What is an unweighted GPA?

An average with no difficulty bonuses. Course credits still determine the weight unless you select Equal. An A is 4.0 in an AP class and 4.0 in a regular one, so the scale stops at 4.0 and nothing on a transcript can push it past that. The five courses here are 4.0 + 3.3 + 3.7 + 3.0 + 4.0 = 18 quality points over 5 credits, so 18 ÷ 5 = 3.60.

How do I convert my weighted GPA to unweighted?

You cannot do it from the weighted number alone: the bonus has to come off course by course, and the weighted figure no longer says which courses carried one. Enter the grades themselves above with weighting off and the honest unweighted figure comes out. With weighting on, the tool shows both numbers at once for the same grades.

What is a 3.6 GPA in letters?

Between a B plus and an A minus, and closer to the A minus: 3.6 sits above the 3.3 a B plus is worth and below the 3.7 of an A minus. The static reference table below the tool gives every letter its points and its quality points at 3 and 4 credits. This is a comparison with the shown letter ladder; a GPA does not uniquely determine an overall percentage or the underlying course grades.

Is an A plus worth more than an A?

Not on this scale. The 4.0 scale caps at 4.0 and treats an A plus and an A alike, which is the most common US convention. Some schools award an A plus 4.3, which lets a transcript pass 4.0 with no weighted courses at all. That is the second scale in the Scale control above, and nothing else on the ladder moves between the two.

Do colleges use the weighted or the unweighted GPA?

Colleges can recalculate from eligible transcript courses under their own admission rules. This page computes the unweighted figure for the course rows and credit weights you supply. It does not decide a college's eligible subjects, repeat policy or admission GPA.

Is a 2.7, 3.0 or 3.9 GPA a letter grade?

GPA is an average of course grade points, not one overall letter. On this page’s individual-course ladder, B− is 2.7 and B is 3.0; a 3.9 average lies between A− at 3.7 and A at 4.0. A 2.5 average lies between C+ at 2.3 and B− at 2.7. These comparisons do not reconstruct the course letters or a unique overall percentage.

Are 70%, 80% and 90% equal to 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5 GPA?

A percentage-to-GPA mapping depends on the grading convention. With the Percent mode’s displayed plus/minus bands here, 70% is C− and 1.7 points, 80% is B− and 2.7 points, and 90% is A− and 3.7 points. Whole-letter or institution-specific bands may differ. This is a per-course mapping followed by a credit-weighted average; it is not an arbitrary linear conversion from a national 10-point scale.

Unweighted GPA Calculator

An unweighted GPA on the 4.0 scale, with weighting switched off so no course earns a bonus for being an honors or an AP class. The page opens on five courses graded A, B+, A minus, B and A, which is 18 quality points over 5 credits and a GPA of 3.60. The letter table underneath is the whole scale the tool uses, printed rather than assumed.

Unweighted GPA · this semester3.605 credits · 18.0 quality points

Scale

Weighting

Credits

Course	Grade	Credits	Level	Points	Remove course
				4.0
				3.3
				3.7
				3.0
				4.0

The workingquality points, term by term
Quality points = 4.0 × 1 + 3.3 × 1 + 3.7 × 1 + 3.0 × 1 + 4.0 × 1 = 18, and 18 ÷ 5 = 3.60
Unweighted GPA5 courses counted
3.60
Creditsexcludes P, NP, W and I
5
Quality pointsgrade points times credits, summed
18.0

Cumulative

Add the record you already have and this combines the two by quality points, which is not the same as averaging the two GPAs. Combining the unweighted semester GPA 3.60 over 5 credits with the record below.

GPA so far

Credits so far

Cumulative after this semester

Grade points on the 4.0 scale

A+ and A are both worth 4.0. The most common US convention. Weighting is off, so only the Points column is in use.

Grade	Points	Honors +0.5	AP or IB +1.0
A+	4.0	4.5	5.0
A	4.0	4.5	5.0
A−	3.7	4.2	4.7
B+	3.3	3.8	4.3
B	3.0	3.5	4.0
B−	2.7	3.2	3.7
C+	2.3	2.8	3.3
C	2.0	2.5	3.0
C−	1.7	2.2	2.7
D+	1.3	1.8	2.3
D	1.0	1.5	2.0
D−	0.7	1.2	1.7
F	0.0	0.0	0.0

A failed course stays at zero however it is weighted: the honors and AP bonus applies only to a passing grade.

The scale is a convention, and this page names the one it is using. Most US schools map an A to 4.0 and an A+ to 4.0 as well; some give the A+ a 4.3, and weighting for honors and AP courses is set district by district. That pick is a control here rather than an assumption, and the table above shows every mapping currently in use. Finite browser arithmetic: quality points are grade points times credits, and GPA is their sum divided by GPA credits, displayed to two decimals. Supplied points receive no extra bonus; letter and percentage inputs use the displayed convention. Your registrar determines which courses count.

The 4.0 letter scale this page uses

Read straight off the scale the tool runs on, so the table and the answer cannot drift apart. Quality points are the grade points times the credits, which is why the same letter is worth more on a 4 credit course than on a 3 credit one. This tool excludes P, NP, W and I from GPA credits and points; institution policies may differ.

Grade	Grade points	Quality points at 3 credits	Quality points at 4 credits
A+	4.0	12	16
A	4.0	12	16
A−	3.7	11.1	14.8
B+	3.3	9.9	13.2
B	3.0	9	12
B−	2.7	8.1	10.8
C+	2.3	6.9	9.2
C	2.0	6	8
C−	1.7	5.1	6.8
D+	1.3	3.9	5.2
D	1.0	3	4
D−	0.7	2.1	2.8
F	0.0	0	0
P, NP, W or I	Not counted	Not counted	Not counted

Common questions

What is an unweighted GPA?: An average with no difficulty bonuses. Course credits still determine the weight unless you select Equal. An A is 4.0 in an AP class and 4.0 in a regular one, so the scale stops at 4.0 and nothing on a transcript can push it past that. The five courses here are 4.0 + 3.3 + 3.7 + 3.0 + 4.0 = 18 quality points over 5 credits, so 18 ÷ 5 = 3.60.
How do I convert my weighted GPA to unweighted?: You cannot do it from the weighted number alone: the bonus has to come off course by course, and the weighted figure no longer says which courses carried one. Enter the grades themselves above with weighting off and the honest unweighted figure comes out. With weighting on, the tool shows both numbers at once for the same grades.
What is a 3.6 GPA in letters?: Between a B plus and an A minus, and closer to the A minus: 3.6 sits above the 3.3 a B plus is worth and below the 3.7 of an A minus. The static reference table below the tool gives every letter its points and its quality points at 3 and 4 credits. This is a comparison with the shown letter ladder; a GPA does not uniquely determine an overall percentage or the underlying course grades.
Is an A plus worth more than an A?: Not on this scale. The 4.0 scale caps at 4.0 and treats an A plus and an A alike, which is the most common US convention. Some schools award an A plus 4.3, which lets a transcript pass 4.0 with no weighted courses at all. That is the second scale in the Scale control above, and nothing else on the ladder moves between the two.
Do colleges use the weighted or the unweighted GPA?: Colleges can recalculate from eligible transcript courses under their own admission rules. This page computes the unweighted figure for the course rows and credit weights you supply. It does not decide a college's eligible subjects, repeat policy or admission GPA.
Is a 2.7, 3.0 or 3.9 GPA a letter grade?: GPA is an average of course grade points, not one overall letter. On this page’s individual-course ladder, B− is 2.7 and B is 3.0; a 3.9 average lies between A− at 3.7 and A at 4.0. A 2.5 average lies between C+ at 2.3 and B− at 2.7. These comparisons do not reconstruct the course letters or a unique overall percentage.
Are 70%, 80% and 90% equal to 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5 GPA?: A percentage-to-GPA mapping depends on the grading convention. With the Percent mode’s displayed plus/minus bands here, 70% is C− and 1.7 points, 80% is B− and 2.7 points, and 90% is A− and 3.7 points. Whole-letter or institution-specific bands may differ. This is a per-course mapping followed by a credit-weighted average; it is not an arbitrary linear conversion from a national 10-point scale.

Finite browser arithmetic: quality points are grade points times credits, and GPA is their sum divided by GPA credits, displayed to two decimals. Supplied points receive no extra bonus; letter and percentage inputs use the displayed convention. Your registrar determines which courses count.