GPA Calculator — Weighted GPA
The view that rewards course rigor: honors classes add 0.5 and AP or IB classes add 1.0 to their grade point before the credit-weighted average is taken, so a transcript full of hard classes can score above 4.0. This page turns on weighting and adds a course-level selector so you can mark each class as regular, honors, or AP/IB and see how rigor lifts the result over the unweighted number.
Grade point average
Weighted GPA
3.78
10 credits · 37.8 quality points
GPA = total quality points ÷ total credits, on the standard 4.0 scale. Grade scales vary by school, so treat this as an estimate on the common letter-to-point mapping.
Rewarding a harder schedule
Weighted GPA tries to capture the fact that an A in an AP course is harder won than an A in a standard course. Adding 0.5 for honors and 1.0 for AP/IB before averaging means students who take demanding loads are not penalised against those who take easier classes for easy A's. It is the number schools often use for class rank and honor rolls.
The exact bonuses and caps differ by school — some use a 5.0 maximum, some weight only AP — so the figure here is an estimate of the widely used +0.5 / +1.0 convention. Compare it against the unweighted view to see how much your course rigor is adding.
Questions
- How much does an AP class raise a weighted GPA?
- In the common scheme this tool uses, an AP or IB course adds 1.0 to its grade point (an honors course adds 0.5) before the credit-weighted average, so heavy AP loads can push a weighted GPA above 4.0.
- Why is my weighted GPA above 4.0?
- Because honors and AP/IB bonuses are added to grade points before averaging, a schedule of high grades in weighted courses can exceed the 4.0 cap that applies to unweighted GPA.