Bard College GPA Calculator

Bard grades on a 4.0 scale from A to F, with plus/minus steps on A, B, and C only: 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 (1.0), F (0.0). There is no A+ grade, and no D+ or D- grade.

A restricted H (Honors) grade, awarded only in the Arts Division and for Written Arts, also carries 4.0 points and counts toward the GPA.

Grades of P (Pass), R (Registration Credit/Audit), W (Withdrew), I (Incomplete), M (Missing), S (Satisfactory), and U (Unsatisfactory) carry no grade points and are not counted in your GPA.

Bard adds the GPA to your transcript as a service, but states it is "not used for academic honors or other academic evaluation purposes" at Bard, and Bard College does not rank its students. Prior to 1988, GPAs were not computed or recorded at all.

Full-time students are placed on academic probation if they complete fewer than 12 credits in a semester or earn a semester GPA below 2.0; first-semester students are also placed on probation for failing the First-Year Seminar.

To be removed from probation, a student must complete at least 12 credits with a GPA of 2.0 or above the following semester, plus any additional conditions set by the Faculty Executive Committee. Students on probation for two consecutive semesters, or who receive three F grades (or two Fs and two Ds), may be dismissed.

A Bard bachelor's degree requires 128 credits (160 for five-year dual-degree programs), including at least 64 credits completed at Bard's Annandale-on-Hudson campus and a minimum of two years of full-time enrollment there. Students must also complete Moderation and a Senior Project.

You're named to Bard's Honors List for a semester in which you earn a semester GPA of 3.8 or higher, carry a full-time course load of at least 12 credits, take no more than 4 credits pass/fail, and have no incomplete grades or withdrawals that semester.