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FSU’s GPA uses quarter steps for plus and minus: A− is 3.75, B+ 3.25, B− 2.75 and so on, and there’s no A+ outside the College of Law. A retake counts both grades in your GPA, and an incomplete or missing grade that expires counts as an F.
FSU’s points: A 4.00, A− 3.75, B+ 3.25, 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”.
Your class cutoffs
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Each letter starts at its lowest percentage and runs up to the next letter.
Rounding and decimal places
Follow your syllabus. A displayed percentage can round up while the unrounded score stays below a cutoff.
Only changes how results are shown. Extra places appear when rounding would push a score over a letter cutoff.
A letter typed as a score counts as the lowest percentage for that letter on this scale. Use the original percentage when you have it.
Only scales that publish GPA points can convert a percentage. Check that your school uses these same points.
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Include your earlier GPA
Quality points are the more exact input when the displayed GPA has already been rounded. Do not include these same credits again in the course rows.
Raise my GPA: what would it take to reach a target?
These are future credits beyond the courses and earlier record entered above.
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 FSU’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
Set a course's group or term, or mark it planned, in its ⋯ menu. Groups are just your labels: they don’t apply AMCAS or other application-service GPA rules.
Import courses from a transcript or spreadsheet
Copy the courses from your unofficial transcript, degree audit or a spreadsheet and paste them here, one course per line with its grade and credits. Term headings such as “Fall 2025” keep the courses in their terms. Your grades stay in this browser.
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This replaces the courses above. You can put them back afterwards.
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Nothing is sent to us. Untick the box to forget them.
To compare plans, save the courses as they are now as a version, change them, and save again. Versions stay in this browser until you delete them.
Open a file you saved with “Save the versions to a file”, in this browser or another. It is read in your browser and sent nowhere.
FSU’s rules checked in its General Bulletin 2026–2027. Sources are at the bottom of the page.
Grade points at FSU
FSU 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.
Florida State University letter grades and grade points
What W, pass/fail, incomplete, retakes and transfer credit do at FSU
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 FSU counts each code
Code
What it means
In the FSU GPA
I
Incomplete: you couldn’t finish a well-defined part of a course you were passing, for reasons beyond your control
Carries no quality points while it stands. When the instructor’s time frame ends, it turns into the default grade the instructor set; with no default, it expires to IE at the end of your next term of enrollment. Rule
IE or GE
Incomplete Expired, or No Grade Expired
Final grades that count as an F (0 points) in your GPA. Rule
NG
No grade received from the instructor
Carries no quality points; resolve it before your degree posts, or it can be expired to GE, which counts as an F. Rule
S or U
Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory
No quality points; an S counts toward your hours but not your GPA. You can take one elective a term outside your major, minor and CoreFSU this way, 18 hours in all, with a 2.5 GPA (except in your first term), and not in the College of Business. Switch to or from S/U by the end of the seventh week. Rule
W or WD
Withdrawn while passing, or withdrawn with your dean’s permission
No quality points. A late drop (weeks 8 to 12) shows as W; you get two with fewer than 60 credit hours, and one after that. Rule
Repeated course
You took the same course again
You may retake a course you got a D or F in. Both grades count in your GPA, and the credit counts only once toward graduation. Retaking a course you passed with a C− or better earns no extra credit unless the course is repeatable, but the new grade still counts in your FSU GPA. Rule
Transfer credit
Grades from another college
Your transcript shows three GPAs: FSU, transfer and combined overall. Grades from another school can’t raise your FSU GPA. Degrees of distinction look at both your FSU GPA and your overall GPA. If you’re dismissed and come back with an Associate of Arts degree from a Florida public school with a 2.0, your FSU GPA is reset to 0.00, with your dean’s approval. Rule
FSU GPA lines
These are FSU’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 FSU
GPA line
What it means
Also required
Below 2.0 FSU cumulative
Academic Probation
Noted on your transcript; your next term must be 12 to 15 letter-graded hours. If you’re not back to 2.0 after that term, a term GPA below 2.5 means dismissal, and 2.5 or higher means Academic Probation Continued, for two terms at most. Below 2.0 in your first semester also means a required one-credit success course. A term of only S/U or P/F classes gives a 0.00 term GPA but leaves your standing unchanged. Full rule
At least 12 credit hours of letter-graded (A–F) courses that term. Full rule
3.500 or higher, both at FSU and overall
Degrees of distinction: cum laude 3.500, magna cum laude 3.700, summa cum laude 3.900
Overall means all college-level work you attempted, including transfer and dual-enrollment credit. At least 40 hours of letter-graded work at FSU, including your final term. A higher transfer GPA can’t lift you above the level your FSU GPA earns. 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
A retake doesn’t replace an F at FSU. A 3-hour F retaken for a B+, plus a 3-hour A−: both attempts count, (0 × 3 + 3.25 × 3 + 3.75 × 3) ÷ 9 = 2.33. If only the B+ counted it would be (3.25 × 3 + 3.75 × 3) ÷ 6 = 3.50.
The calculator gives an estimate from the grades you enter. Your official GPA is the one on your FSU 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.
