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Miami University gives 4.00 points for an A+ or an A, 3.70 for an A−, 3.30 B+, 3.00 B, 2.70 B−, 2.30 C+, 2.00 C, 1.70 C−, 1.30 D+, 1.00 D, 0.70 D− and 0.00 for an F, and it truncates your GPA to two decimals instead of rounding it. Besides the F, an ADF (failure for academic dishonesty) and the retired I incomplete count as zero, while a W, today’s IU incomplete, credit/no-credit grades (CR1, CR2, NCR), audits (L), ADY, N, P, S and U stay out. If you earn a C− or lower and retake the course for a letter grade at Miami, you can apply to have only the higher grade count, but only for two different courses; after that, every grade counts.
Miami (Ohio)’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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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 Miami (Ohio)’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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Miami University’s rules checked in its 2026–2027 General Bulletin and Policy Library (Undergraduate Academic Regulations). Sources are at the bottom of the page.
Grade points at Miami University
Miami University 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 Miami University
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 Miami University counts each code
Code
What it means
In the Miami University GPA
F
Failure
Counts 0.00 points, and its hours count in your GPA. An IU incomplete you don’t finish in time becomes an F. Like any grade of C− or lower, an F lets you retake the course for a letter grade and apply the course repeat policy to have only the higher grade count. Rule
D+, D, D−
Poor but passing
Worth 1.30, 1.00 and 0.70 points; since fall 2015 a D− or higher earns undergraduate credit. Like a C−, any of these lets you retake the course under the course repeat policy, but if you do, you forfeit the credit from your first attempt and earn credit only for the attempt that counts in your GPA. Rule
ADF
Academic Dishonesty – Failed: failure in a course as a sanction for academic dishonesty
Calculates as an F (0.00) in your GPA. A course that carries an academic dishonesty notation can’t be used under the course repeat policy. Rule
ADY
Academic Dishonesty – No Credit: failure for academic dishonesty with no credit
Earns no credit and doesn’t calculate in your GPA. A course that carries an academic dishonesty notation can’t be used under the course repeat policy. Rule
IU, IUY
Incomplete work at the undergraduate level (IUY in a credit/no-credit course)
Stays out of your GPA while it stands. You have one semester to finish: if no grade change is recorded by the last day of classes of the next fall or spring semester (summer and winter terms don’t count), the IU becomes an F and the IUY becomes no credit. If your instructor judges a retake the best route, you can repeat the course for a letter grade, and the incomplete then leaves your GPA. When an incomplete turns into an F, no warning, probation, suspension or dismissal is assessed for the term in which you received it. If you’re graduating, resolve it within about 30 days after graduation; you can’t graduate with an IU or IUY on your record. Rule
I
Incomplete (retired code, found on older records)
Calculates as an F (0.00) in your GPA until it’s removed, and its hours count as GPA hours. Rule
W
Withdrawal
Carries no points and isn’t calculated in your GPA. A drop in the first 20 percent of a course leaves no mark at all. From then until 60 percent of the course, you can drop with a W; the academic calendar gives each term’s last day. After 60 percent you need an approved petition to the Interdivisional Committee of Advisors. For financial aid, W hours count as attempted but not earned. Rule
CR1, CR2, NCR
Credit/no-credit grades: CR1 for a C or better, CR2 for a C− through D−, NCR for an F
None of them counts in your GPA, though credit hours count as earned; as with any undergraduate course, you need a D− or higher to earn credit. You can’t take credit/no-credit while on academic probation, and courses in your major, major-related hours or minor can’t be taken this way. At most 10 percent of your Miami hours may be credit/no-credit. Switch to or from it during the first 20 percent of the course; the academic calendar gives the date. These courses don’t count toward the Dean’s List, President’s List or Latin honors, and the course repeat policy can’t be applied to them. Financial aid counts them as attempted hours, so an NCR hurts your completion rate. Rule
P
Passing, used for student teaching, thesis hours and dissertation hours
Carries no credit points, and pass/fail hours aren’t GPA hours. Rule
S, U
Satisfactory or unsatisfactory progress in research, independent reading, special topics, thesis and honors work
A temporary mark that carries no points and stays out of your GPA; it changes to a final grade when the project is completed. You can’t graduate with an S or U on your record. Rule
L
Audit
Not included in your GPA or in your enrollment status hours. You can switch between credit and audit during the first 60 percent of the course. Rule
N
No grade submitted by the instructor
Not included in your GPA, but you can’t graduate with an N on your record. Rule
Q
A Q before a grade shows that Fresh Start has been applied
Courses taken before your Fresh Start leave your cumulative GPA, and you start a new one. Fresh Start is for students who left with a GPA below 2.00 and return after at least two years away; it’s granted only once. Rule
Repeated course
You took the same course again
Miami’s course repeat policy lets you take a grade out of your GPA once you’ve retaken the course and the new letter grade is on your transcript. It applies only if you first took the course in fall 2012 or later, one of the two attempts is a C− or lower, both attempts were taken for credit for a letter grade (A–F) at Miami, neither attempt carries an academic dishonesty notation, and you haven’t yet earned your first bachelor’s degree. You must apply for it; once processed, it can’t be undone, and you can use it only twice, on two different courses. Both grades stay on your record, but only the higher one counts in your GPA; if the retake is the same or lower, the first grade counts. You earn credit only for the attempt that counts, so retaking a D− or better forfeits those credits. President’s and Dean’s lists aren’t recalculated. The Course Repeat policy says only the higher grade is used for Latin honors, while the Degree Honors and Distinction policy says coursework under the repeat policy isn’t used in graduation honors at all. Beyond those limits, you may repeat a course you’ve passed only once for credit, every grade counts in your cumulative GPA, and the credit counts once toward graduation. A credit/no-credit course can’t be used under the policy. For financial aid, repeats add attempted hours, and aid covers a passed course only twice. Rule
Transfer credit
Grades from another college
Grades from other schools don’t transfer and aren’t included in any of your Miami GPAs; accepted courses are posted without a grade. The only use of transfer grades is for Latin honors: if you’ve earned fewer than 62 hours at Miami toward a bachelor’s degree, honors use the lower of your Miami GPA and your combined GPA over all college-level courses. A course taken in fall 2010 or later at a regionally accredited school transfers with a D− or better. Of the 124 hours for a bachelor’s degree, at least 30 must be from Miami, including 12 of your final 30. Rule
The Policy Library and the Bulletin both say GPAs are truncated to two decimals, as in 2.856 to 2.85. So the calculator never rounds up either: it cuts the GPA to two decimals, and 3.599 shows as 3.59, not 3.60.
Miami University GPA lines
These are Miami University’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 Miami University
GPA line
What it means
Also required
2.00 cumulative
Good academic standing
Students on academic warning still count as in good standing. Only your Miami GPA hours count toward academic actions. Full rule
Below 2.00, first term or under 16 GPA hours
Academic warning
You’re placed on warning if your GPA for your first semester or term is below 2.00, or later if you have fewer than 16 cumulative GPA hours and a cumulative GPA below 2.00. Full rule
Below 2.00 cumulative, 16 or more GPA hours
Academic probation
Probation ends once your cumulative GPA reaches 2.00. With 30 or more GPA hours, a term GPA of 2.00 or better keeps you on probation rather than suspended. While on probation you can’t take courses credit/no-credit. Full rule
Below 2.00 term GPA on probation, 30 or more GPA hours
Academic suspension
Suspension lasts two consecutive semesters or terms; after that you can re-enroll on probation. If you don’t meet academic standards after a suspension, you’re dismissed, and you can petition for readmission after two years away. Full rule
2.00 cumulative
Minimum GPA for a bachelor’s degree
With 124 semester hours, at least 30 of them from Miami, including 12 of your final 30. You can’t graduate with an IU, IUY, N, S or U on your record. Full rule
4.00 term GPA (3.95 in the Farmer School of Business)
President’s List
For the top 3 percent of undergraduates in each division, with 12 or more hours attempted for grades (A+ through F) that semester or term; winter term doesn’t count. Credit/no-credit courses don’t count toward it. Full rule
3.60 to 3.80 term GPA, by division
Dean’s List
3.70 in Arts and Science and in Creative Arts; 3.80 in Education, Health and Society; 3.60 in Engineering and Computing, the Farmer School of Business and Professional Studies and Applied Sciences. You need 12 or more hours attempted for grades (A+ through F) that semester or term, and winter term doesn’t count. Credit/no-credit courses don’t count, and a later repeat doesn’t change past lists. Full rule
3.92–3.97 / 3.78–3.90 / 3.58–3.77 cumulative, by division
Summa cum laude / magna cum laude / cum laude
Arts and Science 3.97 / 3.88 / 3.72; Creative Arts 3.96 / 3.90 / 3.77; Education, Health and Society 3.97 / 3.90 / 3.76; Engineering and Computing 3.95 / 3.81 / 3.58; Liberal Arts and Applied Science 3.94 / 3.82 / 3.64; Farmer School of Business 3.92 / 3.78 / 3.61. Your honors are recalculated with your final semester’s grades. The One Stop page says you need at least 62 Miami credit hours for a bachelor’s degree with distinction, yet the same page says that with fewer than 62 Miami hours, honors use the lower of your Miami GPA and your combined GPA over all college-level courses. Credit/no-credit courses don’t count, and the pages disagree on how a repeated course counts. Full rule
3.25 cumulative
University Honors
For Honors College students who also complete the Honors program requirements and an approved Honors Senior Project. Full rule
2.00 cumulative and 67% of hours completed
Satisfactory academic progress for federal financial aid
You must complete at least 67% of the cumulative hours you attempt. W, F and NCR hours count as attempted but not earned, and hours attempted before a Fresh Start still count. Full rule
2.00 cumulative after 12 graded hours
Eligible to request Fresh Start
After at least two years away, if you left with a GPA below 2.00, you must request Fresh Start within one semester of completing 12 graded hours at a 2.00 or higher. Your earlier courses then leave your cumulative GPA. 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 Miami, a retake counts once in your GPA only if you apply the course repeat policy, which you can use on two different courses. Say you earn a D and a B+ in two 3-credit courses and an A− and a B in two 4-credit courses: (1 × 3 + 3.3 × 3 + 3.7 × 4 + 3 × 4) ÷ 14 = 39.7 ÷ 14 = 2.8357…, which Miami truncates to 2.83 instead of rounding it to 2.84. You retake the D course for a letter grade, earn a B and apply the policy: the D leaves your GPA and you forfeit its 3 credits, so (3 × 3 + 3.3 × 3 + 3.7 × 4 + 3 × 4) ÷ 14 = 45.7 ÷ 14 = 3.2642…, shown as 3.26. If you don’t apply, or you’ve already used the policy on two other courses, both grades count: (1 × 3 + 3 × 3 + 3.3 × 3 + 3.7 × 4 + 3 × 4) ÷ 17 = 48.7 ÷ 17 = 2.8647…, shown as 2.86. Either way, the Dean’s List for the earlier semester isn’t recalculated.
The calculator gives an estimate from the grades you enter. Your official GPA is the one on your Miami University 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.
