GPA Scale: Letter Grade to GPA Conversion Charts

Last Updated: July 17, 2026

Every GPA starts with a scale: a fixed table that turns each letter grade into grade points. This page is the complete reference — the standard 4.0 scale, the weighted 5.0 scale with Honors and AP/IB bumps, and the percentage bands behind the letters. Use the quick converter to look up any single grade, then bookmark the charts for everything else.


Instructions

Pick a letter grade to see what it's worth on the unweighted 4.0 scale and with the standard Honors (+0.5) and AP/IB (+1.0) weighting bumps.

Letter grade

UNWEIGHTED (4.0)

3.7


Honors (+0.5)

4.2


AP / IB (+1.0)

4.7

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The Standard 4.0 GPA Scale

The 4.0 scale is the common currency of US education: an A is worth 4.0 points, each step down the letter ladder subtracts roughly a third of a point, and an F is worth zero. Averaging those points across your classes produces your GPA — you can run that math with our high school GPA calculator.

Letter grades on the unweighted 4.0 scale
Letter gradeGrade pointsTypical percentage
A+4.097–100%
A4.093–96%
A-3.790–92%
B+3.387–89%
B3.083–86%
B-2.780–82%
C+2.377–79%
C2.073–76%
C-1.770–72%
D+1.367–69%
D1.063–66%
D-0.760–62%
F0.0Below 60%

The Weighted 5.0 Scale

Weighted scales reward course rigor by adding a bump to advanced classes before averaging: +0.5 for Honors and +1.0 for AP, IB, or Dual Enrollment under the most common policy. That pushes the ceiling for an A in an AP class to 5.0 — which is where the "5.0 scale" gets its name. Here's every letter grade across all three tiers:

Grade points by course type (F earns 0.0 at every tier)
Letter gradeRegularHonors (+0.5)AP / IB (+1.0)
A+4.04.55.0
A4.04.55.0
A-3.74.24.7
B+3.33.84.3
B3.03.54.0
B-2.73.23.7
C+2.32.83.3
C2.02.53.0
C-1.72.22.7
D+1.31.82.3
D1.01.52.0
D-0.71.21.7
F0.00.00.0

To see how weighting changes a real transcript, run your classes through the weighted GPA calculator.

Percentage Grade Bands

If your school grades in percentages, each score falls into a band that determines the letter grade — and through it, the grade points. For one-click conversions of any score, use our percentage to GPA calculator.

Standard US percentage bands
PercentageLetter gradeGPA
97–100%A+4.0
93–96%A4.0
90–92%A-3.7
87–89%B+3.3
83–86%B3.0
80–82%B-2.7
77–79%C+2.3
73–76%C2.0
70–72%C-1.7
67–69%D+1.3
63–66%D1.0
60–62%D-0.7
Below 60%F0.0

Is an A+ a 4.0 or a 4.3?

At most US schools an A+ is capped at 4.0, identical to an A — that's the convention every chart on this page uses. A minority of institutions run a 4.3 scale where the A+ earns extra credit above a plain A. As always, your transcript's grading legend is the final authority on which scale applies to you.

GPA Scales Around the World

The 4.0 scale is a US convention, and other systems don't line up with it point for point. Many Canadian universities use a 4.3 scale that rewards the A+, Australia grades on a 7.0 scale, India reports a 10.0 CGPA, and the UK skips grade points entirely in favor of degree classifications like first-class honours. Because none of these map 1:1 onto 4.0, US institutions rely on professional credential evaluations for international records rather than a conversion formula.

Frequently Asked Questions

A B+ converts to 3.3 grade points on the standard 4.0 scale, so a student earning B+ grades across the board has a 3.3 GPA. In an honors class the same B+ is typically worth 3.8 on a weighted scale, and in an AP or IB class it's worth 4.3.

A 3.7 corresponds to an A- on the standard scale. As an overall average, a 3.7 GPA usually means a transcript of mostly A and A- grades with an occasional B+, which puts a student in range for many selective universities.

Admissions offices compare applicants on the unweighted 4.0 scale, since weighted scales vary too much from school to school to compare directly. Many colleges recalculate your GPA onto their own 4.0 standard from your transcript, then evaluate the rigor of your course load as a separate factor.

Look for the grading legend, usually printed on the back of the transcript or in the school profile your counselor sends with applications. It defines the point value of each letter grade, the percentage cutoffs, and any weighting policy. Whenever the legend disagrees with a generic chart, the legend is what your GPA actually means.

On the unweighted scale the maximum is a 4.0, earned with straight A grades. On weighted scales the ceiling depends on your school's policy: a student taking all AP or IB courses could reach 5.0 on the common +1.0 system, while schools using 4.5 or 6.0 caps produce different maximums. That's exactly why colleges standardize back to 4.0.

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