Calculate how extra credit affects your grade. This extra credit calculator estimates new grade percentage, grade boost, adjusted points earned, weighted course contribution, extra credit needed for a target grade, and projected final grade.
Extra credit points:
Enter your current points earned, current points possible, and extra credit points to calculate your new grade.
Weighted extra credit:
Enter the assignment or category weight to estimate how much extra credit contributes to the overall course grade.
Extra credit needed:
Enter a target grade to estimate how many extra credit points are needed to reach that goal.
Projected grade:
Use remaining course weight and expected remaining grade to estimate your final course grade after extra credit.
An extra credit calculator helps estimate whether bonus points can improve your assignment, test, quiz, or course grade.
It can help with grade recovery, target grade planning, final exam planning, weighted category planning, bonus assignments, and checking whether extra credit is enough to reach your goal.
Your result shows original grade, new grade after extra credit, grade boost, adjusted points earned, extra credit needed for a target, weighted contribution, projected final grade, target gap, and letter grade changes.
Extra credit usually adds to your points earned without adding to points possible, which increases your percentage grade.
It can if your teacher allows scores above 100%. Some grading systems cap scores at 100%, while others allow bonus points above the normal maximum.
Multiply your target grade by points possible, then subtract your current points earned. The result is the extra credit points needed.
Yes. If extra credit is in a weighted category, its course impact depends on the category or assignment weight.