Enter your scores and percentage weights for each assignment category — homework, quizzes, midterms, finals — and get your overall course grade and GPA instantly.
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A weighted grade is a final course grade where different assessment categories — homework, quizzes, midterms, and finals — are each worth a specific percentage of your overall score. Most college courses use weighted grading rather than a simple average of all assignments.
For example, if your syllabus says "homework 20%, quizzes 15%, midterm 30%, final 35%", scoring 95% on homework counts much less toward your grade than scoring 95% on the final. Understanding your course weights helps you prioritize where to focus your study time.
Weighted grading differs from points-based grading, where every point is equal regardless of the assignment type. If your professor uses a points-based system, use our Points Based Grade Calculator instead.
A weighted grade is a final course grade where different assessment categories (homework, quizzes, midterms, finals) are worth different percentages of the overall score. Most college courses use weighted grading rather than a simple average.
For example, if your course syllabus says: Homework 20%, Quizzes 15%, Midterm 30%, Final 35% — that's a weighted grading system. This calculator handles up to 8 categories with any combination of weights.
Once you know your course weights, you can calculate exactly how much each remaining assignment can move your grade. If your final exam is worth 40%, a 20-point improvement on the final has double the impact of the same improvement on a 20% homework category.
Before a big exam, use this calculator to run "what-if" scenarios: enter your current scores and adjust the exam score field to see what grade you need to hit your target. This is more useful than just checking your current grade — it turns the calculator into a study planning tool.
If your professor drops the lowest grade, use our Drop Lowest Grade Calculator to see your average without that score before entering it here.
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