So your transcript says 3.4 and you want to know what that is in plain letter terms. Understandable — a number is honest but it doesn’t read the way “oh nice, a B+.” does. This tool takes your GPA, looks up the scale your school uses, and returns the letter grade your GPA sits closest to.
Pick your country and scale, type your GPA, and you get your letter. Same GPA, different letters depending on how the scale is set up — and that’s the part worth paying attention to.
Turn a GPA back into a letter grade. Pick the scale your GPA is on, type the GPA, and see which letter grade it reads as closest to.
How the round-up works
A GPA is a credit-weighted average. Your courses each carry a letter grade with points, and your GPA is the weighted mix. To read it back as a letter, this tool finds the grade whose points are closest to your GPA on the selected scale:
GPA → closest letter grade (by points)
On the US 4.0 scale, a 3.4 is 0.1 away from a B+ (3.3) and 0.3 away from an A− (3.7), so it reads as a B+. A 3.6 flips to A−. The boundaries are genuinely fuzzy — there’s no grade called “3.4” — so the tool lands on the nearest one.
Worked example
Say your cumulative GPA is 2.8 on the US 4.0 scale and you want a label for it.
- B+ is 3.3 points — 0.5 away
- B is 3.0 points — 0.2 away
- B− is 2.7 points — 0.1 away
Your GPA sits 0.1 from a B−, closer than any other grade, so 2.8 reads as roughly a B−. On the India 10-point scale the same sort of GPA, say 6.8, sits near a B (6.0) — different number, different letters, same idea.
Why the letter depends on the scale
Every country draws its point values differently. Canada tops at 4.3 so an A+ is worth more than a plain A; India adds an O above A+; Australia uses HD and D instead of letter grades. That means a GPA that reads as a B in one system might look like an A− in another. If you’re comparing with a friend abroad or an application across borders, always convert on the receiving school’s scale — your own school’s labels aren’t universal.
Letter grades as a rough compass
Here’s the honest caveat: your GPA is an average, so it won’t match any single course’s letter exactly unless every grade in it was the same letter. Reading a 3.4 as “about a B+” is useful shorthand, but the real number your transcript shows is the GPA — and if you want to change it, look ahead rather than backwards. Use the GPA needed calculator to see what grades you need from here, and the guide on calculating GPA if you want to rebuild the average yourself.
Frequently asked questions
What letter grade is a 3.5 GPA?
On the US 4.0 scale it sits exactly between A− (3.7) and B+ (3.3), and the tool rounds to the closer one when it leans — effectively reading as an A−/B+ boundary. Your school’s chart is the final word.
Is a 2.9 GPA a B−?
Close to it. 2.9 on the 4.0 scale is 0.2 from B− (2.7), 0.1 from B (3.0) — so it reads as a B, slightly below a solid one. Boundaries are the crux; treat it as “about a B− to B.”
Does this work for 10-point scales?
Yes — pick India in the tool. An 8.6 on the 10-point scale sits nearest an A+ (9.0), and a 6.4 near a B (6.0). The grade list and point values swap to match the scale.
Why does Australia show HD and D instead of letters?
Because its common 7-point scale uses HD (high distinction), D, C, P, and F. The tool changes its grade set when you switch to Australia so the mapping stays honest to that system.
Is this accurate enough to put on an application?
It’s a solid estimate for understanding your own GPA. For an official application, use your institution’s published conversion — the registrar’s table overrides any tool.
Other tools
- Letter Grade to GPA — the reverse: a letter grade to its points
- Final Grade Calculator — what you need on the final to hit a course target
- Weighted Grade Calculator — blend assignments by their weights
- GPA Calculator — calculate your GPA from courses and grades
- Percentage to GPA Converter — percentages and letters to 4.0-scale points
- GPA to Percentage Converter — a GPA back into a percentage
- Cumulative GPA Calculator — blend semesters into an overall GPA
- Ontario GPA Calculator — percentage grades into a GPA on Ontario 4.0/4.3 scales
- Alberta GPA Calculator — percentage grades into a GPA on the Alberta 4.0 scale
- British Columbia GPA Calculator — percentage grades into a GPA on the BC 4.33 scale where an A+ (90) is worth 4.33
- Quebec GPA Calculator — percentage grades into a GPA on the Quebec 4.3 scale where the C range runs 60 to 69
- USA GPA Calculator — percentage grades into a GPA on the standard US 4.0 scale where an A is any 90-100 and 60 is a D
- India CGPA Calculator — subject grade points into a CGPA on the 10-point scale with the CBSE 9.5 percentage
- Nepal GPA Calculator — subject marks into a GPA on the NEB 4.0 scale where A+ is 90-100
- UK GPA Calculator — degree classifications (First, 2:1, 2:2, Third) into a US GPA on the 4.0 scale
- Australia GPA Calculator — unit marks into a GPA on the 7-point scale, where High Distinction is 85+
- ECTS GPA Calculator — European module marks into ECTS letters and an estimated US GPA on the 4.0 scale
Or browse everything on the student GPA tools page.