YOUR GPA (US, UNWEIGHTED)
APPROXIMATE PERCENTAGE≈ 90%Band: A− (90–92%) · rule of thumb: 90%
Depends on where your school draws the lineThe same GPA reads as a spread of a few points depending on the school's grading table.
Common 93-point AA from 93, A− from 9090%
90-point AA from 90, no A−91%
Rule of thumb10 points per grade point90%
US 4.0 SCALE · COMMON MAPPING
GPALETTERAPPROX. %
4.0A93–100
3.7A−90–92
3.3B+87–89
3.0B83–86
2.7B−80–82
2.3C+77–79
2.0C73–76
1.7C−70–72
1.3D+67–69
1.0D65–66
0.0Fbelow 65
INDIA · 10-POINT CGPA
Percentage = CGPA × 9.5
CGPA 1095%
CGPA 985.5%
CGPA 876%
CGPA 766.5%
That multiplier is a CBSE convention for the 10-point CGPA, nothing more. Try it on a US 4.0 and you get 38%, which is nonsense. Other Indian boards pick their own numbers. Institutions abroad either convert by their own method or send you off for a credential evaluation.
CUTOFFSA 91% can be 4.0 or 3.7One school's A starts at 90, another's at 93. Near a boundary the same percentage converts to different GPAs.
COUNTRIESScales don't mapA US 4.0 doesn't translate cleanly to a UK degree classification or an Indian CGPA. Institutions abroad often use a credential evaluator.
WEIGHTINGNothing above 100%Honors and AP bonuses can lift a GPA to 5.0, but a percentage can't exceed 100. Convert from the unweighted GPA.
WHEN IT MATTERSUse the official figureFor applications, scholarships and licensing cutoffs, use the number your registrar reports. Use these tables only to sanity-check.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
No, and the reasons pile up. US schools run band tables that disagree by a few points. India applies CGPA times 9.5 on a 10-point scale. Colleges then recalculate your GPA their own way anyway. When it counts, quote the transcript and let them do the arithmetic.