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USF’s GPA uses plus and minus grades in thirds: A− is 3.67, B+ 3.33, B− 2.67 and so on, and an A+ counts the same 4.00 as an A. Grade Forgiveness lets a retake replace the first grade in your GPA for up to three courses, but honors at graduation still count the original grades.
USF’s points: A+ 4.00, A 4.00, A− 3.67, B+ 3.33 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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Rounding and decimal places
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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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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 USF’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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USF’s rules checked in its 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog. Sources are at the bottom of the page.
Grade points at USF
USF 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 South Florida letter grades and grade points
What W, pass/fail, incomplete, retakes and transfer credit do at USF
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 USF counts each code
Code
What it means
In the USF GPA
I
Incomplete: a small part of your work is missing while you’re otherwise passing
Left out of your GPA until it’s removed. Your instructor sets the deadline, two semesters at most; after that it becomes IF or IU. Don’t re-register for the course just to finish it. Rule
IF or IU
Incomplete changed to failure, or to unsatisfactory
An IF counts as 0.00 points in your cumulative GPA and can put you on probation or get you dismissed. An IU stays out of your GPA. Rule
FF
Failure for academic dishonesty
Counts as 0.00 points, and Grade Forgiveness can never replace it. Any academic dishonesty on your transcript also rules out honors at graduation. Rule
S or U
Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory, in an S/U-only course or one you chose to take S/U
Left out of your GPA. An A, B, C or C− becomes S; a D or F becomes U. Your college sets the deadline to choose S/U, no later than the last day of classes, and an S/U course can’t be forgiven. Rule
W or WC
Withdrawal, or withdrawal for extenuating circumstances (an approved medical petition)
Left out of your GPA. You can withdraw from week two to week ten. You get five withdrawals in all: three before 60 credit hours, two from 60 on. A drop in the first week doesn’t show on your transcript at all. Rule
The first grade of a course you repeated under Grade Forgiveness
Stays on your transcript, marked E, but its hours and points come out of your GPA. Rule
Repeated course
You took the same course again
With Grade Forgiveness, the retake grade replaces the first grade in your GPA, if the retake is letter-graded (A–F), higher than the first grade, and D− or higher. That’s the 2026–2027 catalog; the Registrar’s FAQ still says D or higher. You get three forgiven courses in all, one repeat per course, with a request form for each. Both attempts must be USF courses at the 1000 to 5000 level, and once used, it can’t be undone. It isn’t allowed for S/U courses, a course with an FF, or, after your USF bachelor’s degree, courses taken before it. Your college may add limits. Without forgiveness, every D, F, FF or IF you earn in a course counts in your GPA, and the credit counts once unless the course is repeatable. If you got a C or better and retake for another C or better, the new grade doesn’t count at all. Honors at graduation ignore forgiveness. Rule
Transfer credit
Grades from another college
Your USF GPA counts only grades from USF courses; transfer work carries codes such as NC, NG and R that stay out of it. Exam credit (AP, IB, CLEP and others) can earn you up to 45 hours toward your degree. Honors at graduation also need a 3.50 overall GPA that counts all transferable work from other schools. If you’re dismissed and come back under Academic Renewal, after an Associate of Arts elsewhere or after at least three semesters away, your USF GPA starts over from that point. Renewal happens once, and honors still look at all your grades. Rule
For honors at graduation your GPA isn’t rounded up: a 3.69 doesn’t count as 3.70.
USF GPA lines
These are USF’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 USF
GPA line
What it means
Also required
Below 2.0 cumulative USF GPA
Academic probation, noted on your transcript
From then on you need at least a 2.0 every term, and advising before you register. One term below 2.0, or withdrawing from all your classes after the fifth day, means academic dismissal. First-year students new to college can get a one-time deferment. Probation ends once your term and USF GPA are both 2.0 or higher. Full rule
2.00 cumulative USF GPA
Good academic standing, which you need to graduate
At least 12 hours of A–F graded USF courses that term, with no I, U or W (9 hours with an approved reduced load through Student Accessibility Services). A grade change after grades post doesn’t add it later, and summer and intersession together count once. Full rule
3.50 or higher at USF and overall
Honors at graduation: cum laude 3.50, magna cum laude 3.70, summa cum laude 3.90, by your overall GPA
At least 40 hours of graded upper-level work at USF (30 in programs with several clinical placements, such as Nursing and Education). Forgiveness doesn’t apply, and a plus or minus from another school is ignored. A 4.00 overall makes you a King O’Neal Scholar. To have honors announced at Commencement, you need a 3.50 before your final term. 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
Grade Forgiveness fixes your USF GPA but not your honors GPA. Retake a 3-hour F for an A under forgiveness, with a 4-hour A− and a 3-hour B+: the F is marked E and drops out, (4 × 3 + 3.67 × 4 + 3.33 × 3) ÷ 10 = 3.67. For honors at graduation the F still counts, (0 × 3 + 4 × 3 + 3.67 × 4 + 3.33 × 3) ÷ 13 = 2.82.
The calculator gives an estimate from the grades you enter. Your official GPA is the one on your USF 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.
