To track your GPA across multiple semesters, open the CGPA Calculator and add one semester at a time using the "Add Semester" control — each semester holds its own courses and GPA, while the calculator automatically rolls everything up into a single cumulative CGPA and a trend chart showing how it's moved over time.
Why track semester by semester instead of one big list
It's tempting to just dump every course you've ever taken into one flat list. But breaking your history into semesters unlocks a few things a flat list can't give you:
- A GPA trend over time, not just a single cumulative number — useful for seeing whether you're improving, plateauing, or slipping.
- Per-semester status, so you can distinguish courses you've actually completed from ones you're currently taking or only planning to take.
- Accurate target-GPA planning, since the calculator needs to know how many semesters you have left in order to tell you what GPA you'd need going forward.
Building your semester history
- Open the CGPA Calculator.
- Click Add Semester. A new semester is created (named "Semester 1", "Semester 2", and so on by default — rename it to whatever's meaningful, like "Fall 2024").
- For each semester, set the year and term type (fall, spring, summer, or winter), and its status:
donefor a completed semester,ongoingfor one you're currently in, orplannedfor a future semester you're mapping out. - Add courses to that semester — name, course code, credit hours, and grade. As soon as you pick a grade, the calculator converts it to grade points using your active grading scale and updates that semester's GPA immediately.
- Repeat for every semester you want represented, from your first term through anything you're planning ahead.
- Repeat step 2 as many times as you need — there's no cap on how many semesters you can add.
Every semester's GPA is calculated the standard way — grade points multiplied by credit hours (and by that course's weighting, if you've set one), summed and divided by total credits for that semester. Your overall CGPA does the same calculation across every course in every semester combined, which is exactly why per-course credit hours matter as much as the grades themselves.
Courses marked as a retake, or given a custom weighting (for example, for an honors or AP-style course), factor into both the semester GPA and the cumulative CGPA the same way they would on a real transcript — check your school's actual retake policy for how it should be entered before assuming a straight replacement.
Watching your GPA trend
Once you have at least two semesters with graded courses entered, a GPA trend chart appears, plotting each semester's GPA as a line so you can see the shape of your academic performance across terms at a glance — whether it's climbing, dipping after a rough term, or holding steady. If you've only got one semester in so far, or a semester's courses don't have grades yet, the chart stays hidden until there's enough data to plot a meaningful line.
Planning ahead with the target GPA tool
Below your semester list, the Target CGPA card lets you set a goal — say, a 3.5 — and see:
- A progress bar comparing your current cumulative GPA to your target.
- Whether that target is achievable, based on how many semesters you still have marked as
planned. - The required GPA you'd need to average across those remaining planned semesters to hit your target.
This only works if at least one of your semesters is marked planned — that's how the calculator knows you have terms left to work with. It assumes 15 credits per remaining semester as a standard course load when estimating the required GPA, so treat the number as a solid planning estimate rather than an exact figure if your actual credit load per term is different.
Worked example: planning a comeback semester
Suppose you've completed three semesters with a cumulative 2.9 GPA on a 4.0 scale, and you want to know if you can reach a 3.2 by graduation with two semesters left.
- Enter your three completed semesters (status
done) with their actual courses and grades — your CGPA calculates to 2.9. - Add two more semesters, mark each status as
planned, so the calculator knows you have two terms of runway. - In the Target CGPA card, enter
3.2. - The calculator shows your current 2.9, target 3.2, and — using the 15-credits-per-semester assumption across your two planned semesters — the GPA you'd need to average over those two terms to land on 3.2. If that required number comes out above your scale's maximum (4.0), the target is flagged as a stretch; if it's within range, it's marked achievable.
This is also a good moment to duplicate your workspace first (see the workspace guide) if you want to try a few different targets side by side without losing your original plan.
Try it yourself
Head to the CGPA Calculator, add your semesters one by one — real ones and planned ones alike — and let the trend chart and target GPA tool show you where you've been and what it'll take to get where you're going.
