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Grade to US GPA Converters

56 national grading scales, 16 of them percentage-based, mapped band by band to a US 4.0 GPA. Each page names the local classification first, because that is the part your transcript actually states.

There is no official conversion, and this page will not pretend otherwise. Credential evaluators and universities publish tables that disagree — most sharply at the top of each scale, which is exactly where an application is decided. Use these figures to know roughly where you stand, not to fill in a form. The institution you are applying to applies its own table, and that is the one that counts.

Scales that run backwards

On these 4 scales the lowest number is the best grade. It is the one thing on this page worth memorising: a German 1.3 is an excellent degree, and a Filipino 1.25 is near-perfect. Read either as a US GPA and you turn a top student into a failing one.

Grading scales where a lower number is a better grade
Country Scale Best Worst Top classification
Austria 1 to 5 (inverted) 1 5 Sehr gut
Czechia 1 to 4 (inverted) 1 4 Výborně (excellent)
Germany 1.0 to 5.0 (inverted) 1 5 sehr gut (very good)
Philippines 1.00 to 5.00 (inverted) 1 5 Excellent

Africa

Asia

Europe

Latin America

Middle East

North America

Oceania

The US 4.0 scale

The one fixed part of this. Most US institutions cap at 4.0; some award 4.3 for an A+, which is why a converted figure occasionally exceeds 4.0 on other sites.

US letter grades and their 4.0 point values
Letter Points
A 4.0
A- 3.7
B+ 3.3
B 3.0
B- 2.7
C+ 2.3
C 2.0
C- 1.7
D+ 1.3
D 1.0
F 0.0

Frequently asked questions

Is there an official way to convert a foreign grade to a US GPA?
No, and that is the most important thing on this page. WES, Scholaro, ECE and individual university admissions offices publish tables that disagree with one another, most sharply at the top of each scale. These pages give the band your grade falls in — which is a fact printed on your transcript — and the conventional US equivalent beside it, labelled as a convention.
Why does proportional scaling give the wrong answer?
Because the two systems are shaped differently. A US GPA averages course grades on a scale whose top is routinely awarded; most national scales reserve their top band for a small fraction of students. Treating a French 14/20 as 70% and therefore a C ignores that 14 is a good result in a system where 20 is never given. Band mapping avoids that trap, which is why these pages use it.
Which scales run backwards?
4 of the 56 here: Austria, Czechia, Germany, Philippines. On those the lowest number is the best grade. A German 1.3 or a Filipino 1.25 is excellent work, and reading either as a US GPA would turn a top student into a failing one — the commonest and most damaging misreading in this whole area.
Do I need to submit a converted GPA with my application?
Usually not. Most US universities either evaluate the transcript themselves or require a report from a credential evaluation service, and a self-calculated figure carries no weight either way. These pages are for knowing where you stand before you commit to an application fee, not for filling in a box on a form.

Local classifications follow each country's national qualifications framework or ministry of education grading regulations; the US letter column follows the convention common to US credential evaluation.

There is no official conversion from a national grade to a US 4.0 GPA. Credential evaluators and individual universities publish tables that disagree, most of all near the top of each scale. Treat the figure here as the common convention and the local classification as the fact; the receiving institution's own table is the one that decides.

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