Weighted Grade Calculator
Enter your syllabus categories, their weights, and your grades, and get your true course grade, even mid-semester.
Read your syllabus like an investor
The weights table on page one of your syllabus is the most useful document in the course. It tells you exactly what an hour of effort is worth in each category. That's why a student with worse raw averages can end up with the better grade. Enter it once here and check back as grades land.
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Common questions
How do weighted grades work?
Each category contributes its weight, not its raw points: a 95% homework average worth 20% adds 19 points to your grade, while an 82% exam average worth 40% adds 32.8. Multiply each category's grade by its weight and add them up: that's your course grade.
What if only part of the course is graded so far?
Enter just the categories with grades. The calculator averages over the weight entered, so with 60% of the course graded, you see your true standing in that 60%, which is exactly the number to feed into the final grade calculator.
My weights don't add up to 100. Is that wrong?
Mid-semester, that's normal: ungraded categories haven't happened yet. But if your full syllabus doesn't total 100%, double-check it: you may be missing a category or misreading extra credit.
How is this different from a points-based class?
Points-based classes just divide points earned by points possible, no weighting needed. Weighted classes fix each category's influence regardless of how many assignments it contains, which is why one 40%-weight final can matter more than a semester of homework.
How do I raise a weighted grade fast?
Put effort where weight times remaining opportunity is highest. Acing 5% of remaining homework moves you less than a single point on a 40% final. Run the numbers before finals week and study where the math says to.