The more you have done, the harder it moves
Works out the average needed across the remaining credits to reach a target GPA by graduation.
A GPA is credit-weighted, and that is the whole difficulty: after sixty credits, a further thirty account for only a third of the total. Raising the overall average by three tenths means scoring considerably above the target itself on what remains.
The practical consequence: GPAs are fixed in the early years, when each course carries real weight. By the final semester the achievable range narrows to hundredths, and the calculator shows that limit explicitly.
What this calculator shows
- The average needed across the remaining credits
- Whether the target is reachable and the best still possible
- The gap between the current and target average
What to keep in mind
- The average is credit-weighted: a six-credit course counts twice as heavily as a three-credit one.
- The scale is configurable — 4 for GPA, 5 for the Russian scale, 100 for a hundred-point one. The arithmetic is the same.
FAQs
How is a GPA calculated?
As a credit-weighted average: each course grade is multiplied by its credits and the sum is divided by the total credits.
Can a GPA be raised in the final year?
Barely. With sixty credits done and thirty remaining, the maximum possible shift is a few tenths even with perfect grades.
Do resits affect the average?
It depends on the institution: some replace the old grade, some count both. That changes the arithmetic completely and is worth checking early.
What GPA counts as good?
On a 4.0 scale, above 3.5 is generally strong and above 3.7 excellent. Postgraduate admission abroad often asks for 3.0 or more.
Worked example
Two years in
Input: 3.2 across 60 credits, target 3.4 over the remaining 30
Output: You need a 3.8 average on what is left
Note: Lifting the total by two tenths requires the remaining courses to run six tenths above the current level. The best achievable here is 3.47, so a target of 3.5 would already be out of reach.