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Semester GPA Goal Planner

Enter your current cumulative GPA and credits, a target cumulative GPA, and how many credits you're taking this term. It tells you the exact GPA you need this semester to reach that target - and whether it's realistically possible.

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What you need this semester

Enter your numbers to see the GPA you need.

Once you know the GPA you need, Encodr is how you hold onto the material well enough to actually earn it - spaced review instead of a last-minute cram.

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How this is calculated

Your cumulative GPA is a credit-weighted average across every credit you've ever taken, so reaching a new target means solving for the semester GPA that, combined with your existing credits and GPA, averages out to the target across your new, larger total credit count: needed semester GPA = (target × (credits so far + credits this semester) − current GPA × credits so far) ÷ credits this semester. A small number of new credits moves a large existing credit base only a little, which is why the GPA needed to make a real move late in a degree is often higher than students expect - and why a target that needs above a 4.0 isn't achievable this semester regardless of grades, since a 4.0 (or higher on a plus scale) is the ceiling most schools allow.

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