How Grades Translate to Quality Points
Georgia Tech's letter grades A, B, C, D and F are the only ones that carry quality points toward your GPA — worth 4, 3, 2, 1 and 0 respectively. There is no A+ at Georgia Tech.
The Institute does not fix a single percentage-to-letter conversion campus-wide. Each instructor sets and publishes their own grading criteria on the course syllabus, so the percentage that earns an A in one class may not be the cutoff in another — check the individual course syllabus rather than assume a universal scale.
Several other marks appear on a Georgia Tech transcript but carry no quality points and are not counted in your GPA at all: S/U (Pass/Fail-basis courses), V (audit), W (withdrawal without penalty), I (incomplete), NR (not reported) and IJ (incomplete pending an academic-integrity investigation).
Source: Grading System (Catalog, 2026-2027) — Grades; Guiding principles for grades; special-condition and W/NR/IJ grade definitions — verified Aug 2026
How Your Academic Average Is Calculated
Georgia Tech calls your GPA the academic average: total quality points earned divided by total credit hours attempted.
For each course you pass, multiply the course's credit hours by the numerical value of the letter grade earned to get that course's quality points — for example, a C in a 3-credit-hour course earns 6 quality points.
Your average is truncated, not rounded, after two decimal places.
If you repeat a course you've already received credit for, both grades stay in your average and the credit is counted only once — the later grade does not erase the earlier one, unless an approved grade-substitution request applies. Courses taken on a Pass/Fail basis are excluded from the academic average entirely.
Undergraduates' average includes all courses taken as an undergraduate; graduate students' average includes only courses taken after entering the graduate division.
Source: Grading System (Catalog, 2026-2027) — Academic Average: quality-point calculation, truncation, repeat-course and Pass/Fail rules — verified Aug 2026
Frequently asked questions
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Does Georgia Tech have an A+ grade?
No. Georgia Tech's grading scale runs A (4), B (3), C (2), D (1) and F (0) — there is no A+ and no plus/minus variants at all. An A is always worth 4.00 quality points, with no higher grade available.
Source: Grading System (Catalog, 2026-2027) — Grades: full letter list, no +/- variants shown — verified Aug 2026
Are Pass/Fail (S/U) grades counted in my GPA?
No. Georgia Tech states this twice in its grading policy: grades of S (Satisfactory) and U (Unsatisfactory), used for Pass/Fail-basis courses, carry no quality points and are not included in the calculation of your grade-point average.
Source: Grading System (Catalog, 2026-2027) — special-condition grades excluded from GPA calculation — verified Aug 2026
If I repeat a course, does the old grade disappear from my GPA?
No. When you repeat a course you've already received credit for, the academic average includes both the original and the later grade — the credit hours are only counted once, but neither grade is dropped, unless you have an approved grade-substitution request on file.
Source: Grading System (Catalog, 2026-2027) — Academic Average: repeat-course rule — verified Aug 2026
Is my Georgia Tech GPA rounded to two decimal places?
No — it's truncated, not rounded. Georgia Tech's catalog states grade-point averages are cut off after two decimal places rather than rounded up or down, so, for example, a 3.999 academic average displays as 3.99, not 4.00.
Source: Grading System (Catalog, 2026-2027) — Academic Average: truncation rule — verified Aug 2026