How to use the major admission GPA cutoff calculator
When a program admits more applicants than it has seats, it sets a GPA cutoff for entry. This page checks your cumulative GPA against the cutoff your department published, and if you are short it works out how much you still need and what GPA next term would take. One cutoff, one verdict, so the inputs stay short.
A GPA at or above the cutoff reads as met. If you enter the credits you plan to take, the page weights your current GPA by your current credits and solves for the term GPA that lifts the cumulative figure to the cutoff, rounding up at the second decimal so the target is never understated. If even a perfect term falls short, it says so and shows the GPA a perfect term would actually reach.
Cutoffs and scale maximums differ by school, program and year, so nothing is built in and every figure comes from you. This page does not split merit scholarship tiers or award rates, and it ignores non-GPA factors such as interviews, prerequisite courses and seat ratios.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Departments almost always word the rule as at or above the cutoff, so a GPA equal to the cutoff reads as met here. If your department requires strictly above it, add 0.01 to the cutoff you enter.
It solves for the term GPA that pulls your cumulative GPA up to the cutoff, using your current GPA, your current credits and the credits you plan to take. It is rounded up at the second decimal so it is never understated.
Cutoffs for competitive majors move every year with the applicant pool, differ by school and department, and are not always published. You enter the figure from your own department's notice instead.