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Wake Forest gives 4.00 points for an A, 3.67 for an A−, 3.33 B+, 3.00 B, 2.67 B−, 2.33 C+, 2.00 C, 1.67 C−, 1.33 D+, 1.00 D, 0.67 D− and 0.00 for an F, and there’s no A+. Only the F counts as zero: the Bulletin gives an I or NR no GPA impact, though either becomes an F if it isn’t resolved early in your next semester, and a pass/fail course stays out of your GPA even if you fail it. Retake a course in which you earned a C− or lower and it counts once, at the highest grade you received, unless the first grade was an irreplaceable F for an honor violation.
Wake Forest’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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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 Wake Forest’s.
One grade higher: which course moves your GPA most?
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Wake Forest’s rules checked in its 2026–2027 Undergraduate Bulletin (Wake Forest College and School of Business). Sources are at the bottom of the page.
Grade points at Wake Forest
Wake Forest 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.
Wake Forest University letter grades and grade points
What W, pass/fail, incomplete, retakes and transfer credit do at Wake Forest
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 Wake Forest counts each code
Code
What it means
In the Wake Forest GPA
F
Failure
Counts 0.00 points, and its hours count in your GPA. If you stop going to class without officially withdrawing or taking Continuous Enrollment Status, you get failing grades in all your current courses. An I that isn’t finished 30 days into your next semester, or an NR that isn’t replaced within 45 days, becomes an F. You can retake a failed course at Wake Forest and only the higher grade counts; if you fail a course you had already passed, you keep the hours you earned the first time. Rule
Irreplaceable F
An F given as the sanction for an honor violation
Counts 0.00 like any F. It’s the presumptive sanction for academic misconduct, and it comes with a suspension too. You may retake the course, but the irreplaceable F stays in your GPA next to the new grade. A hearing panel may give a replaceable F instead, which a retake replaces in your GPA as usual. Rule
D+, D, D−
Passing but unsatisfactory
Worth 1.33, 1.00 and 0.67 points, and they earn credit. Like any grade of C− or lower, they let you retake the course at Wake Forest, and then only the higher grade counts. A D or C− from another school doesn’t transfer. Rule
I
Incomplete, given only when illness or another extenuating circumstance beyond your control keeps you from finishing the work
The pages disagree on what an I does to your GPA. The Bulletin’s grade-point table says an I has no GPA impact, while the Office of Academic Advising’s Incompletes page says an incomplete counts temporarily as an F in your semester and cumulative GPA until it’s changed, and the financial aid progress standard counts courses with an incomplete in its GPA on hours attempted. Whether to allow an incomplete is your instructor’s call. If you don’t finish the work within 30 days after your next semester begins, the I becomes an F automatically. For fall 2026, the Registrar’s Academic Services Calendar sets September 23 as the day to hand in your work. Rule
NR
Not Reported: your instructor hadn’t reported a grade by the deadline
Has no GPA impact under the Bulletin’s table. If the NR isn’t replaced within 45 days after your next semester begins, it becomes an F. Rule
W
Withdrawn
Doesn’t count in your GPA, but it stays on your transcript to show you attempted the course. You can drop a full-term course by the drop deadline (fall 2026: September 29; spring 2027: February 16). From the next day until five days after interim grades are due, you can withdraw with a W: through October 27 in fall 2026 and March 19 in spring 2027. Half-term courses have their own window, through the 22nd instructional day of each half. If you stop attending without withdrawing, you get failing grades instead. Rule
P
Pass, in a course taken under the pass/fail option
A pass/fail course isn’t computed in your GPA whether you pass or fail, and a pass earns full credit. You can’t elect pass/fail as a first-year student, though you can take courses offered only pass/fail; after that you can elect up to 4 pass/fail hours a semester and 18 toward your degree. Courses for the core, 21st Century Stewardship, your major, minor or a certificate can’t be taken pass/fail unless they’re offered only that way, and no School of Business course can be. You need your advisor’s and the instructor’s permission. Switch to pass/fail by the drop date (fall 2026: September 29; spring 2027: February 16). The Bulletin and the Office of Academic Advising let you switch back to a letter grade until the Friday of the twelfth week; the Registrar’s Academic Services Calendar lists Monday, November 16 for fall 2026 and Friday, April 9 for spring 2027. Rule
AU
Audit, entered when you’ve completed the audit
An auditor receives no credit, and non-credit work stays out of the GPA. You can’t switch between audit and credit after the first official day of classes. Audits don’t count as hours attempted for financial aid. Rule
You can repeat a Wake Forest course only at Wake Forest, and only if you earned a C− or lower; don’t ask your instructor to lower a grade so you can retake. Every grade stays on your transcript, but the course counts once for credit and once as attempted in your GPA, with the points of the highest grade you received. If you fail a course you had passed, you keep the hours you earned. The exception is an irreplaceable F for an honor violation: if your retake earns credit, both the new grade and the F count in your GPA. A replaceable F drops out once you retake the course. The financial aid progress standard counts retakes the same way. Rule
Transfer credit
Grades from another college
Transfer grades don’t count in your Wake Forest GPA, and that includes affiliate (non-Wake Forest) study abroad programs; the courses are still recorded on your transcript. Credit from Wake Forest-sponsored programs such as WFU Barcelona and London INSTEP counts as Wake Forest credit, not transfer credit. To get credit for a course elsewhere once you’re enrolled, you need a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0, no academic probation or suspension, and departmental approval, and only approved four-year schools qualify; entering transfer students can bring credit from accredited two-year colleges too. A course transfers only with a C or better; a C− or lower doesn’t. After you enroll, at most 30 hours from outside Wake Forest programs count toward the 120 you need, and your senior year must be in Wake Forest programs; if you transferred in, you must earn at least 60 hours in Wake Forest programs. At most 15 hours of fully online courses after you enroll count, and only 8 of those from another school. In the School of Business, at most two courses (6 hours) transfer into program requirements, from AACSB-accredited schools, and to graduate you need a 2.0 GPA on all work you attempted at other schools. Rule
The Bulletin’s honors rules say cumulative GPAs are calculated to three decimal places and truncated without rounding. So the calculator never rounds up either: it cuts the GPA to two decimals, and 3.499 shows as 3.49, not 3.50.
Wake Forest GPA lines
These are Wake Forest’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 Wake Forest
GPA line
What it means
Also required
1.60 / 1.70 / 1.80 / 1.90 cumulative
Minimum GPA to continue, by hours passed
1.60 with fewer than 30 hours passed, 1.70 with at least 30 but fewer than 60, 1.80 with at least 60 but fewer than 90, and 1.90 with 90 or more. Hours passed include hours transferred from other schools, but the GPA counts only Wake Forest undergraduate work, leaving out non-credit and pass/fail courses. Full rule
Below your minimum
Academic probation
You get one semester on probation to bring your GPA up to the required level, and you can take summer school at Wake Forest to help. While on probation you can’t transfer in courses taken elsewhere. If you don’t meet the requirements, you may be suspended or placed on probation. Full rule
6 or fewer grade points in a semester
Academic suspension
Grade points from CNS 353, military science courses, ensemble music courses, DCE 128 and elective 100-level health and exercise science courses don’t count toward the six. If the failure came from circumstances beyond your control, you can appeal to the Committee on Academic Affairs to be reinstated. While suspended you can’t represent the University or transfer in work from another school. Full rule
2.0 cumulative
Minimum GPA to graduate
With 120 credit hours. School of Business students need a 2.0 on all work attempted at Wake Forest, a 2.0 on all work attempted at other schools, and an overall 2.0 in the courses required in the major. To petition to take part in Commencement before you finish, you need at least 112 hours by the end of the spring semester before it, a 2.0 cumulative GPA and a 2.0 in your major(s). Full rule
2.0 cumulative
To earn transfer credit elsewhere, or take an independent study
You need a 2.0 cumulative GPA, and no academic probation or suspension, to get credit for courses at another school. Independent study, individual study, directed reading and internships need a 2.0 cumulative GPA in Wake Forest courses. Full rule
3.4 semester GPA
Dean’s List
For full-time, degree-seeking students in the College and the School of Business, on a full-time course load (at least 12 hours) with no grade below C that semester. Part-time students aren’t eligible. The Registrar sets the fall list each February 1 and the spring list each July 1. Full rule
Top 5% / next 10% / next 15% of your class
Summa cum laude / magna cum laude / cum laude
Percentages, not fixed GPAs: your cumulative GPA must place you in the top 30% of your graduating class, counting only grades in Wake Forest courses. The cutoffs come from May degree candidates and also apply to the following August and December graduates. GPAs are taken to three decimals and truncated, not rounded. Full rule
The same minimums as for continuing, but counted by hours attempted and including courses with an incomplete. You must also pass at least 67% of the hours you attempt. Incompletes count as attempted hours; audits don’t. 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
At Wake Forest a retake after a C− or lower counts once, at the higher grade. Say you earn a D in a 3-credit course, an A in another 3-credit course and a B+ in a 4-credit course, and withdraw from a fourth with a W: (1 × 3 + 4 × 3 + 3.33 × 4) ÷ 10 = 28.32 ÷ 10 = 2.832, shown as 2.83, and the W doesn’t count. You retake the D course at Wake Forest and earn a B. The course now counts once, with the B: (3 × 3 + 4 × 3 + 3.33 × 4) ÷ 10 = 34.32 ÷ 10 = 3.432, shown as 3.43. If both grades counted, you’d have (1 × 3 + 3 × 3 + 4 × 3 + 3.33 × 4) ÷ 13 = 37.32 ÷ 13 ≈ 2.87. An irreplaceable F for an honor violation is the exception: it stays in your GPA next to the retake.
The calculator gives an estimate from the grades you enter. Your official GPA is the one on your Wake Forest 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.
