General weighted average from subjects, units and grades.
What it's for
Work out your general weighted average (GWA) for a term or a whole course: your grades, with each subject counting according to its units.
Before you start
Have your grade slip or transcript, and your registration form for each subject's units. Ask your school whether subjects like PE and NSTP count, because schools differ.
Pick your grading scale
In Grading scale, choose 1.00 – 5.00 if 1.00 is your best grade, or Percentage if your grades are out of 100. The line under the box reminds you which way is better.
Fill in your subjects
Replace the example rows with your own: the subject's name, its Units, and your Grade. A row with no grade yet is simply left out, not counted as zero.
Add or remove rows
Press + Add subject for each extra subject, and ✕ at the end of a row to delete one you do not need.
Press Calculate
Press Calculate. The answer at the top already changes as you type; the button brings it back into view. Calculation below it shows each grade times its units.
Reading the result
If it goes wrong
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.
Important
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.
