What is the best grade I could still finish this course with?

Enter your current grade and how much of the course is already graded. This calculates your ceiling, the grade you would end up with if you scored perfectly on everything remaining. It is a maximum, not a likely outcome.

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How we calculated this

Your locked-in contribution (current grade times the weight already graded) cannot change, so the best possible outcome adds the full remaining weight as if it were a perfect score. Using the example values above, 80% over 70% of the course contributes 56 points; adding the full remaining 30% brings the ceiling to 86%. Extra credit, if you enter any, is added on top since it typically is not part of the normal denominator.

Limitations

This assumes a perfect score is actually attainable on everything remaining; it does not check whether that is realistic for you. It also does not know your school's policy on whether extra credit is capped; enter only extra credit you know your course allows.

Common mistakes

A common error is entering "weight remaining" as a fraction less than 100% minus "weight already graded" when a course also carries ungraded-but-not-yet-assigned categories; double-check that the two weights actually sum to your whole course before trusting the ceiling. Another is forgetting extra credit exists and leaving the field at zero when a real extra-credit opportunity would raise the true ceiling higher.

Frequently asked

Why is my ceiling lower than 100%?: Because the work already graded is locked in at whatever score you actually earned; no amount of future perfection can raise a grade you have already secured on completed work.
Is this a realistic target?: It is a mathematical maximum, not a recommendation. Use Grade Needed to Pass or Final Grade Needed for a more grounded target.
Why does extra credit get added separately instead of blended in?: Because most extra credit sits outside a course's normal weighted denominator; adding it separately keeps the ceiling accurate instead of quietly changing what 100% means.
Can my ceiling ever go down?: Only if a category you previously assumed was remaining turns out to already be graded at less than a perfect score, since that moves points from the "assume perfect" bucket into the "locked in" bucket.

Next decision

If your ceiling is comfortably above where you need to be, see Grade Needed to Pass to find the minimum effort that keeps you safe, or Final Grade Needed for a specific target.