Your general weighted average is every grade multiplied by the units that subject carries, added up, and divided by the total units. Heavier subjects pull the number further.
That is why it is not the same as averaging your grades. A 5-unit major and a 1-unit PE class do not count equally, and treating them as if they did is the mistake this tool exists to prevent.
Because a GWA is weighted by units. A 5-unit major counts five times as much as a 1-unit PE class, so averaging the grade column gives a different number whenever the units differ. Take 1.00 in a 5-unit subject and 3.00 in a 1-unit one: the plain average is 2.00, but the GWA is 1.333.
That depends on your school. Some exclude non-academic units from the GWA entirely, others include them. This tool computes over whatever you enter — if your registrar excludes them, leave those rows out.
Three on the 1.00–5.00 scale, which is what most Philippine universities publish. Your school may round differently, and a cut-off for honours is usually applied to the school's own figure rather than one you computed yourself.
Two thirds of a point out, because it ignores the units.
This is an estimate. Your school decides which units count toward the GWA and how it rounds. Nothing you type here is sent to our servers — the calculation runs entirely in your browser.
