Unweighted GPA Calculator

The plain 4.0 scale, with no bonus points for honors or AP classes: an A is 4.0 in every course, whether it is gym or AP Chemistry. This is the number most colleges recalculate from your transcript — and the one they compare across schools.

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Unweighted vs weighted, in one example

Same student, same grades — an A in regular English and an A in AP Chemistry. Unweighted, both count 4.0, because the scale only asks what grade you earned. Weighted, the AP A might count 5.0, because that scale also rewards how hard the class was. Neither number is fake: weighted GPA is useful inside your school (class rank, honors cutoffs), while the unweighted number is the common yardstick outside it. If your school reports a weighted GPA, the weighted GPA calculator follows the common +0.5 / +1.0 scheme; if it reports both, the unweighted one is the safer number to quote on applications that ask you to self-report.

Who uses the unweighted number

Most college admissions offices recalculate an unweighted 4.0 GPA from your transcript so applicants from different schools can be compared fairly. NCAA eligibility is built on an unweighted core-course GPA, and many scholarship cutoffs are stated on the plain 4.0 scale. When a form just says "GPA" with no qualifier, it almost always means this one.

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Questions

What is an unweighted GPA?

A GPA on the plain 4.0 scale: A = 4, B = 3, C = 2, D = 1, F = 0, averaged by credit, with no extra points for honors, AP or IB courses. It measures the grades themselves, not the difficulty of the classes.

Can an unweighted GPA be above 4.0?

No — 4.0 is the ceiling on the standard scale, because an A is worth 4.0 and nothing counts for more. One exception: schools on the A+ = 4.33 scale can produce an unweighted GPA slightly above 4.0; if yours is one, switch the grading scale above and the calculator follows it.

Is a 3.5 unweighted GPA good?

Yes — it is an A-/B+ average with no difficulty bonus baked in, and it clears the stated cutoff for most scholarships and many selective colleges' first review. In AP-heavy schedules it reads stronger than the same number from an all-regular schedule, because readers see the courses behind it.