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IU uses plus and minus grades: A+ and A are both 4.0, A− is 3.7, B+ 3.3, and so on down to D− at 0.7 and F at 0. Grade replacement lets you retake up to three courses (10 credit hours at most) and turn any earlier letter grade into an X that leaves your GPA, while P, S, W and incompletes stay out of it.
IU’s points: A+ 4.00, A 4.00, A− 3.70, B+ 3.30 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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Each letter starts at its lowest percentage and runs up to the next letter.
Rounding and decimal places
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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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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 IU’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.
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IU Bloomington’s rules checked in its College of Arts and Sciences Bulletin 2026–2027. Sources are at the bottom of the page.
Grade points at IU Bloomington
IU Bloomington 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.
Indiana University Bloomington letter grades and grade points
What W, pass/fail, incomplete, retakes and transfer credit do at IU Bloomington
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 IU Bloomington counts each code
Code
What it means
In the IU Bloomington GPA
X
An earlier grade replaced by a retake under grade replacement
Left out of your GPA, and its credit hours don’t count; only the retake’s grade counts. Rule
P
Pass, in a course you chose to take Pass/Fail: any grade from A to D− becomes P
A P is left out of your GPA, but an F under Pass/Fail counts as 0. In the College of Arts and Sciences, Pass/Fail is for electives only, eight times in all and twice a year at most, and can’t be undone. Rule
S
Satisfactory, in a course graded S/F for everyone, or for credit by exam
Incomplete: most of the course is done, at a passing level
Left out of your GPA while it stands. Don’t re-enroll in the course; finish the work with your instructor. If no final grade comes in within one calendar year, the Registrar changes the I to an F, which counts as 0. Rule
W
Withdrew after the drop/add period
Left out of your GPA. After the automatic W deadline, the instructor gives a W or an F, and a course you leave without an approved withdrawal becomes an F. Rule
Deferred grade in a multi-term course, no grade reported yet, or enrollment in a special program
Left out of your GPA until a letter grade replaces it. Rule
Repeated course
You took the same course again
Grade replacement works on any letter grade, not just an F. When you retake the same course, the earlier grade becomes an X: its hours drop out and only the retake counts in your GPA. You can use it for up to three courses or 10 credit hours, whichever comes first, and replacing the same course again counts toward that limit. You must ask: get your school’s consent no later than 24 hours after grades are due in your graduation semester. The retake must earn a letter grade (after a W, I or NC the old grade stays), a grade given for academic misconduct can’t be replaced, and a replacement can’t be reversed. Some schools don’t allow it in courses required for a major, minor or certificate. Without replacement, every attempt counts in your GPA. In the College of Arts and Sciences, file the form by 5:00 p.m. Friday of finals week for it to count toward that term’s academic standing. Rule
Transfer credit
Grades from another college
Only credits earned at Indiana University count in your GPA. Transfer credit shows as T, and credit by exam (AP, IB and others) is usually recorded as S; neither counts in your GPA. Rule
IU Bloomington GPA lines
These are IU Bloomington’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 IU Bloomington
GPA line
What it means
Also required
Below 2.000 term GPA, or two or more grades of D+ or lower in a term (College of Arts and Sciences)
Academic Watch
Good Academic Standing needs a 2.000 term and cumulative GPA, no more than one D+, D, D− or F in the term, and adequate progress toward your degree. On Academic Watch you must meet an academic advisor. It shows on your advising record, not your transcript. Full rule
Below 2.000 cumulative GPA, or a 0.000 term GPA (College of Arts and Sciences)
Academic Alert
You’re also on Academic Alert if you were on Watch or Alert last term and didn’t return to good standing. If you’re on Academic Alert and your next term GPA and cumulative GPA are both below 2.000, you’re dismissed automatically, and your future IU Bloomington enrollment is cancelled. Full rule
3.700 term GPA or higher (College of Arts and Sciences)
Executive Dean’s List
At least 12 credit hours with A–F grades that term (I, R, P and S don’t count toward the 12), Good Academic Standing, and only IU Bloomington courses are considered. Fall, spring and summer. Full rule
Top 10%, 6% or 3% College GPA (College of Arts and Sciences)
Degree with Distinction, High Distinction or Highest Distinction
At least 60 credit hours graded A–F at Indiana University. The GPA floors are set each year from the three previous graduating classes combined. 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
Grade replacement works on any letter grade, not just an F. A 4-credit C retaken for an A, plus a 3-credit B: with replacement, the C becomes an X and drops out, (4.0 × 4 + 3.0 × 3) ÷ 7 = 3.57. Without it, all three count: (2.0 × 4 + 4.0 × 4 + 3.0 × 3) ÷ 11 = 3.00.
The calculator gives an estimate from the grades you enter. Your official GPA is the one on your IU Bloomington 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.
