Academics · Subject Resources

Your GPA two ways,
worked out course by course.

Enter each course with its grade, credits and level. The calculator gives the unweighted GPA on the 4.0 scale and the weighted GPA with your school’s extra points for honors and AP, year by year and overall, and shows exactly where each number comes from.

Work out my GPAWhat you get

The GPA calculator

The worked example is made up: two years of a ninth and tenth grader’s courses, with half-credit PE, art and health. Set the weights your school uses and replace the courses with your own. Nothing you enter leaves this browser.

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What you get

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What you finish with
Your unweighted GPA on the 4.0 scale and your weighted GPA with your school’s extra points, for each grade year and cumulative, with your credits and the credits in honors and advanced courses. Each course shows the points it carries. A one-page summary prints and the courses download as a spreadsheet.
Who it is for
High school students and their families, and the school counselors and registrars who check GPA questions with them.
Format
Browser tool. Works on a phone, tablet or computer; the GPA moves as you change a grade. Up to 80 courses in grades 9 to 12. Prints a summary; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); export and import a file.
Access
Free. No account, no sign-in and nothing to install. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Subject Resources space in Caveat Academics; also listed for School Operations (counselors and registrars).
Support
Questions, a correction or a request: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Set the extra points your school gives honors and AP, IB or dual enrollment courses. The handbook or school profile lists them.
  2. Add each course with its grade year, level, letter grade and credits.
  3. Read the weighted and unweighted GPA, by year and overall.
  4. Try next year’s courses with the grades you are aiming for to see where the GPA could go.
  5. Print the summary or export the file before a meeting with your school counselor.

Work out my GPA

How the GPA is worked out

Grade points times credits, divided by credits.

1 Each grade becomes points, times its creditsB+ in Chemistry3.3 × 1regular: no extraB in AP World(3.0 + 1.0) × 1AP adds 1.0A in Health4.0 × 0.5half a credit2 Divide by the credits: grade 10Unweighted3.3318.30 points ÷ 5.5 creditsWeighted3.6920.30 points ÷ 5.5 credits3 Cumulative: every course, both yearsUnweighted3.4711.5 creditsWeighted3.69honors +0.5, AP +1.01 Points × creditsB+ regular3.3 × 1no extraB in AP4.0 × 13.0 + 1.0A in Health4.0 × 0.5half a credit2 Grade 10Unweighted3.33÷ 5.5 creditsWeighted3.69÷ 5.5 credits3 CumulativeUnweighted3.47both yearsWeighted3.69both years
The worked example: two years of courses. Grade 10 alone is 3.33 unweighted and 3.69 weighted; both years together are 3.47 and 3.69.

The arithmetic

Each letter grade becomes grade points on the common 4.0 scale: A+ and A 4.0, A− 3.7, B+ 3.3, B 3.0, B− 2.7, C+ 2.3, C 2.0, C− 1.7, D+ 1.3, D 1.0, D− 0.7, F 0. Points are multiplied by the course credits, added up and divided by the total credits. The weighted GPA adds the school’s extra points for honors or advanced courses before multiplying; an F earns no extra points.

Why your number may differ

Schools set their own scales and weights: some give A+ more than 4.0, some weight only junior and senior courses, some cap how many weighted courses count, and some do not weight at all. Your transcript is the official record. Many colleges recalculate GPA from the transcript using their own rules, often counting only core academic courses, and read the school profile to see how hard your courses were.

Sources

  1. College Board, BigFuture. How to convert your GPA to a 4.0 scale: letter grades and grade points.
  2. National Center for Education Statistics. High School Transcript Study (nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/hsts): how GPA and course credits are computed from transcripts.
  3. Common Application. School report and school profile guidance for counselors: how schools report GPA scale and weighting to colleges.
  4. U.S. Department of Education. Dual enrollment: college courses taken in high school for credit at both.

The worked example is made up. The page computes GPA from the grades and weights you enter; it is unofficial and does not replace your school’s transcript. Your courses stay in this browser. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.