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Emory College uses plus and minus grades: an A is 4.0, an A− 3.7, a B+ 3.3, a B 3.0, a B− 2.7, a C+ 2.3, a C 2.0, a C− 1.7, a D+ 1.3, a D 1.0 and an F 0.0. There’s no A+ and no D−. An F counts as zero, and so do a WF (withdrawal failing) and an IF (an incomplete you didn’t finish); W, S, U and an I that’s still open stay out of your GPA. If you retake a course, the new grade doesn’t replace the old one: every attempt, including the original, counts in your GPA, and you can try to pass a course no more than three times.
Emory’s points: A 4.00, A− 3.70, B+ 3.30, 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 Emory’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.
Compare with a GPA line (dean's list, scholarship, good standing)Course groups and equal weights
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Emory’s rules checked in its 2026–2027 Emory College Catalog. Sources are at the bottom of the page.
Grade points at Emory
Emory 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 Emory
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 Emory counts each code
Code
What it means
In the Emory GPA
F
Failure, no credit
Counts 0.0 quality points, and its hours count in your GPA, so it pulls your GPA down. It also counts as hours attempted but not completed when your progress toward the degree is checked. You can retake a course you failed, but the F stays in your GPA. Rule
WF
Withdrawal failing
Counts as an F, 0.0 quality points, in your GPA. You get WF grades in all your courses if you withdraw from the whole semester after the 23rd calendar day following the start of classes. The exception: for illness or other compelling circumstances, a dean can approve the semester withdrawal and give you W grades instead, with documentation. Rule
W
Withdrawal without penalty
Doesn’t count in your GPA, but it isn’t a completed course, so it can slow your degree progress. You can withdraw from a course until the 43rd instructional day of fall or spring if you still carry 12 hours (or you’re a graduating senior with an approved underload), using a form the Office for Undergraduate Education approves. Before that, you can change courses in the first eight days and petition to drop through the 15th class day. For fall 2026, the extended drop period ended September 16, and the W deadline is October 28. Rule
S or U
Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory
Neither counts in your GPA. S (a D or better) earns full credit but no quality points; U earns no credit. You can take up to 20 of the hours you need to graduate S/U; S/U-only courses such as ECS 101 and transfer or transient credit don’t count toward the 20, but other S/U-only courses and ARCHE courses, including ROTC, do. General Education courses can’t be taken S/U, except physical education and ECS 101, and only one course required for a major may be S/U, with the department’s approval. You can switch between letter grade and S/U until the 43rd instructional day: October 28, 2026 for fall. All U grades in a term, or U grades on half or more of your S/U hours, take you out of good standing. At Oxford College the limit is two courses (up to ten hours), and Oxford S/U courses count toward the Emory College limit. Rule
WU
Unsatisfactory withdrawal
Given only in courses you take S/U. Doesn’t count in your GPA. Rule
I
Incomplete
Doesn’t count in your GPA until it’s converted to a letter grade; then your GPA is recalculated. The Office for Undergraduate Education grants it, in consultation with your instructor, only if you’ve done at least 50% of the work and can pass by finishing the rest on your own. You must finish during your next semester of residence by the OUE deadline (spring 2026 incomplete work was due September 11, 2026), or within twelve months if you don’t re-enroll. Fall 2026 incomplete requests are due December 18. Three or more incompletes put you on Academic Advisory, and you can’t overload while you have one. You can’t graduate with one open. At Oxford College you need 75% of the work done, and the work is due no later than three weeks into your next semester. Rule
IF or IU
Failure to finish an Incomplete
If you miss the deadline, the I becomes an IF (or IU in an S/U course), or the grade you’d earn with the missing work counted as zero. An IF counts as an F, 0.0, in your GPA; an IU carries no credit and no quality points, like a U. Only documented significant hardship, or an instructor who’s no longer available, can turn the I into a W instead. Rule
IP
Work in progress
A temporary grade that doesn’t count in your GPA until it’s converted to a letter grade. Rule
Audit
Not offered
Emory College doesn’t recognize audits, and you can’t register to audit a College course. Oxford College doesn’t allow audits either. Rule
Academic relief
Retroactive academic relief for a semester
If the Committee on Academic Standards grants your petition, that term’s letter grades become S or U, and the term no longer counts in your GPA or in your degree progression. The S grades count only as elective credit. You normally get relief for one semester in your Emory College career. Rule
Repeated course
You took the same course again
At Emory College a retake doesn’t replace your first grade. Every attempt, passed or not, including the original, counts in your GPA, and the original grade stays on your transcript. You can retake a course you failed, but you can’t try to pass the same course more than three times. Retaking a course you already passed needs approval from your faculty advisor and a dean in the Office for Undergraduate Education, and the retake earns no new credit toward your degree. Oxford College counts both grades the same way and needs adviser and Advising Support Center approval to repeat a passed course. In the School of Nursing, a nursing course can be repeated only once. If you stay extra semesters to retake classes you already have grades for, you lose eligibility for Emory aid. Rule
Transfer credit
Grades from another college
Transfer and transient credit doesn’t count in your Emory GPA. For domestic transient study you need a C or better, and only the credits, not the grades, go on your Emory transcript; summer work elsewhere needs written permission from the Office for Undergraduate Education before the end of the preceding spring. If you enter as a first-year, you can get a combined 18 hours from AP, IB and other tests (at most 12, 3 per accepted test; AP below 4 and IB Higher Level below 5 aren’t accepted), college courses before you enrolled, a gap-year program and transient study. Transfer students can bring in up to 62 hours. Your last 64 hours must be taken in residence at Emory College (54 for Oxford continuees); once you have 64 Emory College hours and good standing, you can earn up to 16 hours of approved advanced work elsewhere. ARCHE cross-registration courses also bring credit only, not grades. Rule
Emory GPA lines
These are Emory’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 Emory
GPA line
What it means
Also required
2.00 cumulative and 2.00 term GPA
Good Standing
You also need to meet the credit milestones (30 hours after two regular full-time semesters, 60 after four, 90 after six) and not be on Honor Code probation. All U grades in a term, or U grades on half or more of your S/U hours, take you out of good standing. Standing is reviewed at the end of fall, spring and summer. Transfer hours don’t count in the GPA. Full rule
Below 2.00 term or cumulative GPA
Academic Warning
You get Warning if you started the term in Good Standing or on Academic Watch and miss any standard at the end of it. You can still enroll, but you must complete an Academic Plan of Action. If your cumulative GPA can’t get back to 2.0 in one term, an OUE dean can place you on Academic Watch instead, as long as you earn a 2.0 term GPA and keep raising your cumulative GPA. Academic Watch is otherwise for students who need a third regular semester to reach a credit milestone. Full rule
Standards not met while on Warning
Academic Suspension
You can’t enroll in any course. You can appeal: if it’s approved, you enroll for one semester in the Academic Reengagement Program, where you work to keep a 2.0 term GPA. Or you take at least one regular term away and apply for readmission, returning on Academic Warning. Full rule
Standards not met after readmission on Warning
Academic Dismissal
If you return on Academic Warning after a suspension semester and don’t meet the GPA and degree progression standards, you’re dismissed and can’t enroll in any future term. Full rule
3.5 cumulative
Overload eligibility
With a 3.5 or higher cumulative GPA, Emory College lets you take up to 22 hours a semester. You can’t overload with an outstanding incomplete. Full rule
Top 20% term GPA and 3.0 cumulative (Goizueta BBA)
Dean’s List
The 2026–2027 Emory College catalog lists only two graduation honors, departmental research honors and Honors in Course, and no Dean’s List. Goizueta Business School puts BBA students in full residence on the Dean’s List if they finish in the top 20% of their class by term GPA, with a cumulative Business School GPA of 3.0 or above, at least 12 hours, all course work completed and no Unsatisfactory grades. Full rule
Top 5.00% / 5.01–15.00% / 15.01–30.00% of graduates
Summa cum laude / magna cum laude / cum laude (Honors in Course)
Latin honors are class percentages, not fixed GPAs. The University Registrar sets the GPA ranges after the May graduation, once all grades are posted, and uses them for the following summer and fall graduates too. Goizueta BBA students instead earn Highest Distinction (top 5%), High Distinction (next 5%) or Distinction (next 10%), by cumulative GPA. Full rule
2.0 on all letter-graded work
Minimum GPA to graduate
You also need at least a C (2.0) average in your major and any minor, at least 126 credit hours, and your last 64 hours in residence. The Degree Requirements page counts the hours differently: 124 academic hours plus two hours of physical education and a one-hour personal health course. If you entered Emory College or Oxford College before fall 2020, the cumulative minimum is 1.9, except for transfer students, who still need 2.0. Full rule
2.0 semester and 2.0 cumulative (Oxford College)
Oxford good standing
At Oxford a semester GPA below 2.0 alone puts you on Academic Watch, and a cumulative GPA below 2.0 on Academic Warning. Failing to meet the standards while on Warning means exclusion, and a GPA below 1.0 can mean exclusion without a Warning first. You need at least a 1.9 cumulative GPA to enroll for a fifth semester. Full rule
2.5 each semester and 2.5 cumulative (Nursing BSN)
Nursing progression and graduation
The School of Nursing uses the same quality points. In the BSN a course grade below a C− counts as a failure, and two course failures mean dismissal from the School of Nursing. 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
At Emory a retake doesn’t replace the F. Say you earn an F in a 4-hour course, an A− and a B+ in two 3-hour courses, and withdraw from a fourth before the W deadline: (0 × 4 + 3.7 × 3 + 3.3 × 3) ÷ 10 = 21 ÷ 10 = 2.10, and the W doesn’t count. Next term you retake the failed course and earn a B. Both the F and the B count: (0 × 4 + 3.7 × 3 + 3.3 × 3 + 3 × 4) ÷ 14 = 33 ÷ 14 ≈ 2.36. If the B replaced the F, as at many schools, you’d have 3.30. Had you withdrawn from the whole semester late instead, every course would carry a WF, counted as an F.
The calculator gives an estimate from the grades you enter. Your official GPA is the one on your Emory 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.
