How to use the weighted grade calculator

Keep track of your grades to maximize your chances of academic success. You can use our grade calculator to quickly find out your current course grade and know where you stand.

If you need to know which grade you need on your final exam, for example, you can use our calculator.

Step-by-Step Tutorial

Follow these steps to use the weighted grade calculator

First Step: Add each assessment name

This is optional, but it’s useful to add assessment names to help you keep track of everything if it’s a complex class with many assessments. An assessment may be homework, an essay, or a quiz.

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Second Step: Add your assessment grade

Add the letter grade or percentage grade for each assessment.

You can use a letter grade or you can enter your score on a percentage grading system.

Third Step: Add the assessment weight

As this is a weighted grade, so you don’t need to add letter grades here

each assessment has a different weight over the final grade.

Fourth Step: Add more assessments

You can add more assessments to keep track of your grade as a class progresses.

Then repeat the first 3 steps.

Fifth Step: Add another class

You can keep track of several classes at once by adding another class to the calculator.

Then repeat the steps above for each new class so you can keep track of all your grades from one spot.

The grades are automatically calculated taking into account the weight for each assessment, so you can save time and trouble, and just focus on your studies.

What is a weighted grade?

A weighted score or a weighted grade is a course where there are different elements that contribute to the final course grade, and each of them has a different weight.

suppose, the grade weight of homework could be 15% of the course grade, while the final exam may represent 50%.

Knowing the different grade weights in your course elements is key to being able to anticipate and calculate your grade on a weighted course. Usually, you can find this information in your class syllabus.

If you want to know more about how grades are calculated, you can read our guide on how to calculate grades.

How can you improve your grades?

By keeping track of your performance percentage grades on the different assignments of a weighted grade, you can start to see patterns in your performance.

If you get fewer points in your essays, then that’s where you need to focus your effort to improve your numbers and increase the weighted average grade.

You can discuss with your teacher for an average grade other strategies or areas of improvement, and they may allow you to retake a previous assignment.

As the final exam usually has a minimum grade and a bigger impact on the overall grade, you could easily improve your numbers with a current grade great grade.

But it’s better to start working early to get as high school’s many grade points as possible before you face the average grade final exam.

It’ll help you be better prepared for getting your desired grade, a first-class grade. Following the above methods, you can get your desired grade in the final exam.

Keep track of all your grades

Use our weighted grade calculator to keep track of all your courses, analyze your progress, and help you plan your work during your academic career.

How much is a weighted grade worth?

Your weighted GPA (weighted average grade point) is one of the most important parts of your application because it shows colleges how much you’ve done with difficult material. An average GPA may show you’re not taking on too many challenges, however, if your GPA is high enough you might find yourself having to do a little extra work to achieve an excellent grade. A good weighted GPA could help boost your chances of getting into a better school.

What is the weighted total for my grade?

A weighted total is simply adding together numbers based on how much weight you assign them.
You can calculate your final grade by assigning weights to your different grades. This is done while calculating the final grade. The reason behind it is to give more or less priority to particular assessments.