Calculate your weighted GPA accounting for honors, AP, and advanced courses that earn extra grade points
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Calculate your weighted GPA with honors and AP course bonuses. See how advanced coursework boosts your GPA and compare weighted vs unweighted calculations used by colleges.
Weighted GPA accounts for course difficulty by adding extra points for honors, AP, IB, or advanced courses. While standard classes max at 4.0, weighted scales allow 4.5 or 5.0 for challenging courses, rewarding academic rigor.
Weighted GPA Scale
Calculate a weighted GPA that rewards the extra points from honors, AP, and IB courses
Estimate how a weighted GPA affects your standing against classmates on a 5.0 scale
Present a weighted GPA that reflects rigorous coursework for competitive applications
See how adding another advanced class could raise your weighted GPA next term
Many colleges recalculate GPAs using their own weighted scale to fairly compare applicants taking different course loads.
Weighted GPA is often used to determine class rank, rewarding students who challenge themselves with advanced courses.
Understanding weighted GPA helps you decide whether to take honors/AP courses based on their impact on your overall GPA.
Practices vary. Some colleges use only unweighted GPA, others recalculate using their own weighted scale, and some consider both. Check specific college requirements.
On a weighted scale, yes. An AP B (3.0 + 1.0 = 4.0) equals or exceeds a regular A (4.0). However, colleges also consider your actual grade and course rigor separately.
Most schools add +0.5 to honors grades and +1.0 to AP/IB grades on top of the standard 4.0 points. So an A in an AP class counts as 5.0 and an A in honors as 4.5, which is why a weighted GPA can exceed 4.0.
Unweighted GPA caps every course at 4.0 regardless of difficulty. Weighted GPA adds bonus points for honors and AP/IB courses, rewarding a harder schedule — so the same grades yield a higher weighted number. This calculator shows both side by side.