Project your GPA for a single semester from course credits and expected grades.
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How to use the Semester GPA Calculator
Plan a semester by entering each course's credit hours and expected letter grade. Fieldlet calculates the projected term GPA on a standard 4.0 scale.
Estimate one academic term's GPA from course grades and credit values. Keeping the calculation term-specific makes it easier to compare a planned schedule with the eventual semester record.
Fieldlet performs the calculation locally. Compare important academic results with the grading policy published by the relevant instructor or institution.
Expected letter grades are converted to grade points.
Each course's grade points are weighted by its credit hours.
Total quality points are divided by semester credit hours.
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Worked examples
Estimate a four-course semester
Scenario: Courses worth 3, 3, 4, and 2 credits receive grade points of 4.0, 3.0, 3.7, and 2.0.
Result: The estimated semester GPA is 3.32.
The courses produce 12, 9, 14.8, and 4 quality points. The 39.8-point total divided by 12 credits is 3.316…, rounded to 3.32.
How the result is produced
Semester GPA is a weighted mean, not a simple average of letter grades. Courses contribute in proportion to credit hours, so accurate credit values are as important as the selected grades.
Convert each grade to the institution's point scale
Multiply points by credits for each row
Divide total quality points by included semester credits
Limitations and common mistakes
Cumulative GPA requires prior quality points and credits, which this term-only view does not infer.
Institutional rules decide how withdrawals, repeats, and pass/fail courses count.
Common questions
Does this change my cumulative GPA?
This page estimates one term only. Use the GPA Calculator and enable its previous cumulative GPA option when you need to combine prior credits with new courses.
Should zero-credit courses be included?
Usually not in the GPA denominator, but follow the transcript policy used by your institution.