GPA Projection Calculator

Calculate a planned-semester GPA from course grades and credits, then combine it with your current cumulative GPA and completed credits.

Current cumulative GPA

Completed credits

—Planned semester GPA

—Planned credits

—Projected cumulative GPA

—Total credits after plan

Grading scales, rounding rules, extra-credit policies, dropped-score rules, and weighted GPA systems vary by school and course. Match the settings to your syllabus or institution before relying on a result.

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Match the gradebook model before trusting the target

Separate question-count tests, pure points, weighted categories, final-exam weighting and GPA scales. Then reconcile the calculator with the syllabus rule actually used by the class.

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Target GPA reverse planner

Reuse the current cumulative GPA and planned courses above, then solve backward for the future GPA needed to reach a target and compare that requirement with the existing course plan.

Target cumulative GPACredits to targetLeave blank or 0 to use the planned course credits above.GPA scale maximum

—Required future GPA

—Planned-course GPA

—Projected cumulative

—Max cumulative in window

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Forward projection and target solving answer different questions

Adding planned courses estimates where the cumulative GPA lands if those grades occur. A target solver works backward from a desired cumulative GPA and the number of future credits to find the average GPA required over that window. Keeping both directions visible makes a plan easier to audit and exposes goals that cannot be reached within the selected credit load.

Credits are the weighting mechanism

Cumulative GPA is a credit-weighted average, so a three-credit course does not affect the total the same way as a one-credit course. Verify completed credits against the transcript and include only credits that the institution counts in the GPA denominator. Transfer, pass/fail, repeated, withdrawn, or remedial courses can follow different institutional rules.

A required GPA above the scale maximum is a feasibility warning

If the reverse-solved future GPA exceeds the selected scale maximum, the arithmetic target cannot be reached within that credit window under the stated assumptions. Increasing future credits can change the required average, but official repeat or grade-replacement policies may also change the calculation. Use the result to frame a scenario, then verify policy-specific options with the registrar or academic adviser.

Treat projected grades as scenarios, not promises

Planned course grades are estimates. Compare the planned-semester GPA with the required GPA and test more than one scenario before relying on a target. Scholarships, honors, admissions, and academic-standing rules may use institutional GPA definitions or minimum course requirements that are not captured by a generic quality-points calculation.