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Johns Hopkins counts an A+ and an A as 4.0, an A− as 3.7, B+ 3.3, B 3.0, B− 2.7, C+ 2.3, C 2.0, C− 1.7, D+ 1.3 and D 1.0, and an F is 0.0; there’s no D− on the scale. Each grade is weighted by the course’s credits. S and U grades, W, X and incompletes stay out of your GPA, though an incomplete counts as a failure when your academic standing is reviewed, and the financial aid office counts it as 0 for aid purposes. Grades from transfer courses don’t count, but grades from Baltimore Student Exchange Program courses do. Retake a course you got a C+ or lower in and only the new grade counts, even if it’s lower.
JHU’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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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 JHU’s.
One grade higher: which course moves your GPA most?
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Johns Hopkins’s rules checked in its 2026–2027 Academic Catalogue. Sources are at the bottom of the page.
Grade points at Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins 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.
Johns Hopkins University letter grades and grade points
What W, pass/fail, incomplete, retakes and transfer credit do at Johns Hopkins
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 Johns Hopkins counts each code
Code
What it means
In the Johns Hopkins GPA
F
Failure
Worth 0.0 and counts in your GPA. You may retake the course to replace it, since retakes are open to any grade of C+ or lower. Rule
D+ / D
Passing
D+ is worth 1.3 and D 1.0. Both are low enough to retake. In Krieger, a D or better fulfills a Foundational Ability other than Writing and Communication, which needs a C− or better. Rule
S / U
Satisfactory (C− and above) / Unsatisfactory (D+ and below)
Neither affects your GPA; a U earns no credit. You may choose one S/U course each semester and one each summer, by the end of the eleventh week; courses offered only S/U don’t use up that choice. First-year, elementary and elements-level language courses need a letter grade. When you’re reviewed while on probation, any grade in an S/U course may be taken into consideration. Rule
W
Official withdrawal
Withdrawing after the sixth week and through the eleventh week leaves a W on your record. The financial aid office says W isn’t in the GPA but counts as attempted credits not completed. Dropping by the end of the sixth week, while keeping at least 12 credits, takes the course off your record. Rule
I
Incomplete (shown with a reversion grade)
The catalog says an I doesn’t affect your GPA, but it counts as a failure when your academic standing is reviewed, and it turns into the instructor’s reversion grade if not resolved within 45 calendar days after the last day of classes. The financial aid SAP page says the opposite on the GPA point: an I counts as 0 quality points in its GPA calculation until a permanent grade is posted. Rule
X
No grade reported by instructor
The financial aid office leaves X out of the GPA; it counts as attempted credits not completed until a permanent grade is posted. Rule
FEV
Failure – ethics violation
Listed among the special marks, not in the grade-point table. A grade given by the Ethics Board can’t be removed from your record by retaking the course. Rule
R
Original grade of a retaken course
The first grade stays on your transcript with an R, but it no longer counts in your GPA or toward graduation. Rule
Special marks that aren’t in the grade-point table; the catalog doesn’t say more about how they count. Rule
Audit
No credit, no grade
Not available: Krieger and Whiting undergraduates can’t audit courses. Rule
Repeated course
You took the same course again
You may retake a course in which you got a C+ or lower. The new grade and credits count in your GPA, even if the new grade is lower; the original grade stays on your transcript marked R but no longer counts in your GPA or toward graduation. If you drop or withdraw from the retake, the original grade counts again. One retake needs no permission; a third attempt, or retaking a different course, needs written permission from your advising office. You must retake it at Hopkins and on the same grading basis (letter or S/U). You can’t absolve a grade after graduation. Rule
Transfer credit
Grades from another college
Transfer grades don’t appear on your Hopkins record and don’t count in your GPA. A course transfers only if taken for a grade and passed with a C or better. If you entered from high school you can transfer up to 12 credits; transfer students may bring any number of credits from before they enrolled but must earn at least 60 credits in residence. JHU courses taken before you enrolled can give credit for grades of C or better, but those grades aren’t included in your undergraduate record. Courses through the Baltimore Student Exchange Program (one a semester from sophomore year) and Air Force ROTC at College Park are different: their grades go on your Hopkins record and count in your GPA. A course at another Hopkins division appears on your home division’s transcript with its grade. Rule
Johns Hopkins GPA lines
These are Johns Hopkins’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 Johns Hopkins
GPA line
What it means
Also required
2.0 term GPA and 12 credits earned
Good academic standing
Checked each fall and spring semester; summer and intersession grades don’t affect your standing. With an approved reduced load, you must complete all your enrolled credits with a 2.0 term GPA. Incompletes count as failures in the review. Full rule
Term GPA below 2.0, or under 12 credits
Academic probation
To come off probation you must complete at least 12 credits with a 2.0 term GPA in your next fall or spring semester, and you may also be required to reach a 2.0 cumulative GPA. In that calculation, incompletes may count as F’s and S/U grades may be considered. Engineering students on probation may take at most 14 credits. Full rule
Term GPA below 1.0, or under 6 credits
Academic suspension possible even without prior probation
Missing your probation terms also leads to suspension (at least one semester and a summer), though some students are continued on probation instead. A second suspension lasts at least a year, and failing probation after returning from it means permanent dismissal. Full rule
3.50 term GPA, 14+ credits with 12+ graded
Dean’s List
With a Student Disability Services reduced-load accommodation: a 3.5 or better in 8–11 credits, at least 7 of them letter-graded. Full rule
3.50 cumulative
General Honors at graduation
Decided after all grades are in. Departmental honors follow each department’s own standards. JHU doesn’t calculate class rank. Full rule
2.00 cumulative
Minimum to graduate
Applies to Krieger and Whiting students, alongside the 120–130 credits your degree requires. Full rule
2.0 cumulative and 2.0 each fall and spring
Satisfactory academic progress for financial aid
You must also earn 12 credits each fall and spring, complete at least 67% of attempted credits, and finish within 150% of your program’s length. Missing the 2.0 GPA or the 67% pace puts you on Financial Aid Warning for the next semester. The aid office notes it’s currently using an alternative measure: satisfactory grades in at least 12 attempted credits a term. Full rule
3.0 GPA
Needed to study abroad
You must also exceed the aid office’s 2.0 cumulative GPA and 67% completion measures. 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 Johns Hopkins, a retake replaces your grade even when the new grade is worse. Say you earn a C− in a 4-credit course, plus an A and a B+ in two 3-credit courses: (1.7 × 4 + 4.0 × 3 + 3.3 × 3) ÷ 10 = 28.7 ÷ 10 = 2.87. A C− is below the C+ line, so you may retake the course. Earn a B the second time and the C− stays on your transcript marked R but leaves your GPA: (3.0 × 4 + 4.0 × 3 + 3.3 × 3) ÷ 10 = 33.9 ÷ 10 = 3.39. Get a D+ on the retake instead and that lower grade is the one that counts: (1.3 × 4 + 21.9) ÷ 10 = 27.1 ÷ 10 = 2.71. Drop or withdraw from the retake and the C− counts again.
The calculator gives an estimate from the grades you enter. Your official GPA is the one on your Johns Hopkins 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.
