What if the required score is over 100?

That means your target grade isn't reachable through the remaining assignments alone at normal scoring — you'd need extra credit, a grading curve, or a lower target.

How is this different from the GPA Calculator?

The GPA Calculator averages letter grades (on a 4.0 scale) across whole courses. This calculator works with raw percentage scores and weights within a single course.

Grade Calculator

Calculate your current weighted grade from assignment scores, or find out what score you need on remaining work to hit a target final grade.

Score

Weight %

Score

Weight %

Current Weighted Grade

85.71

What do I need on what's left?

Remaining weight %

Target overall grade

Score Needed

100.00

How It Works

Weighted average

Each assignment's score is multiplied by its weight, summed up, then divided by the total weight — so a 40%-weighted final affects your grade far more than a 5%-weighted quiz.

Solving for a needed score

Given your current weighted score and weight so far, plus your target overall grade and the weight still remaining, the calculator solves for the score you'd need to average on everything remaining.

Example Calculation

With an 80 average so far (worth 70% of the grade) and a final exam worth the remaining 30%, reaching a 90 overall requires scoring about 113 on the final — meaning a 90 overall isn't achievable in this scenario without extra credit.

Common Mistakes

Averaging assignment scores without weighting them, which misrepresents your real grade if assignments aren't equally weighted.
Not realizing that a required score above 100 means the target grade isn't achievable with the remaining weight — it signals you'd need extra credit or a curve.

Frequently Asked Questions

What if the required score is over 100?: That means your target grade isn't reachable through the remaining assignments alone at normal scoring — you'd need extra credit, a grading curve, or a lower target.
How is this different from the GPA Calculator?: The GPA Calculator averages letter grades (on a 4.0 scale) across whole courses. This calculator works with raw percentage scores and weights within a single course.