Weighted GPA Calculator
A weighted GPA with the bonuses on screen and editable, because +0.5 for honors and +1.0 for AP is the common pair and not a rule. This page opens on a schedule with two AP courses and two honors courses: 25.3 quality points over 6 credits, a weighted 4.22 against an unweighted 3.72. Change either bonus to whatever your district uses and every figure below follows it.
| Course | Grade | Credits | Level | Points | Remove course |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 weighted semester GPA 4.22 over 6 credits with the record below.
Grade points on the 4.0 scale
A+ and A are both worth 4.0. The most common US convention. Weighting is on, so the last two columns are in use, at +0.5 for honors and +1.0 for AP or IB. Change either figure above to match your district.
| 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.
Common questions
- How is a weighted GPA calculated?
- The level bonus is added to the grade points before they are multiplied by the credits. On this page the AP A is (4.0 + 1.0), the AP A minus is (3.7 + 1.0), the honors B plus is (3.3 + 0.5) and the honors A is (4.0 + 0.5), which with the two regular courses gives 25.3 quality points over 6 credits, so 25.3 ÷ 6 = 4.22. The working line above shows each bonus in its own brackets rather than folding it into a number you cannot trace back.
- How much is an AP class worth?
- One extra grade point at most US high schools, and half a point for honors, which is what the boxes start on. Plenty of districts use +0.5 for AP, or +1.0 for both honors and AP, or nothing at all. The two Bonus per level boxes take whatever yours uses, and the grade table further down redraws itself to match.
- Can a weighted GPA be higher than 4.0?
- Yes, and that is the point of it. The 4.22 on this page comes from four bonused courses out of six. A transcript of nothing but AP A grades reaches 5.0 with a +1.0 bonus. The unweighted figure is shown beside it throughout, because that is the one many colleges recalculate to.
- Does the bonus apply to a failing grade?
- No. The bonus only reaches a passing grade, so a failed AP course is a zero exactly as a failed regular course is. Weighting rewards taking a harder course and getting through it, and lifting an F off the floor would be inventing points nobody earned.
- Why do two GPA sites give me different weighted numbers?
- Because they picked different bonuses and did not say so. Halving both, to +0.25 for honors and +0.5 for AP, turns the 4.22 on this page into 3.97. This page states the bonus it is using, lets you set it, and prints the arithmetic, so the number can be checked against your own transcript rather than trusted.
Exact arithmetic on the scale shown: quality points are grade points times credits, and the GPA is their sum divided by credits. Which points a school assigns to an A+ and how it weights honors and AP courses vary; the controls state the convention used, and your registrar's figure follows their own.