Estimate your WES iGPA: enter each course's US-equivalent letter grade and credit hours to get the credit-weighted 4.0 GPA that US and Canadian universities read.
| US-equivalent grade | Credit hours |
|---|
Convert each of your home-country grades to its US-equivalent letter grade first, then enter the credit hours. This is a planning estimate — an official WES evaluation is a paid, course-by-course service.
| Grade | Grade points | Typical source grade (guideline — varies by country and institution) |
|---|---|---|
| A | 4.00 | 85–100% · First Division · O or 10 on a 10-point CGPA scale |
| A− | 3.67 | 80–84% |
| B+ | 3.33 | 75–84% · 8 on a 10-point scale |
| B | 3.00 | 70–74% · Second Division · 7 on a 10-point scale |
| B− | 2.67 | 65–69% |
| C+ | 2.33 | 60–64% |
| C | 2.00 | 55–59% · Pass class |
| C− | 1.67 | 50–54% |
| D+ | 1.33 | 45–49% |
| D | 1.00 | 40–44% |
| F | 0.00 | below the local pass mark |
| Input | Result |
|---|---|
| 3 courses of 3cr each: A, B+, B | 3.11 / 4.00 |
| Engineering maths 4cr A + physics 4cr A + lab 2cr B | 3.80 / 4.00 |
| 5cr F + 1cr A | 0.67 / 4.00 — the heavy failure dominates |
| 120 credits of mixed A and B+ grades | 3.5–3.7 range |
This is an estimate, not an official evaluation. WES does not publish its exact conversion tables. Its evaluators work from institutional grade distributions, country-specific norms, accreditation and the reputation of your institution, and they convert course by course rather than applying one blanket multiplier to your CGPA.
Use this calculator to find out roughly where you stand before deciding whether an official evaluation is worth ordering, and to understand which of your courses are dragging the number down. Universities that require a WES report will need the official one.
Whatever else varies, the arithmetic is a credit-weighted average. Each course's US grade point is multiplied by its credit hours, the products are summed, and the total is divided by the credit hours attempted. That has an important, predictable consequence:
| Course | Credits | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced theory — failed | 5 | 0 quality points, 5 hours in the denominator |
| Physical education — top grade | 1 | 4 quality points, 1 hour in the denominator |
| Result | 6 hours | 4 ÷ 6 = 0.67 |
A single heavy failure overwhelms a fistful of easy A grades. If you still have electives to choose, the value of scoring well in your high-credit core courses is disproportionate.
| Source system | Typical mapping |
|---|---|
| India — 10-point CGPA | 9.0–10.0 → 4.0 · 8.0 → 3.5 · 7.0 → 3.0 · 6.0 → 2.5 · 5.0 → 2.0 |
| India — percentage | 85%+ → A (4.0) · 75–84% → B+ (3.3) · 70–74% → B (3.0) · 60–69% → C+/C · 50–59% → D+/D |
| UK — degree classification | First → A · Upper Second → B+ to A− · Lower Second → B to C+ · Third → C |
| China — 100-point | 85–100 → 4.0 · 75–84 → 3.0–3.7 · 60–74 → 2.0–2.7 · below 60 → 0.0 |
These mappings are widely used guidance, not WES's official tables. A 70% from one institution can convert differently from a 70% at another, because WES takes the grading context of the awarding institution into account.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Type needed for admissions | Course-by-Course evaluation, not Document-by-Document — only the former produces an iGPA |
| Documents | Sealed transcripts sent directly by your institution, plus degree certificates |
| Coverage | All courses, including electives, laboratories and projects |
| Validity | A completed evaluation remains valid for five years and can be sent to multiple institutions |
No. This is a planning estimate built from the published methodology and commonly used conversion guidance. WES does not disclose its exact tables, and a real evaluation converts course by course while taking your institution's grading standards into account. Order the official report for any application.
It converts each course individually to a US-equivalent letter grade, assigns that grade's 4.0 value, multiplies by the credit hours, sums the quality points and divides by the total credit hours attempted. The result is a credit-weighted average, not a simple mean of your grades.
WES does not divide your CGPA by a fixed number. It maps grades from your institution's scale using published guidance on the Indian 10-point system — typically 9.0–10.0 to a 4.0, 8.0 to about a 3.5 and so on — then applies the credit-weighting. The result is often higher than a naive division by 2.5.
Yes, and this is the single most useful thing to understand. Because the average is credit-weighted, a failed 5-credit course followed by an A in a 1-credit course yields about 0.67. Weight your effort toward your high-credit core courses.
Course-by-Course. Universities almost always require it for graduate admissions because it produces both an iGPA and US credit equivalents. Document-by-Document is cheaper but does not generate a GPA and is normally only used for employment or immigration purposes.