Enter your high school courses, select each grade, credits, and course level (Regular, Honors, or AP/IB) to calculate both your unweighted GPA and weighted GPA. Add as many courses as you need — the calculator handles the full quality-point math and shows you both your semester and cumulative results side by side.
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Weighted GPA
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High schools convert each letter grade into grade points on a 4.0 scale, then multiply those points by the course's credit hours to get quality points. Your GPA is the total quality points divided by total credits earned. For example, an A in a 1-credit course yields 4.0 quality points.
Unweighted GPA uses the standard 4.0 scale for every class regardless of difficulty. Weighted GPA adds bonus points — typically +0.5 for Honors courses and +1.0 for AP or IB courses — before calculating the average. This means a weighted GPA can exceed 4.0, rewarding students who take more rigorous coursework.
Advanced courses receive extra grade points to reflect their increased difficulty. Most high schools add +0.5 for Honors and +1.0 for AP or IB to the base grade points before multiplying by credits. So an A in an AP class earns 5.0 weighted grade points instead of the standard 4.0.
Yes — on a weighted scale. Because AP and IB courses add up to 1.0 bonus points to a grade, students taking mostly advanced courses with high grades can achieve a weighted GPA well above 4.0 (sometimes as high as 5.0 or more). Unweighted GPA is always capped at 4.0.
In most high schools, yes — all grades from 9th grade onward are included in your cumulative GPA. Some schools start GPA tracking from 10th grade, so it's worth checking your school's specific policy. Either way, strong 9th-grade performance helps build a solid GPA foundation.
Semester GPA reflects only the courses taken during a single semester, while cumulative GPA averages all courses taken across every semester of your high school career. Colleges typically look at both — semester GPA shows recent performance trends, and cumulative GPA shows your overall academic record.
Generally yes — most high schools include all graded courses in GPA calculations, including PE, arts, and electives. However, pass/fail courses (which receive a P or F rather than a letter grade) are usually excluded from GPA calculations since there are no grade points to assign.
Most year-long high school courses are worth 1 credit, while semester-long courses are typically 0.5 credits. Some schools assign different credit values to lab sciences or double-period classes. When in doubt, check your course catalog or transcript — credits are usually listed alongside each class.