Weighted and unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale, credit-weighted the way colleges and the NCAA actually compute it. Building a full transcript? The transcript builder computes GPA per year and cumulatively as you go.
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Each course's letter grade converts to points on your scale (A = 4.0, B = 3.0...). Multiply each course's points by its credits, add those up, divide by total credits. That's the unweighted GPA. For the weighted GPA, add the course's weight to its points first: the common convention is +0.5 for Honors and +1.0 for AP or dual-enrollment courses (making an A worth 4.5 or 5.0).
Colleges ask for your GPA scale and whether it's weighted. The clean answer is to show both, with the scale printed next to them. That's exactly what our transcript builder outputs, and it defuses the "mom grades" skepticism better than any explanation: the math is visible.
A "P" grade conventionally counts as your lowest passing grade for GPA purposes (the NCAA treats pass as a D). In-progress courses are listed with an IP marker and excluded from GPA until graded; several dual-enrollment programs specifically require the IP marker on transcripts.
Co-op, online-program, and college grades go into your GPA like any other course, but label the provider on the transcript. Colleges weigh externally graded work as validation of the rest, which is a reason to welcome it, not hide it.
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Convert each course letter grade to points on your scale, multiply by the course credits, add them up, and divide by total credits. That is the unweighted GPA. For weighted GPA, add the course weight (commonly +0.5 for honors and +1.0 for AP or dual enrollment) to the grade points before multiplying.
Show both, with the grading scale printed next to them. Colleges ask for your scale and whether it is weighted, and showing both with the scale visible answers the question before it is asked.
A pass conventionally counts as the lowest passing grade on your scale; the NCAA treats a pass as a D. In-progress courses are marked IP and excluded from GPA until they are graded.
Yes. They are included like any other course, but the transcript should label the outside provider, and colleges will also want the college official transcript sent separately for dual enrollment.