How GPA is calculated
For each course we multiply grade points (e.g., A = 4.0, B+ = 3.3) by credits, sum those products, then divide by total credits.
Term GPA uses only the courses in that term. Cumulative GPA uses every graded course across all terms.
The Weighted toggle adds +0.5 for honors and +1.0 for AP courses (mark each course as honors or AP via the checkbox). High schools weight more often than colleges; most colleges report unweighted GPA.
The 4.33 scale adds A+ = 4.33 (a bump above 4.0). Some schools (Yale, MIT, Reed) use this; most use plain 4.0 where A and A+ both equal 4.0.
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