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Baylor gives 4.00 points for an A, 3.67 for an A−, 3.33 for a B+, 3.00 for a B, 2.67 for a B−, 2.33 for a C+, 2.00 for a C, 1.67 for a C−, 1.33 for a D+, 1.00 for a D, 0.67 for a D− and 0 for an F. Your GPA is grade points over GPA hours, cut off after two decimals, never rounded. Only the F counts as zero, and an Incomplete you don’t finish in time turns into an F. I, IP, W, P, FA, CR, NC and AU stay out, and so do grades from other schools. If you retake a course, both grades count unless you use Academic Grade Forgiveness: on up to three courses where your first grade was a C− or below, that first grade leaves your GPA.
Baylor’s points: A 4.00, A− 3.67, B+ 3.33, B 3.00 and so on.
The plus/minus cutoffs Wikipedia lists for US colleges: A+ from 97%, A 93, A- 90, B+ 87, B 83, B- 80 and so on down to D- at 60. It is not universal, so use your syllabus's cutoffs when they differ.Source: Wikipedia, “Academic grading in the United States”.
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Raise my GPA: what would it take to reach a target?
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Pass/fail or a retake: what would change?
Whether a pass/fail course leaves the GPA and whether a retake replaces the old grade are your school’s rules; the table below shows Baylor’s.
One grade higher: which course moves your GPA most?
Each line raises one course by one grade on the grade points above and leaves the others as entered, so a course that carries more credit moves the GPA more. A course you haven’t finished can be marked “Planned” in its ⋯ menu: the GPA so far then leaves it out, and the projection counts it at the grade you chose. A grade already on your transcript changes only under your school’s retake or grade-change rules.
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Baylor’s rules checked in its 2026–2027 Undergraduate Catalog. Sources are at the bottom of the page.
Grade points at Baylor
Baylor multiplies each course’s grade points by its credit hours, adds them up and divides by the hours that count. Enter your courses above with these points already set.
What W, pass/fail, incomplete, retakes and transfer credit do at Baylor
A course left out of the GPA adds no points and no hours. In the calculator, choose its code or “Not counted”; a code that counts as zero lowers the GPA like a failing grade.
How Baylor counts each code
Code
What it means
In the Baylor GPA
F
Failure
Worth 0 points, counts in your GPA and earns no credit. An Incomplete you don’t finish by the end of the next semester (summer included) becomes an F. If you stop going to a class without dropping it, the instructor posts the grade you earned, such as an F. Leaving Baylor any way other than the official University Withdrawal means failing every class you’re registered for. You can retake an F and ask for Academic Grade Forgiveness, which takes the first F out of your GPA. Rule
D+ / D / D−
Passing, low
Worth 1.33, 1.00 and 0.67 points. They count in your GPA and earn credit. Each is below a C−, so you can retake the course and ask to have the first grade forgiven. The catalog says retaking a D is often advisable and sometimes necessary. Financial aid will cover one more try at a course you passed with a D− or higher. Rule
C−
Lowest C
Worth 1.67 points and earns credit. It’s the highest grade you can retake without a dean’s approval, and the highest first grade forgiveness can remove. With a dean’s approval you can retake a C or better to reach a grade a prerequisite or requirement calls for, but that original grade can’t be forgiven. A C− from another school doesn’t transfer. Rule
I / IP
Incomplete / Incomplete Extension
Stay out of your GPA and earn no credit. You must finish an I by the end of the next semester, summer included, or it becomes an F. Incomplete courses don’t count toward the Dean’s List 12 hours. Rule
W
Withdrawal
Stays out of your GPA and earns no credit. Classes you drop through the 12th class day disappear from your transcript. Drops from the 13th through the 50th class day show a W. A W counts as one of your three attempts at a course and can’t be forgiven. You also can’t retake a Baylor course with a W somewhere else for transfer. For federal aid, W hours count as attempted hours in your pace. Rule
P / FA
Pass / Fail (pass-fail option)
Neither counts in your GPA. A P earns credit and an FA doesn’t. With your dean’s permission you can take one regularly graded course a term pass-fail, for general elective credit only and no more than 18 hours toward your degree. Business students can’t take any course pass-fail. Pass-fail courses can’t be forgiven and don’t count toward the Dean’s List 12 graded hours, and an FA keeps you off the list. Rule
CR / NC
Credit / No Credit
Neither counts in your GPA. CR earns credit and NC doesn’t. These courses can’t be forgiven and don’t count toward the Dean’s List 12 graded hours, and an NC keeps you off the list. Rule
AU
Audit
No GPA effect and no credit. You can’t later repeat an audited course for credit. Rule
E beside a grade
Grade excluded by Academic Grade Forgiveness
Not a grade of its own. It marks a first attempt you had forgiven: the grade stays on your transcript but no longer counts in your GPA, and the forgiveness can’t be undone. Rule
Repeated course
You took the same course again
You can retake a course if your best grade in it is a C− or below, or with your dean’s approval when you need a higher grade for a prerequisite or requirement. You get at most three attempts, and a W counts as one. By default every Baylor grade counts in your term and cumulative GPA. Academic Grade Forgiveness lets you take the first grade (not a W) out of your GPA on up to three courses where it was a C− or below. It stays on your transcript with an E beside it. On a third attempt, every grade but the first counts. You can ask from the end of your first term until the last class day of your graduation term. Once applied, it can’t be undone. You can’t retake a Baylor course at another school for transfer. Rule
Transfer credit
Grades from another college
A course from another school needs a C or better to transfer (a C− won’t), and transferred grades never enter your Baylor GPA. Pass-fail courses don’t transfer. You can bring at most 70 hours from community colleges. Once you’ve enrolled at Baylor, you can transfer at most 15 hours. At least 60 hours must be earned at Baylor. Credit by exam earns no grade points. Only Baylor residence credit counts toward Latin honors. Rule
Baylor truncates your GPA after the second decimal and never rounds it: a 1.99672 is a 1.99. That cut-off GPA is the one used for academic standing, graduation and scholarship eligibility, and the financial aid office applies no rounding when it checks its 2.0 minimum. The calculator truncates the same way.
Baylor GPA lines
These are Baylor’s published undergraduate lines, each with the other conditions its catalog sets. Your college or program may set its own, higher lines.
Published GPA lines at Baylor
GPA line
What it means
Also required
Below 2.0 term or cumulative
Academic Notice
Notice applies to your next enrollment term. You must meet with an advisor before you register. You come off Notice only when both your term and cumulative GPA are at least 2.0. The catalog’s standing rules call this Academic Notice, but its self-paced online course rules still say “academic probation” and ask for a 2.5 cumulative GPA in that case. Full rule
Term GPA below 2.0 after Notice
Academic Suspension
Applies once you’ve already been on Academic Notice. You have five calendar days from the letter to appeal. A first suspension lasts two enrollment terms (summer counts as one) and a second lasts three. Full rule
Term GPA below 2.0 after a second suspension
May be considered for permanent dismissal
You have five calendar days to appeal, the appeal requires a meeting with your dean, and the dean’s decision is final. Full rule
2.00 (C average)
Graduation minimum, overall and in your major and minor
Averages use hours attempted, not hours completed. Full rule
3.70 semester
Dean’s List
You need at least 12 graded hours that term and no grade below a C, no FA and no NC. Pass/fail, credit/no credit and incomplete courses don’t count toward the 12. Undergraduates only. Full rule
3.75 / 3.85 / 3.95
Cum laude / magna cum laude / summa cum laude
Only Baylor residence credit counts in these averages, and credit by examination doesn’t count. The ceremony uses your GPA through the prior term. Full rule
3.0 cumulative Baylor GPA
Keeping a merit scholarship
You must also stay full-time. One Stop’s current-student page says the 3.0 is checked each term. Its incoming-freshman page says it’s checked at the end of the academic year, and that a 2.0 to 2.99 after your first year keeps the award on probation for one more year. Full rule
2.0 cumulative and 67% pace
Federal financial aid (Satisfactory Academic Progress)
Checked once a year, at the end of the spring term. No rounding is applied, so a 1.99 misses. Full rule
2.67 cumulative and 2.00 current
Fraternity or sorority recruitment, and any student-organization office
The recruitment line is for joining a fraternity or sorority; the same 2.67 cumulative and 2.0 current apply to holding any office in a student organization, from executive officer to committee chair. Full rule
To see how far you are from one of them, enter it under “Compare with a GPA line” in the calculator, or as your target in the target GPA planner.
A worked example
Baylor cuts your GPA off after two decimals and never rounds, and Academic Grade Forgiveness can pull a first grade of C− or below out of it. Say you have five 3-hour courses: a B+, a C+, a C, an F, and a C+ when you retook the failed course. Without forgiveness both attempts count: (9.99 + 6.99 + 6.00 + 0 + 6.99) ÷ 15 = 29.97 ÷ 15 = 1.998. Baylor records that as 1.99, not 2.00, so you’re below 2.0 and land on Academic Notice. If you have the F forgiven, it stays on your transcript with an E beside it but leaves your GPA: 29.97 ÷ 12 = 2.4975, which counts as 2.49, not 2.50. You get only three forgiven courses, and once one is applied it can’t be undone.
The calculator gives an estimate from the grades you enter. Your official GPA is the one on your Baylor academic record.
For any other college, the college GPA calculator starts on the common plus/minus 4.0 points and takes your school’s own. Cumulative GPA combines terms you already have, and the GPA guide answers what a GPA means.
