Enter your courses, grades, and credit hours for the semester to calculate your Semester GPA. Add up to 8 courses, select the letter grade for each, and the calculator returns your GPA on a 4.0 scale along with total credits earned and quality points.
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Semester GPA reflects your academic performance in a single term only, calculated from the courses taken that semester. Cumulative GPA is an overall average across all completed semesters and is the figure colleges, employers, and graduate programs typically use for academic standing, scholarships, and eligibility.
GPA is calculated by multiplying each course's grade points by its credit hours to get quality points, summing all quality points, then dividing by total credit hours. For example, an A (4.0) in a 3-credit course gives 12 quality points. Divide total quality points by total credits for your GPA.
Quality points are the product of a course's grade point value and its credit hours. For instance, earning a B+ (3.3 grade points) in a 4-credit course yields 13.2 quality points. The sum of all quality points divided by total credits equals your GPA.
Credit hours represent the weight of a course — typically corresponding to hours spent in class per week. A 4-credit course carries more influence on your GPA than a 1-credit elective, so a poor grade in a high-credit course has a larger negative impact than the same grade in a low-credit course.
A GPA of 3.5 or higher is generally considered excellent and may qualify you for the Dean's List or academic honors. A 3.0 (B average) is widely seen as the minimum for graduate school competitiveness, and falling below 2.0 can result in academic probation at most institutions.
An unweighted GPA uses the standard 4.0 scale regardless of course difficulty. A weighted GPA rewards harder courses like AP or Honors by adding extra grade points — for example, an A in an AP class may count as 5.0 instead of 4.0. This calculator uses the standard unweighted 4.0 scale.
Focus on high-credit courses since they have the most impact on your GPA. Retaking a course in which you earned a low grade (where your school allows grade replacement) can significantly boost your average. Consistent performance over multiple semesters matters more than a single great term.
Your official GPA is typically reported to two decimal places by your institution. While you can describe a 3.74 GPA as 'approximately 3.7' in conversation, you should never round up to 3.8 or 4.0 on official documents like resumes or applications — it may be considered misrepresentation.