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At UO an A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F 0. A plus adds 0.3 and a minus takes 0.3 away, so an A+ is 4.3, an A− 3.7 and a D− 0.7. Your GPA is your points divided by your credits of A through F, cut off (not rounded) at two decimals. Only the F counts as zero. P and N grades and the marks I, W, X, AU and Y stay out of your GPA, and so do grades from other schools. If you retake a course, every graded UO attempt counts in your GPA, but you get the credit only once. In your first term, an F in a course that allows pass/no pass turns into an N automatically, so it leaves your GPA.
UO’s points: A+ 4.30, 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”.
Your class cutoffs
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Each letter starts at its lowest percentage and runs up to the next letter.
Rounding and decimal places
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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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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 UO’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
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UO’s rules checked in its 2026–2027 University of Oregon Catalog. Sources are at the bottom of the page.
Grade points at UO
UO 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 Oregon letter grades and grade points
What W, pass/fail, incomplete, retakes and transfer credit do at UO
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 UO counts each code
Code
What it means
In the UO GPA
F
Unsatisfactory, no credit
Counts 0 points in your GPA and earns no credit. You get an F (or an N, if you’re taking the course pass/no pass) if you register and never attend, or attend part of the course without finishing it. In your first term at UO, an F in an undergraduate course that allows pass/no pass is switched to an N automatically, which takes it out of your GPA, and your academic standing is calculated with the N. You can ask to switch back to the F by the end of the next term. If you retake a course, the F still counts. Rule
D+ / D / D−
Inferior but passing
Worth 1.3, 1 and 0.7 points and earns credit. It falls below the C− you need for a pass or a prerequisite. You can retake the course without approval. In your first term, you can ask to switch a D to an N until the end of the following term. Rule
C−
Lowest passing grade for most requirements
Worth 1.7 points. It counts as a pass for pass/no pass and for prerequisites. But for retakes UO treats a C− as not passed, so you may take the course again without approval, up to three attempts in all. Rule
P / P*
Pass (C− or better)
Stays out of your GPA. A P* means the course is offered pass/no pass only. In a course with optional grading, you can switch to pass/no pass in DuckWeb until 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before finals week. The 168 credits you need for a degree must be graded A, B, C, D or P*, and the catalog lists only P*, not a plain P. The Dean’s List counts only letter-graded credits. Rule
N / N*
No pass (D+ or worse), no credit
Stays out of your GPA but earns no credit, so it lowers your pace for financial aid. For academic standing, a term with only no-GPA marks counts as below 2.00 unless you passed every credit you attempted. Rule
W
Withdrawal
You withdraw from a course through web registration, and the W stays out of your GPA. It stays on your transcript even if you retake and pass the course, and it earns no credit, which lowers your pace for aid. If you withdraw from a whole term with W marks, you get a 0.00 term GPA for academic standing. Rule
I
Incomplete
Stays out of your GPA while it remains an I. You and your instructor sign a contract with a default grade. The catalog says that default grade replaces the I if you don’t finish the work by the contract’s deadline. The advising page says an I you don’t finish within a year turns into an F. An I that becomes an F is not switched to an N under first-term forgiveness. Rule
GP
Grade Pending, while an academic misconduct case is open
Shows in place of your grade until the case is resolved. It earns no credit and stays out of your GPA. Rule
X
No grade reported
Recorded by the registrar when your instructor didn’t report a grade. It stays out of your GPA and earns no credit. Rule
AU
Audit
Recorded on your transcript but earns no credit and doesn’t satisfy degree requirements. It stays out of your GPA. Rule
Repeated course
You took the same course again
Since fall 2019, every graded attempt of a UO course counts in your term and cumulative GPA, and a non-repeatable course earns credit only once, so there’s no grade replacement. From fall 2016 through summer 2019, only the second grade of a repeated course counted in the cumulative GPA. You can retake a non-repeatable course without approval only if you earned an N or a C− or lower, up to three attempts in total, counting attempts at other schools. If you passed and need a higher grade for your major or minor, you can file a Petition to Repeat a Course. Grades given as a misconduct sanction stay in your GPA even if you retake the course. Retaking a course at another school earns no extra UO credit and doesn’t change your UO GPA. Rule
Transfer credit
Grades from another college
Grades from other schools never enter your UO GPA; only UO work is used. You can transfer any number of credits to clear requirements, but only 124 credits from junior or community colleges count toward the total you need for your degree. You still need 45 credits graded A through D at UO. Transfer credits do count toward the 168 credits of A, B, C, D or P* you need. AP, IB, Cambridge and CLEP credit comes in as P*. Work another school recorded as pass/no pass, or that the registrar can’t match to UO grades, comes in as passing credit. Advising says a grade earned through credit by exam doesn’t count in your GPA. To be considered for transfer admission you need a 2.25 (Oregon residents) or 2.50 (nonresidents) in transferable courses. Rule
The catalog says your GPA is truncated at two digits after the decimal point, so a 3.749 shows as 3.74, not 3.75. The calculator cuts off the same way. The registrar’s own calculator divides the quality points on your transcript by your GPA hours.
UO GPA lines
These are UO’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 UO
GPA line
What it means
Also required
2.00 term and cumulative
Good standing
The registrar says you need a 2.00 or higher in both your term and your cumulative UO GPA. Only UO grades count. Full rule
Term GPA 0.00 to 1.99
Academic Warning
Applies even if your cumulative GPA is 2.00 or higher. A term with only no-GPA marks counts as below 2.00 unless you passed every credit you attempted, and withdrawing from a whole term with W marks gives you a 0.00 term GPA. Full rule
Below 2.00 cumulative
Academic Probation
With 44 or fewer credits you get two terms of probation before you can be disqualified; with more than 44, one term. A term at 2.00 or higher doesn’t lift probation while your cumulative is still below 2.00. You also land on probation if your term GPA stays below 2.00 after two straight terms of warning. On probation you can take no more than 15 credits. Full rule
Below 2.00 term while on probation
Academic Disqualification
If you’re on probation for a cumulative GPA under 2.00 and your next term GPA is also under 2.00, you’re disqualified. Full rule
2.00 UO cumulative
Minimum to graduate
You also need at least 45 credits graded A through D at UO and 168 credits of A, B, C, D or P*. Full rule
3.75 term
Dean’s List
The catalog and the provost’s page ask for at least 12 credits taken for a letter grade. The advising page still says 15 total credits, with at least 12 graded. Because UO truncates, a 3.749 term is a 3.74 and misses. Full rule
3.95 or higher cumulative
Summa cum laude
Latin honors need all degree requirements done and at least 90 credits in residence at UO. Full rule
3.85 to 3.94 cumulative
Magna cum laude
Since your GPA is cut off at two decimals, there’s no gap between 3.94 and 3.95. Full rule
3.75 to 3.84 cumulative
Cum laude
Latin honors are based on your cumulative UO GPA. Full rule
2.0 cumulative
Satisfactory Academic Progress for financial aid
Checked using your UO GPA only. You must also earn at least 67 percent of the credits you attempt and finish within 150 percent of your degree’s credits. The aid office defines pace as credits earned divided by credits attempted; the catalog states it the other way around. Withdrawing from (or failing) everything in your first term, or in two terms in a row, fails the standard regardless of GPA. Full rule
3.25 UO GPA
Keeping a Stamps or Presidential Scholarship
This is the GPA you must keep to renew either award. Full rule
3.00 cumulative UO GPA
Renewing a UO Excellence, Summit or Apex Scholarship
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
Say it’s your first term at UO. You earn a B, a C and a C−, each in a 4-credit course, plus an F in a 4-credit course that allows pass/no pass. As graded, that’s (12 + 8 + 6.8 + 0) ÷ 16 = 26.8 ÷ 16 = 1.675. UO cuts that off at 1.67 (rounding would give 1.68). A cumulative GPA below 2.00 means Academic Probation. But first-term forgiveness switches the F to an N automatically, and your standing is calculated with the N. The N stays out of your GPA, so it’s 26.8 ÷ 12 = 2.2333, cut off at 2.23. That’s good standing. The N earns no credit, so that term adds 12 earned out of 16 attempted credits to your aid pace. You can ask to switch back to the F by the end of the next term, but then your standing uses the F.
The calculator gives an estimate from the grades you enter. Your official GPA is the one on your UO 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.