on many scales |
How is GPA calculated?
Each course's grade points are multiplied by its credits; the products are summed and divided by total credits. The tool applies exactly that.
What points is an A minus worth?
Commonly 3.7, at some schools 3.67: the steps between letters are local. Your transcript's points column is the authority.
What is the difference between semester and cumulative GPA?
The course set: one term's courses against all courses on the transcript. Same formula, different coverage, and forms specify which they want.
How do retaken courses count?
By school policy: many replace the old grade in GPA, some average attempts. The registrar's rule decides; enter whichever grade your school counts.
Do pass fail courses affect GPA?
Usually not: they carry credits without grade points. Leave those rows empty here and they stay out of the average.
Is my data uploaded anywhere?
No. Everything runs in your browser; nothing is sent or stored.
Last updated: 2026-08-15