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Oregon State counts an A as 4.0, an A− as 3.7, a B+ as 3.3 and so on down to D− 0.7 and F 0, and there’s no A+. Only an F counts as zero, and you get one if you stop going to a class without dropping or withdrawing; W, I, S/U, P/N and audit marks stay out of your GPA. Retake an OSU course and only your second attempt counts in your GPA, even if it’s lower, though both grades stay on your record.
Oregon State’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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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 Oregon State’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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Oregon State’s rules checked in its 2026–2027 Academic Catalog. Sources are at the bottom of the page.
Grade points at Oregon State
Oregon State 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.
Oregon State University letter grades and grade points
What W, pass/fail, incomplete, retakes and transfer credit do at Oregon State
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 Oregon State counts each code
Code
What it means
In the Oregon State GPA
A
The top grade: exceptional accomplishment
Counts 4.0. AR 17’s twelve basic grades run from A to F with pluses and minuses and don’t include an A+, so no grade counts more than 4.0. Every grade from A to F counts in your GPA with the credits you took it for. Rule
F
Failure
Counts 0 points, and its credits still count, so it pulls your GPA down; it earns no credits. You can drop a class with no grade only through the end of the first full week. If you don’t drop a class properly, an F is recorded. AR 17’s list of marks has no separate code for stopping attendance. Rule
I (I/alternate grade)
Incomplete: part of the work isn’t done, for reasons your instructor accepts, while the rest of your work is passing
Stays out of your credits and your GPA while it’s unresolved. Your instructor also enters an alternate grade (shown like I/B or I/F), the grade you’ll get if you don’t finish. You have up to one calendar year, ending sooner at degree conferral; if you don’t finish, the I turns into the alternate grade and that grade counts in your GPA. You can petition for extensions one term at a time, three at most. When you apply to graduate, an outstanding I is treated as its alternate grade, which can keep you from graduating. Don’t re-enroll in the course while you have an I in it. Rule
W
Withdrawal: you left a class after the drop deadline
Doesn’t affect your GPA and earns no credits. You can withdraw from a class after the first full week through the end of the seventh full week; after that, you finish your classes and get grades unless you withdraw from the whole term. Withdrawing from the term before finals week (by Friday of week 10) gives you a W in every class. You can withdraw from no more than 18 OSU classes in your whole career, though you can petition for an exception for circumstances beyond your control. Rule
WC
Complete withdrawal
No credit and no grade points, so it stays out of your GPA. Rule
S or U
Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory, a grading option you choose
Neither counts in your GPA. Your instructor enters a letter grade, and the Registrar turns A through C– into S and D+ through F into U. A U earns no credit. You need your advisor’s or dean’s approval, you can switch to or from S/U through the end of the seventh full week, and at most 36 S/U credits from OSU count toward your degree. S and U don’t make a GPA, but they can still affect your academic standing. Rule
P or N
Pass or No Credit, in courses graded only that way
Neither counts in your GPA. P earns credit toward graduation; N earns none. Departments, not students, choose P/N grading for a course. Rule
AUD or WAU
Audit, or withdrawal from an audited course
No credit and no grade, so neither touches your GPA. Rule
R
Thesis in progress
Gives credit but no grade points, so it stays out of your GPA. Rule
NG
No basis for a grade, assigned by the Office of the Registrar
AR 17 lists the NG, but neither AR 19’s list of marks left out of the GPA nor any other Oregon State page read here says how an NG counts in your GPA. Rule
Repeated course
You took the same course again
When you repeat an OSU course, the grade from each attempt appears on your record, but only the second attempt counts toward your credits, requirements and GPA. That holds even if your second grade is lower. Your college, school or department may use an attempt after the second to meet a course requirement. For repeats, an attempt is a final A–F, S, U, P or NP grade or an I/alternate grade; a W isn’t in the list. If you retake a course you have an I in, the second taking counts even if the I later defaults. You can’t repeat on S/U a course you first took for a letter grade. Courses the catalog lists as repeatable (activity courses, research, seminars, selected topics) are outside this rule: in a course approved for repeated credit, each attempt counts until the course’s limit, and repeats past it are left out. Academic Fresh Start is the only other way to take grades out: if you’ve been away from OSU more than five years, then earn 24 letter-graded units over consecutive terms with a 2.5 GPA after returning, you can petition once to exclude one to three back-to-back earlier terms; those grades stay on your transcript. MyDegrees’ Calculated Degree GPA may not apply the repeat rules correctly, so check your transcript GPA. Rule
Transfer credit
Grades from another college
Transfer credits and grades don’t count in your OSU GPA. Your transcript shows a Total Institution GPA (OSU classes only), a Total Transfer GPA (classes taken elsewhere) and an Overall GPA (all classes from all schools at your degree level). Academic standing and the 2.00 to graduate use your OSU cumulative GPA. No more than 135 quarter credits from other schools count toward your degree’s credits, and at least 45 of your last 75 credits (or 150 in all) must be earned in residence at OSU. Each semester credit transfers as 1.5 quarter credits. To be considered for transfer admission with 24 or more graded quarter credits, you need a transfer GPA of at least 2.25. The repeat rule covers only OSU courses. Rule
Oregon State doesn’t round a GPA up; it cuts it after two decimals. A 3.455 shows as 3.45 on your transcript.
Oregon State GPA lines
These are Oregon State’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 Oregon State
GPA line
What it means
Also required
2.0 term GPA and 2.0 cumulative GPA
Good Standing
Below 2.0 for the term means Academic Warning. Full rule
Below 2.0 OSU cumulative GPA
Academic Probation
AR 22 applies it once you’ve attempted 24 or more credits at OSU (a W counts as an attempt here). The catalog’s glossary words it differently: two or more terms completed at OSU. You come off probation when your cumulative GPA reaches 2.0. Full rule
Below 2.0 term GPA while on probation
Academic Suspension
It’s recorded on your academic record. Withdrawing from the term, or earning P or S in at least half your credits, keeps you on probation instead. You can be reinstated after two years, or after 24 transferable quarter credits elsewhere with a 2.5 GPA or better. You come back on probation and need a 2.0 term GPA to stay. Full rule
2.00 OSU cumulative GPA
Minimum to graduate with a bachelor’s degree
Applies to your OSU GPA only; transfer grades don’t count in it. Full rule
3.50 term GPA
Honor Roll
You need at least 6 graded credits that term. Full rule
3.50–3.69 / 3.70–3.84 / 3.85–4.00 OSU cumulative GPA
Cum laude / magna cum laude / summa cum laude
You need at least 90 credits at OSU, or 60 upper-division (300- and 400-level) credits at OSU. The distinction is noted on your diploma. Honor cords at commencement go by your winter-term OSU cumulative GPA and credits. Full rule
2.5 GPA on 24 letter-graded OSU credits after returning
Academic Fresh Start
Only after an absence of more than five years; you can petition once to exclude one to three back-to-back earlier terms from your 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
A retake replaces your first grade even when it’s lower, and Oregon State cuts the GPA instead of rounding it. Say you earn a D in a 4-credit course, a B+ in another 4-credit course and an A in a 3-credit course: (1.0 × 4 + 3.3 × 4 + 4.0 × 3) ÷ 11 = 29.2 ÷ 11 = 2.654…, shown as 2.65. You retake the first course and earn a C+, so only the C+ counts: (2.3 × 4 + 3.3 × 4 + 4.0 × 3) ÷ 11 = 34.4 ÷ 11 = 3.127…, which Oregon State shows as 3.12, not 3.13. Had the retake been an F, the F would count instead of the D: 25.2 ÷ 11 = 2.29.
The calculator gives an estimate from the grades you enter. Your official GPA is the one on your Oregon State 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.
