How to use the academic score from course grades calculator
Where a transcript is scored arithmetically rather than read, two things decide the result: the value the rubric puts on each letter and the credits behind each course. A rubric that drops one point from A to B treats a mixed transcript very differently from one that drops three. Enter the point table, then the courses with their letters and credits, and you get a credit-weighted academic score.
The point table is an input because every program sets its own. Copy the five values for A, B, C, D and F from the rubric you are applying under. The academic score maximum is separate, since one program may allot 700 points to coursework and another 80, and points awarded outside coursework, such as activities or an interview, go in the non-academic box. Leave that box empty and the line disappears from the result rather than showing a zero.
The arithmetic is Σ(letter value × credits) ÷ Σcredits for the weighted letter value, divided by the highest value in your table and multiplied by the academic score maximum. Grades at the top of the table across every course therefore return the full academic score. Nothing is rounded partway through; only the displayed figures are cut to two decimals.
Plus and minus grades, pass or fail courses, weighted honors bonuses and grade replacement after a retake are not supported. Only the five whole letters in the table are read.
Frequently asked questions
Programs that score transcripts arithmetically set their own value for each letter. One rubric may put a B only a point below an A while another drops several, so a built-in table would be wrong for most readers.
Yes, when A is the highest value in your table. The academic score is the credit-weighted average of the letter values divided by the highest value in the table, multiplied by the academic score maximum, so all-highest grades return the maximum.
No. Only A, B, C, D and F are read, matching the five values in the point table. A rubric that separates B plus from B is not supported here.