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Class GradeCALCULATOR

U-M GPA calculator

In LSA, U-M’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, an A+ counts 4.0, the same as an A, and the failing grade is an E (0.0), not an F. A retake never removes your first grade, and if your first grade was a C or better, the retake earns nothing and stays out of your GPA. Pass/fail grades (P and F) never touch your GPA, but an incomplete you don’t finish lapses to an E, which counts as 0.0.

U-M’s points: A+ 4.00, A 4.00, A− 3.70, B+ 3.30 and so on.

Example courses. Change them to yours, or

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 U-M’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.

Import courses from a transcript or spreadsheet

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.

Save my courses or compare versions

Nothing is sent to us. Untick the box to forget them.

To compare plans, save the courses as they are now as a version, change them, and save again. Versions stay in this browser until you delete them.

Open a file you saved with “Save the versions to a file”, in this browser or another. It is read in your browser and sent nowhere.

U-M’s rules checked in its LSA Academic Policies and Procedures (current web edition). Sources are at the bottom of the page.

Grade points at U-M

U-M 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 Michigan letter grades and grade points
GradeGrade points
A+4.00
A4.00
A−3.70
B+3.30
B3.00
B−2.70
C+2.30
C2.00
C−1.70
D+1.30
D1.00
D−0.70
E0.00
ED0.00, counted in the GPA
ILE0.00, counted in the GPA

From University of Michigan, College of LSA, Academic Policies and Procedures (current), Grades and Grading.

What W, pass/fail, incomplete, retakes and transfer credit do at U-M

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 U-M counts each code
CodeWhat it meansIn the U-M GPA
A+The top letter gradeIn LSA an A+ is worth 4.0, the same as an A, so it can’t lift you above a 4.0. The Registrar’s transcript guide also lists 4.3, 4.4 and 9.0 grading scales, where an A+ is worth more; this calculator uses LSA’s 4.0 values, which match the guide’s 4.0 scale. Rule
EFailing grade in a letter-graded courseCounts as 0.0 honor points with its credits in your GPA, and earns no credit. In LSA an F means something else: a fail in a pass/fail course. Rule
WWithdrew: you dropped the course after the initial add/drop period (the first three weeks of a full term, two of a half term)Left out of your GPA, with no credit or honor points. A late drop is possible until about two-thirds of the way through the term and doesn’t reduce your tuition or fees. Late-drop Ws from your first term at U-M stay off your official transcript (they remain on the unofficial one). Withdrawing from the whole term after add/drop puts a W on every course, and those Ws stay on your official transcript even in your first term; a term withdrawal before the add/drop deadline leaves no registration on your transcript. Two full-term (fall/winter) withdrawals in a row while on academic progress notice move you a step closer to academic recess. Retroactive drops are rarely granted. Rule
P or F (pass/fail)You chose pass/fail: the instructor reports a letter grade without knowing, and the registrar records P for C− through A+ and F for D+ or belowNeither a P nor an F counts in your GPA; a P earns credit, an F doesn’t. Choose pass/fail in Wolverine Access by the late drop/add/pass/fail deadline, about two-thirds through the semester. You need at least 90 graded credits of your 120. Prerequisites and course options for your major or minor, BGS upper-level courses and the final course for the language requirement can’t be pass/fail; if you elect one, LSA uncovers it and your letter grade shows on your transcript. Courses that are mandatory pass/fail can meet major requirements. LSA’s Grades and Grading page disagrees with itself on a C−: its pass/fail section and its entry for P make a C− a P, but its entry for F says an F is a C− or lower. LSA also proposed covering all first-semester grades as P or NC from fall 2027, but paused that pilot on September 28, 2026. Rule
CR or NCCredit or No Credit, used only in courses approved by the LSA Curriculum Committee, such as experiential courses and field experiencesNeither counts in your GPA. CR earns credit; NC earns no credit. Unlike pass/fail, credit/no credit courses can meet a major or minor requirement. Rule
S or USatisfactory or UnsatisfactoryNeither counts in your GPA. An S earns credit; a U doesn’t. Rule
I, ILE or ILFIncomplete: you asked your instructor for more time after a serious non-academic problem, with only a small part of the work left and at least a C− standingAn I stays out of your GPA at first. Finish the work by the end of the 4th week of your next full term of enrollment; an extension can’t go past the end of that term. If you don’t, a letter-graded course lapses to an E, which counts as 0.0 (older transcripts show it as ILE), and a pass/fail course lapses to an F (ILF), which doesn’t count. From Fall 2026 a finished incomplete shows only the final grade, not IB+ or similar. Rule
NR, NG or EDNR: No Report, shown in place of a grade while a misconduct case is pending, or after a hospitalization or serious issue. NG: No Grade, when you registered after grade rosters were produced. ED: unofficial dropNR and NG stay out of your GPA at first, but if not resolved by the 4th week of your next term they become an ED, which counts like an E (0.0). An ED you get for not finishing an audited course doesn’t affect your GPA. Rule
YContinuing: the first term of an approved two-term courseLeft out of your GPA. The final grade from the second term is recorded for both terms. If the course isn’t approved as two-term, you get an I instead, which can lapse to a failing grade. Rule
VIVisitor: you audited the courseNo credit or honor points, and left out of your GPA, though you pay regular tuition and fees. Request audit status by the drop/add deadline: the end of the third week of a full term, or the second week of a half term. If you don’t finish the course requirements you get an ED, which doesn’t affect your GPA. Rule
NFC or REPNot for Credit or Repetition: a retaken courseAn NFC retake (after an A+ through C, P, CR or S) stays out of your GPA. A REP retake counts in your GPA alongside your first grade. Rule
Repeated courseYou took the same course againA retake never replaces your first grade: in every case the earlier grade stays on your transcript and in your GPA. What the retake earns depends on your first grade. After an A+ through C (or a P, CR or S), the retake is marked Not for Credit: no credit, no honor points, nothing in your GPA. After a C−, D+, D or D−, the retake is marked REP and counts in your GPA, but earns no more credit. After an E, F or U, a passed retake (REP) earns both credit and honor points. If you retake a course you already have AP or transfer credit for, you get credit and honor points for the retake (if graded) and lose the original credit. A course first taken in another U-M Ann Arbor school or college, or at UM-Dearborn or UM-Flint, is recorded as a repetition or Not for Credit instead, and its original grade stays in your GPA. Rule
Transfer creditGrades from another collegeGrades from other schools don’t transfer and never affect your U-M GPA; LSA’s advisors say to leave transfer courses out when you work out your U-M GPA. The exception is UM-Dearborn and UM-Flint: their grades count in your Ann Arbor GPA, though the credits are still out of residence. An outside course transfers only with a C or better (Dearborn and Flint courses transfer whatever the grade); check the Transfer Credit Equivalency tool before you enroll. Up to 60 transfer credits count toward the 120 for an LSA degree (62 with a 62-credit associate degree), and at least 60 credits must be taken in residence. AP, IB and other test credit is out-of-residence credit. Graded transfer and test credit count toward LSA’s 90 graded credits even though the grades stay out of your GPA. Rule

U-M GPA lines

These are U-M’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 U-M
GPA lineWhat it meansAlso required
2.00 cumulative GPAGood standing in LSALSA updates your standing at the end of each term using your cumulative GPA only, and it can’t be changed by petition. LSA’s GPA requirements page also says continued enrollment needs at least a 2.0 term GPA; the Academic Standing page names only the cumulative GPA. Full rule
Below 2.00 cumulative GPA for one termAcademic progress notice 1You can keep enrolling. A first-semester student who completes no classes also gets this status. Reach a 2.00 cumulative GPA to return to good standing. Your honor point deficit is your Michigan Semester Hours × 2.0 minus your Michigan Honor Points. Full rule
Below 2.00 cumulative GPA for a second term in a rowAcademic progress notice 2You can keep enrolling. Two consecutive full-term (fall/winter) withdrawals while on notice 1 also put you here. Full rule
Below 2.00 cumulative GPA for a third term in a rowAcademic recessYou can’t enroll for one calendar year. To return, request reactivation through LSA Student Records and meet a Student Success Advisor; you come back on academic progress notice 1. Full rule
2.00 cumulative GPA and 2.00 in your majorMinimum to graduate from LSAYou also need at least 120 credits. For a B.G.S., the 2.00 applies to your 60 upper-level credits. LSA’s Grade Point Average policy page also requires a 2.00 in your minor; the GPA requirements page names only the major. Full rule
3.5 term GPAUniversity Honors for that termYou need at least 14 credits that term, at least 12 of them graded (A–E). Separately, all A+, A or A− grades for two or more terms in a row make you a James B. Angell Scholar; any grade other than A+, A, A−, CR, P, S, W or Y breaks the run. Full rule
3.866 (Distinction), 3.955 (High Distinction), 3.993 (Highest Distinction) cumulative GPALSA graduation distinction for 2026 graduates: the top 25%, 10% and 3% of the classThe lines are set each May from that year’s LSA graduates’ GPAs, so they change every year. You need at least 58 credits at U-M, at least 45 of them graded (not audited or pass/fail). 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

In LSA a retake never removes your first grade, and a retake after a C or better counts for nothing. Say you take a 4-credit course, retake it and earn an A, alongside a 3-credit B. If your first grade was a C, the retake is Not for Credit, so the A never enters your GPA: (2.0 × 4 + 3.0 × 3) ÷ 7 = 2.43. If your first grade was a lower C−, the A counts alongside it: (1.7 × 4 + 4.0 × 4 + 3.0 × 3) ÷ 11 = 2.89.

The calculator gives an estimate from the grades you enter. Your official GPA is the one on your U-M academic record.

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