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Weighted GPA Calculator

Weighted GPA calculator with Honors (+0.5) and AP/IB (+1.0) bonus points. See how harder courses lift your GPA above 4.0, and compare weighted to unweighted. Free.

An AP A, an Honors B and a regular A (3 credits each) give a weighted GPA of4.17— versus 3.67 unweighted.
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HOW IT WORKS

Credit for the hard classes.

Weighted GPA adds a bonus to each course’s grade points before weighting by credits: commonly +1.0 for AP or IB and +0.5 for Honors. Because of the bonus, a weighted GPA can go above 4.0.

Worked example

AP course graded A = 4.0 + 1.0 = 5.0; Honors B = 3.0 + 0.5 = 3.5; regular A = 4.0. At 3 credits each: (5.0 + 3.5 + 4.0) × 3 ÷ 9 = 4.17 weighted, compared with 3.67 if none were weighted.

How to use the weighted gpa calculator

  1. Turn on “Weighted (Honors / AP)”

    A course-type column appears next to each grade.

  2. Set each course’s type

    Regular adds nothing, Honors adds +0.5, AP/IB adds +1.0 to that course’s grade points.

  3. Enter credits and grades

    The bonus is applied to the grade before it’s weighted by credit hours.

  4. Compare with unweighted

    Turn the weighting off to see the standard 4.0-scale number colleges often recalculate to.

How the bonus works

The bonus is added to the course’s grade points, not to your final GPA. An A in an AP class counts as 5.0 instead of 4.0; a B in Honors counts as 3.5 instead of 3.0. Regular courses are unchanged.

Why weighted GPAs pass 4.0

With +1.0 available on AP courses, a schedule full of top AP grades can reach a 5.0 weighted GPA. That’s why class ranks built on weighted GPA reward harder course loads.

Weighting isn’t standardized

Schools differ: some add +1.0 for Honors, some use a 5.0 or 6.0 scale, some don’t weight at all. These are the most common values; set them to match your school, and know that colleges usually recalculate to their own scale.

A FEW THINGS YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING

Weighted GPA Calculator questions

What’s the difference between weighted and unweighted GPA?
Unweighted caps every course at 4.0. Weighted adds a bonus for Honors and AP/IB courses, so it can exceed 4.0. The same three courses above are 4.17 weighted and 3.67 unweighted.
How much does an AP class raise my GPA?
An A in an AP course counts as 5.0 instead of 4.0 under +1.0 weighting — a full point on that course before it’s averaged in by credits.
Do colleges use weighted or unweighted GPA?
Many recalculate to their own (often unweighted) scale for fairness across schools, while still seeing your course rigor. Report the GPA your school puts on your transcript, and know both numbers.
What is a 5.0 GPA?
It’s the top of a weighted scale where AP/IB A grades count as 5.0 — straight A’s in all AP/IB courses. It isn’t possible on an unweighted 4.0 scale.