What GPA am I earning this term?

How we calculated this

Each included course contributes its credits times its quality points; the total is divided by the total included credits. Using the example values above (4 credits at 3.0, 3 credits at 4.0), the total quality points are 12 plus 12, or 24, divided by 7 included credits, giving a semester GPA of 3.4286.

A 1-credit lab and a 4-credit lecture do not count equally toward the result; the 4-credit course pulls the GPA further toward its own grade, which is the entire point of a credit-weighted GPA over a simple average of letter grades.

Limitations

This does not know your school's actual quality-point scale; some schools use 4.0 for an A and others use a scale up to 4.33 or 4.5 for an A+. Enter the quality points your own school's scale assigns, not a generic assumption. It also does not decide whether a pass/fail or transfer course should count in your GPA; that is your school's own policy, applied here through the "Include in GPA" checkbox on each row.

Common mistakes

A frequent error is entering a letter grade or a percentage where quality points belong, such as typing "90" instead of "3.7." Quality points are the small per-credit scale value your school's grade converts to, not a percentage or a raw score. Another is leaving a pass/fail course's checkbox checked when your school explicitly excludes pass/fail grades from GPA, which silently pulls the result away from what your transcript will actually show.

Frequently asked

What if I do not know my school's quality-point scale?

Check your registrar's grading policy page or your syllabus; scales commonly run to 4.0 but vary by school and sometimes by plus/minus grading, so confirm rather than assume.

Does a 0-credit or audited course affect my GPA?

Only if you include it with actual credits greater than 0; a genuinely 0-credit course contributes nothing to a credit-weighted GPA regardless of its grade, so there is nothing meaningful to enter for it here.

Why does removing a low grade sometimes barely change my GPA?

Because the effect depends on that course's credit weight relative to the rest of your term; a low grade in a 1-credit course moves the total far less than the same grade in a 4-credit course would.

Can I use this before final grades are posted?

Yes, as a projection with your expected grades; recalculate once actual final grades post, since a projection is only as accurate as the quality points you assumed.

Next decision

Once you have this term's GPA, see Cumulative GPA to combine it with your prior terms.

For why a cumulative GPA is never a simple average of term GPAs, read Why Credit-Weighted GPA Isn't a Simple Average.

For transfer credit, repeats, and major-GPA inclusion rules explained together, read Which Courses Actually Count Toward Your GPA.