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UIC uses whole letter grades: A is 4, B 3, C 2, D 1 and F 0, with no plus or minus. A retake doesn’t replace your old grade; the original and the retake both count in your GPA. Your transcript GPA is cut, not rounded, at two decimals.
UIC’s points: A 4.00, B 3.00, C 2.00, D 1.00 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”.
Your class cutoffs
Letter
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Each letter starts at its lowest percentage and runs up to the next letter.
Rounding and decimal places
Follow your syllabus. A displayed percentage can round up while the unrounded score stays below a cutoff.
Only changes how results are shown. Extra places appear when rounding would push a score over a letter cutoff.
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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Include your earlier GPA
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 UIC’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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UIC’s rules checked in its 2026–2027 Undergraduate Catalog. Sources are at the bottom of the page.
Grade points at UIC
UIC 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.
University of Illinois Chicago letter grades and grade points
What W, pass/fail, incomplete, retakes and transfer credit do at UIC
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 UIC counts each code
Code
What it means
In the UIC GPA
W
Withdrawn: you dropped a course at your college office from the third through the tenth week of a fall or spring term
Left out of your GPA; a W means you withdrew without penalty. You can make only four of these drops in your whole undergraduate degree. If you leave the university without following its withdrawal rules, you get an F in every course you’re registered for. Rule
CR or NC
Credit or No Credit, an option you choose: CR for a letter grade of A, B, C or D, NC for an F
Left out of your GPA, so a D shows only as CR and an F only as NC. You must be in good standing, and you can earn at most 21 hours this way at UIC, one course a term. You can’t use it for a course required for your major (prerequisites and collateral courses included) or for ENGL 160 or 161. Choose it by the tenth day of instruction; after that you can’t undo it. CR and NC are final, except that in your last term a CR in a course you need for your major can go back to its letter grade. Liberal Arts and Sciences allows it only for electives and for no more than two courses in one discipline. Rule
I
Incomplete: you were making satisfactory progress but couldn’t finish the work or missed the final for reasons beyond your control, and told your instructor before grades were due
Left out of your GPA while it stands. You finish the work under the contract your instructor files, without registering for the course again, within one calendar year. If you don’t, it becomes an F, which counts as 0. The Registrar’s Grading System page still gives a shorter deadline: the end of your next semester or summer session in residence, or one calendar year if you aren’t enrolled. Rule
DFR
Deferred: a course that runs longer than one term, such as a thesis, honors, study abroad or independent study course
Left out of your GPA. When the sequence ends, your instructor reports a final grade for each deferred term. Rule
S, S* or U
Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory, in undergraduate courses approved for it; S* and U are used in Academic Preparation Courses numbered 001–099
Left out of your GPA. An S* earns no hours toward graduation, and grades in courses numbered 001–099 never count in your GPA. Rule
NR
Not Reported: your instructor didn’t submit a grade
Pass on a proficiency or special exam, given only for work at least equal to a C
Left out of your GPA, and a failed proficiency exam leaves no record. You need your college dean’s and the department head’s consent first, and you can’t take one to raise a grade or make up a failure. Rule
AU
Audit: you attend a course without credit
Left out of your GPA, since only letter grades carry points, and it earns no credit. You need the instructor’s and college’s approval, and the Visitor’s Permit is due by the second Friday of a fall or spring semester. To take the course for credit instead, switch by the end of late registration. Rule
Repeated course
You took the same course again
A retake doesn’t replace your first grade: the original grade and every repeat count in your GPA and stay on your transcript, and the course counts only once toward the hours you need to graduate. You can repeat a D or F once without written permission; an A or B can’t be repeated, and normally neither can a C (never in Liberal Arts and Sciences or Business). A further repeat needs your college dean’s written permission, and you can’t repeat a course after earning credit in a course it’s a prerequisite for. Separately, GPA Recalculation can drop grades: if a GPA shortfall keeps you from graduating, your college (you can’t ask) can exclude up to four UIC courses with D or F grades, one at a time, until you reach the GPA you need. Colleges use it from the end of your junior year up to your final semester. Excluded hours no longer count toward graduation, every grade stays on your transcript, and a course failed through a student conduct hearing can’t be excluded. Rule
Transfer credit
Grades from another college
Transfer grades stay out of your UIC GPA, which the transcript calls Total Institution and which covers only courses completed at UIC; the transcript shows a separate Transfer GPA for each school you attended. They still matter: to graduate you need a 2.00 in your UIC work, in your major and in all accepted work combined (transfer plus UIC), and a combined average below 2.00 can keep you on Academic Notice. In Liberal Arts and Sciences, courses taken elsewhere can’t lift Academic Notice caused by your UIC GPA. Latin honors use only your UIC GPA. AP scores earn UIC course credit; the catalog doesn’t say whether that credit enters a GPA. Proficiency exam credit (PS) stays out of your GPA. Rule
Your transcript GPA shows two decimals and is cut, not rounded. The Registrar’s example turns 35 quality points ÷ 12 GPA hours (2.916…) into a 2.91, and the catalog shows 38 ÷ 17 as 2.23.
UIC GPA lines
These are UIC’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 UIC
GPA line
What it means
Also required
Below 2.00 term GPA, with a cumulative GPA of 2.00 or higher
Term Notice, a warning
A term GPA of at least 2.00 takes you off Term Notice. Colleges and programs may set higher standards. Full rule
Below 2.00 cumulative or UIC GPA
Academic Notice (other UIC publications call it probation)
A UIC GPA below 2.00 puts you on Academic Notice even if your cumulative GPA is 2.00 or higher. You come off after a term GPA of at least 2.00 once your UIC GPA is at least 2.00 and, if you have transfer credit, your combined transfer and UIC average is too; otherwise you stay on notice. Your dean sets the conditions and can require specific courses, limit your hours or keep you out of certain courses. Full rule
Missing your notice GPA while your UIC or combined GPA is below 2.00
Dismissal from the university
You can also be dismissed for not making progress, such as piling up Incomplete grades, earning no credit in a semester or not keeping a C average in your major. A college can drop you from a curriculum or the college without a notice term first, and can waive the dismissal rules when your overall record warrants it. Liberal Arts and Sciences counts deficit points (per hour: A +2, B +1, C 0, D −1, F −2) and dismisses a first-term student for zero credit, a GPA below 1.00 or a deficit of −15 or more, and a continuing student at −15 or more. Full rule
2.00 UIC, major and combined GPA
Minimum to graduate
You need at least a 2.00 in all work at UIC, in all work in your major field and in all accepted work (transfer plus UIC). Some degree programs require more. Full rule
3.50 term GPA or higher (Liberal Arts and Sciences)
Dean’s List
You need at least 12 semester hours that count toward your degree, not counting basic military science or basic physical education activity courses. At least 9 of them must be letter-graded, plus a CR in any course you take credit/no credit. Engineering uses the same rule. Business asks for 12 graded hours (6 in summer), and failing a credit/no credit course keeps you off its list. Full rule
3.50 UIC GPA or higher at graduation
University Honors (Latin honors): cum laude 3.50–3.74, magna cum laude 3.75–3.89, summa cum laude 3.90 and above
Only your UIC GPA counts, and you must meet UIC’s hours residency requirements. For the commencement ceremony, honors use your UIC GPA at the end of the term before you graduate; your transcript and diploma are then adjusted to your final grades. 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 doesn’t erase the first grade. You fail a 3-hour course, retake it and earn a B. With a 3-hour A and a 3-hour B, both attempts count: (0 × 3 + 3 × 3 + 4 × 3 + 3 × 3) ÷ 12 = 2.50. If the B replaced the F, it would be (3 × 3 + 4 × 3 + 3 × 3) ÷ 9 = 3.33.
The calculator gives an estimate from the grades you enter. Your official GPA is the one on your UIC 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.
