Work out your GPA before the transcript arrives
Grades and credits → a 4.0-scale GPA, so you know where you stand before the official number.
Tools used in this guide
The job
Add one row per course: pick the letter grade, enter its credits. The GPA is the credit-weighted mean of the grade points — a 4-credit A pulls the average harder than a 1-credit A.
Reading the result
You get the GPA on the 4.0 scale plus the total credits and grade points, so you can re-check the arithmetic against your school's formula.
Where scales differ
This is the common unweighted 4.0 scale (A=4, B=3, with ± steps). Schools that weight honors/AP courses, cap A+ at 4.0, or use a different scale will produce a different number — treat this as an estimate of the unweighted figure.
Pass/fail and incomplete courses carry no points; leave them out entirely rather than entering a grade.