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GPA Calculator

Enter your courses to get both your unweighted GPA and your weighted GPA (honors +0.5, AP/IB +1.0 per course) - the two numbers most transcripts and applications actually ask for.

Weighted and unweighted, side by side

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Add at least one course to see your GPA.

Grades reflect what you can produce on the day it counts - Encodr's spaced review is built to make sure that's not the first time you've had to produce it.

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Weighted vs. unweighted, and why both numbers exist

Unweighted GPA converts every grade on the same 4.0 scale (A/A+ = 4.0, A- = 3.7, B+ = 3.3, down to F = 0.0) regardless of course difficulty. Weighted GPA adds a bonus per course to reward harder classes - this tool uses the common +0.5 for honors and +1.0 for AP/IB, though some schools use different bonus amounts or cap the scale at 5.0, so check your school's exact policy if you need an official number. Colleges typically recalculate applicants onto their own scale anyway, which is why most GPA calculators - including this one - are best used for tracking your own trend, not as the final number an application will show. Nothing you enter here is saved or sent anywhere - it's calculated entirely in your browser. If you're pre-med, the BCPM science GPA split AMCAS actually reports is a separate calculation from either number here.

From the blog

Weighted vs. unweighted GPA: how each is calculated

Weighted GPA adds a bonus for honors and AP/IB courses; unweighted does not. Both worked on one four-course example, and what you can and cannot convert.

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BCPM GPA: what it is and how to calculate it

What AMCAS actually splits your transcript into, and why the science GPA gets scrutinised separately.

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What a B+ actually means - letter grades, percents, and GPA points

A quick reference for converting between letter grades, percentages, and 4.0-scale GPA points, since the exact cutoffs vary more than people assume.

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How to calculate the GPA you need this semester

Your cumulative GPA and this semester's GPA are two different averages - the math for turning a goal into a number.

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What General Biology I and II, General Chemistry I and II, and College Physics I and II each cover, how they fit together, and free flashcards for each.

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