Grade Calculator
What you need on a final to reach a target course grade.
Guide: Grade Calculator
Estimate the exam score required to reach a target course grade given your current average and category weights. Useful for prioritizing study time before finals. Seeing that you need 102% on the final to reach an A is a blunt signal: either the target is unreachable without grade replacement policies, or your running average input needs updating after the latest returned work.
Weights must match the syllabus
If coursework and final are not the only components, fold everything into the weights you enter or the answer will be biased.
Participation, attendance, curves, and dropped lowest quiz rules all change the effective weight matrix—mirror the syllabus line by line.
Interpreting impossible answers
If the required score exceeds 100%, no honest single exam can salvage the letter grade without extra credit or policy exceptions.
If the required score is very low, guard against complacency—professors may still require a minimum final exam pass threshold.