How to Calculate GPA From Several Transcripts

In the United States, there are three common grading systems: the number-grading system, the letter-grading system and the GPA system. If you are or have been a student in the United States, it is likely you have transcripts from multiple schools, and each might have a different grading system. If so, you can find your overall GPA through a simple conversion and calculation.

Instructions

    • 1

      Arrange your transcripts into three piles, one pile for each of the three grading systems.

    • 2

      Convert all transcripts using number-grading systems to letter-grading systems. Use a new piece of paper to be your pseudo-transcript for the number-grading system pile. Carry the credit-hours for each course on your original transcript onto the pseudo-transcript. Use the following scale to rewrite your transcripts:

      A+: 97 to 100 percent

      A: 94 to 96 percent

      A-: 90 to 93 percent

      B+: 87 to 89 percent

      B: 84 to 86 percent

      B-: 80 to 83 percent

      C+: 77 to 79 percent

      C: 74 to 76 percent

      C-: 70 to 73 percent

      D+: 67 to 69 percent

      D: 64 to 66 percent

      D-: 60 to 63 percent

      F: 0 to 59 percent

    • 3

      Place the pseudo-transcripts into the letter-grade pile.

    • 4

      Convert the letter-grade transcripts into GPA transcripts. Use a new piece of paper to be your pseudo-transcript. Convert the letter grade into a GPA grade for each course in your pile of letter-grade transcripts. Carry over the credit hours for each class. Use the following scale for conversion:

      A or above: 4.0

      A-: 3.7

      B+: 3.3

      B: 3.0

      B-: 2.7

      C+: 2.3

      C: 2.0

      C-: 1.7

      D+: 1.3

      D: 1.0

      D-: 0.7

      F: 0.0

    • 5

      Place the GPA-pseudo transcript into the GPA transcript pile.

    • 6

      Calculate your overall GPA. Multiply the GPA for each course by its credit hours. For example, if you received a 2.9 in your calculus course worth five credit hours, write 2.9*5 = 14.5. Add these values for every course, and divide by the total number of credit hours. This final value is your overall GPA, accounting for all your transcripts.

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