Weighted GPA Calculator

For schools that reward harder classes: regular courses on the 4.0 scale, honors worth +0.5, AP and IB worth +1.0, capped at 5.0 per course — the most common weighting scheme in US high schools.

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Add your courses and grades — your GPA appears here as you type.

Weighting schemes vary — a lot

Some schools give +1.0 for honors too, some cap at 4.5, some weight by percentage instead of letter. If your school's scheme differs, the honest comparison number is still the unweighted GPA from the main calculator — that is the number colleges recalculate. Use weighted GPA for class rank and your school's own honors cutoffs.

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Questions

Can a weighted GPA be above 4.0?

Yes — that is the point of weighting. A full schedule of AP classes with A's reaches 5.0 on this scheme.

Do colleges prefer weighted or unweighted?

They look at both in context: the unweighted grades, and whether you chose the hardest courses available to you. An unweighted 3.7 with four AP classes usually reads better than a 4.0 with none.