How to use the weighted GPA and class rank calculator
A GPA is not the plain average of your grade points. It is a credit-weighted average, so a 3.0 earned in a 4-credit chemistry course pulls on your GPA four times as hard as a 3.0 earned in a 1-credit elective. Enter one course per line as Course, grade points, credits and this calculator does the weighting for you, then shows the quality points behind every line so you can check the math against your transcript.
There are two course boxes because many scholarship and admission formulas look only at core academic work. Put English, math, science and social studies in the first box and electives, PE and arts in the second, and you get an overall GPA and a core-course GPA side by side. The second box can be left empty. Grade points are read against the scale maximum you enter, which is why the scale is an input: a 4.0 unweighted scale and a 5.0 weighted scale that adds a point for honors and AP work are both common, and schools do not agree on the values behind each letter.
Class rank is optional. If you enter both your rank and your class size, the calculator divides one by the other to show your top percentile, so rank 16 in a class of 320 students is top 5.0 percent. That figure comes only from the rank and class size you type in, not from the GPA above, because your school computes rank on its own transcript rules. Many high schools no longer report rank at all.
Letter grades are not converted here. Enter the numeric grade points your school assigns, and check the scale maximum before you read the result.
Frequently asked questions
A GPA is a credit-weighted average, not a plain average of grade points. A 3.0 earned in a 4-credit course moves your GPA far more than a 3.0 earned in a 1-credit course, so credits must be entered for each line.
Yes. The scale maximum is an input, so set it to 5.0 for a weighted scale that gives honors or AP courses extra points, or leave it at 4.0 for an unweighted scale. Grade points above the maximum you enter are rejected.
It divides your rank by the class size, so rank 16 in a class of 320 students shows as top 5.0 percent. It is based only on the rank and class size you enter, not on the GPA above.