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GPA Calculation

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Option 1: Use the Automated GPA Calculator

This calculator is intended for a close approximation of actual GPA.

Grade Point Average Calculator

To answer these questions you need to supply the following information:

Enter Your Current Cumulative (CUM) GPA:
Enter Your Total Number of Credit Hours Completed to Date:
(Do not include hours for courses in which you are currently enrolled or that you have transferred to WC)

How will the grades that I anticipate receiving in the courses I am now taking affect my CUM GPA at the end of this term?

Enter the credit hours and expected grades below for (up to six) courses that you are presently taking; press CALCULATE to find your new predicted cumulative GPA.

Course 1: Credit Hours Anticipated grade:

Course 2: Credit Hours Anticipated grade:

Course 3: Credit Hours Anticipated grade:

Course 4: Credit Hours Anticipated grade:

Course 5: Credit Hours Anticipated grade:

Course 6: Credit Hours Anticipated grade:

My new Predicted CUM GPA would be:

What will it take and how many credit hours will I need to raise my CUM GPA to a new specified level?

I would like to raise my cumulative GPA to

If I can maintain a average from hereon, (e.g. 3.5, 2.5,....) how many additional credit hours will it take to raise my my CUM GPA to this new level?

What grade average do I need to achieve this term to raise my cumulative GPA to a new specified level?

I am currently taking credit hours.

If I want to raise my cumulative GPA to at the end of this term, e.g. 3.5, 2.5,....) what will I have to average on my current courses to reach this goal?

Option 2: Determine Grade Point Averages Manually

1) First, pick those classes you wish to include in your calculation (for example select all of your major courses to calculate major GPA).

2) Second, multiply the credit amount by the number equivalence of the letter grade.

A+ = 4.0
A = 4.0
A- = 3.67
B+ = 3.33
B = 3.0
B- = 2.67
C+ = 2.33
C = 2.0
C- = 1.67
D+ = 1.33
D = 1.0
D- = .67
F = 0.0

(If you re-enrolled in a course, count only the credit hours and grade from the second course)

3) Third, total these amounts. This number is known as the quality points.

4) Fourth, add up all of the credit amounts for each class you added together. This number is know as the GPA credits.

To find your GPA divide the quality points by the GPA credits. For example:

4 credits B-
4 credits A
4 credits C+
4 credits C

GPA credits = 4+4+4+4 = 16

Quality points = (4x2.67)+(4x4)+(4x2.33)+(4x2) = 44

44/16 = 2.75 cummulative GPA