What it does
A GPA is an average of your grades weighted by credit hours, so a 4-credit course counts twice as much as a 2-credit one. Pick a grade and the credits for each course and the calculator shows your term GPA, the total credits and the grade points behind it. Add the GPA and credits from your transcript to see your new overall (cumulative) GPA after this term. Two scales are built in: the 4.0 scale used by most US-style universities, where A is 4.0 and A- is 3.7, and the 5.0 scale of Saudi universities, where A+ is 5 and a failed course still counts 1 point. Schools differ in the details, such as whether A+ is worth more than an A or how repeated courses count, so check the result against your school’s rules when it matters.
How to use it
- Choose your grading scale: “4.0 scale” for most US-style grades, or “5.0 scale (Saudi)” for Saudi universities.
- For each course, pick the grade and enter its credits (credit hours). The course name is optional. Click “Add course” for more rows.
- Your term GPA appears as soon as one course has a grade, with the total credits and grade points under it.
- For your overall GPA, fill in “GPA so far” and “Credits completed” from your transcript.
Common uses
- Checking your GPA before your transcript is updated, as soon as term grades come out
- Seeing how many grade points a retake or one more A would add to your overall GPA
- Checking a scholarship or honors requirement, such as staying above 3.5
- Working out a GPA on the 5.0 scale for a Saudi university portal
Tips
- Courses taken pass/fail usually don’t count in a GPA. Leave their grade empty so they’re left out.
- Your overall GPA moves less each term as your credits grow: a 15-credit term of 4.0 lifts a 3.0 over 90 credits to only 3.14.
- Use the GPA and credits printed on your latest transcript for “GPA so far”, not an average of your term GPAs, which ignores how many credits each term had.