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Temple grades on plus/minus points: an A is 4.00, an A− 3.67, a B+ 3.33 and so on down to a D− at 0.67 and an F at 0.00. Retake a course and only your highest grade counts in your GPA, within three attempts, and a W counts as one of them. Credit/No Credit grades (CR, CD, NC) and a W stay out of your GPA, and transfer credit carries no grade points.
Temple’s points: A 4.00, A− 3.67, B+ 3.33, 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 Temple’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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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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Temple’s rules checked in its Undergraduate Bulletin 2026–2027. Sources are at the bottom of the page.
Grade points at Temple
Temple 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 Temple
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 Temple counts each code
Code
What it means
In the Temple GPA
D+, D, D−
Passing grades below a C−
They count at their points (1.33, 1.00 and 0.67) and earn credit, but General Education courses, and in many programs the courses your major requires, need at least a C−. Rule
CR, CD, NC
Credit/No Credit: CR for a C− or better, CD for a D+, D or D−, NC for an F
No grade points, so none of them changes your GPA; CR and CD hours still count toward graduation. You can choose it for one non-General Education course a semester, four in all, while you’re in good standing, and switch back to a letter grade before the add/drop deadline. A CD or NC won’t meet a prerequisite that needs a C−, and each CR/NC course counts as an attempt at that course. Rule
W
Withdrawal from a course after the drop/add period
Shown on your transcript and left out of your GPA, but it counts as one of your three attempts at the course. A course dropped during drop/add doesn’t appear on your transcript at all. Rule
WE
Excused withdrawal: an approved petition to leave a full semester for an incapacitating medical condition, a family emergency or another catastrophic circumstance
Left out of your GPA, and not counted as an attempt. You petition within one year of the end of the term, and you can’t have a passing grade (D− or higher) or an incomplete that term. Rule
I, IC, IP
Incomplete (IC in a Credit/No Credit course, IP in a pass/fail course): most of the work done at a passing level, the rest unfinished for reasons beyond your control
Left out of your GPA until you finish. Since fall 2025 the deadline is at most 60 days after the term’s grading deadline (up to a year in exceptional cases). Miss it and the Default Grade your instructor entered, worked out with zeros for the missing work and typically a D or F, replaces the I and counts as your grade. Rule
AU
Audit
Left out of your GPA, and it isn’t an attempt under the repeat limit. Rule
A transcript notation for a fresh start after at least three years away from Temple (two, with 15 transferable credits at a 3.00 or higher elsewhere)
Your cumulative GPA restarts at 0.00 after drop/add in the term you return. Your old courses and grades stay on your transcript, and those with a C− or better (or CR) can still count toward your degree. You get it once, and Latin honors then need 60 more credits at Temple. Rule
Repeated course
You took the same course again
You can take any course a second time; a third attempt needs your school or college dean’s approval, and three is the limit (English 0701, English 0802, IH 0851, IH 0852 and Math 0701 are exceptions). Every attempt stays on your transcript with its grade, but only your highest grade counts in your GPA, and the credits count once. A W and a Credit/No Credit attempt each count as an attempt; a WE or an AU doesn’t. A course you took for a letter grade can’t be retaken Credit/No Credit, and once you’ve attempted a course at Temple you can’t replace it with transfer credit. Highest-grade counting has applied since May 2011. If you use up your attempts at a course your major requires, you must change majors, and after your degree is awarded a retake no longer changes your GPA. Rule
Transfer credit
Grades from another college
Transfer credit comes without grades, so it doesn’t change your Temple GPA. Temple generally accepts college-level courses with a C or better from accredited schools, but not a course equivalent to one you’ve already attempted at Temple. Once enrolled, you can transfer in at most two summer or special-session courses (8 credits), with your advising unit’s approval in advance, a 2.00 cumulative GPA when you ask, and a C or better. You need at least 30 credits at Temple for a degree, and 60 for Latin honors. Rule
Temple GPA lines
These are Temple’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 Temple
GPA line
What it means
Also required
Below 2.00 for the term, or below 2.00 cumulative before 24 attempted hours and a fourth term
Academic Warning
Attempted hours are your Temple credit hours with any grade or notation except WE. You meet with an advisor before you register. Full rule
Below 2.00 cumulative after 24 attempted hours or a fourth term
Academic Probation
Not applied in your first semester as a first-year or transfer student. Your advisor registers you. The 24-hour rule took effect in fall 2024. Full rule
Below 2.00 cumulative after a term on probation, with a term GPA of 2.50 or higher
Extended Academic Probation instead of dismissal
It also applies if you’ve attempted fewer than 12 hours since probation began, until you’ve attempted 24 hours after the probation term. Full rule
Below 2.00 cumulative after a term on probation or extended probation
Academic Dismissal, unless you qualify for extended probation
A first dismissal can be appealed. Or, after a year away, Academic Recovery if your GPA can rise above 2.00 within two full-time terms; you then need a 2.00 term GPA on at least 6 graded credits each term. Or, after three years (two, with 15 transferable credits at 3.00), Academic Forgiveness. A third dismissal is final. Full rule
2.0 cumulative, in CLA/CST coursework and in your major
Graduation minimum in the College of Liberal Arts
Its BA and BS degrees need at least 123 credits. Full rule
3.79 to 4.00 for the semester, depending on your college (fall 2026, spring 2027)
Dean’s List
Each college’s cut-off is set to take the top 16% of semester GPAs over the five previous fall and spring semesters: 3.79 in Engineering, 3.94 in Liberal Arts, 4.00 in Education & Human Development and in Social Work. You need 12 graded credits (A to F) that semester; part-time students can qualify in spring with 12 across fall and spring. Full rule
Summa 3.94 to 4.00, magna 3.79 to 3.98, cum laude 3.59 to 3.96 cumulative, depending on your college
Latin honors for August 2026, January 2027 and May 2027 graduates
Cut-offs are set to give about 2% summa, 5% magna and 9% cum laude in each college, from five years of graduates: Liberal Arts 3.99, 3.97 and 3.94; Engineering 3.95, 3.88 and 3.82; University College 3.94, 3.79 and 3.59. You need at least 60 credits at Temple. 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
Only your highest grade in a course counts. Say you fail a 3-credit course (F, 0.00), retake it for a B, and also have an A in a 4-credit course: (3.00 × 3 + 4.00 × 4) ÷ 7 = 25 ÷ 7 = 3.57, where counting both attempts would have given (0.00 × 3 + 3.00 × 3 + 4.00 × 4) ÷ 10 = 2.50. Both attempts stay on your transcript, and the B would still count if a later attempt came out lower.
The calculator gives an estimate from the grades you enter. Your official GPA is the one on your Temple 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.
