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Department-Code Worksheet: How to Calculate Your Major GPA
Learn how to sort courses manually by department code (for example, CS or MATH) and calculate a clearly labeled major GPA for an application.
How to Make a GPA Trend Graph
Build a simple term-by-term GPA line graph in a spreadsheet, label the scale, and separate recorded results from hypothetical scenarios.
Graduation Honors Planning: A Manual Threshold Worksheet
Shows how to test future-grade scenarios against a published fixed threshold while keeping non-GPA eligibility rules visible.
Multi-Semester GPA Import: Supported JSON Workflow
Export and re-import the calculator’s versioned JSON format, understand its limits, and verify semester labels and policy-sensitive courses after import.
Freshman GPA Projection: A Manual Scenario Worksheet
Shows how to compare low, expected, and high grade scenarios without presenting one estimate as a prediction.
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How to Calculate GPA
Learn the credit-weighted formula, letter-grade conversions, and the mistakes that most often change a result.
Read the guideWeighted vs. Unweighted GPA
See how course rigor changes a weighted result and why colleges review GPA in transcript context.
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