The short answer
GPA is a credit-weighted average, not usually a simple mean of letter grades. Convert each grade to the scale used by your school, multiply it by the course credits, add the quality points and divide by total attempted credits.
What changes the calculation
A four-credit course affects GPA twice as much as a two-credit course. Pass/fail, withdrawals, repeated courses and transfer work may follow institution-specific rules, so a personal calculation should always be checked against the official transcript policy.
Use the right calculator
Use the GPA calculator for one term and the cumulative GPA calculator when you already have completed credits. Both tools show the intermediate quality points so the result can be audited.
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