How CalcMyGrades content is made.

Who writes the content

Calculators and guides on CalcMyGrades are researched, written, and maintained by Brad C., the site's content editor. He checks guides against official published sources and validates every calculator with hand-worked examples before it ships. The site is operated by Moneta Media Labs LLC. We are not affiliated with any school, college, or government agency, and nothing on this site is official academic advice for a specific institution.

About the editor

Brad C. is a real member of the team behind CalcMyGrades; his surname is abbreviated on the site for personal privacy. As content editor, he is responsible for the accuracy of every published page: sourcing policy statements from registrar and government publications, working each calculator's example problems by hand, and reviewing reader-reported corrections. Questions about a specific page's sourcing reach him through the contact page.

How guides are researched

Grade and GPA policies differ between schools, so our guides are written against published, official sources rather than hearsay. When a guide describes a policy — satisfactory academic progress, grade replacement, admissions GPA recalculation — it cites or follows sources such as:

• Federal Student Aid guidance and the FSA Handbook for financial aid and SAP rules.
• University registrar pages and academic catalogs for grading scales, repeat policies, and transcript symbols.
• Published admissions requirements (for example, the University of California GPA rules) for application-related GPA questions.

Where policies genuinely vary from school to school, guides say so explicitly and recommend confirming with a registrar or advisor instead of presenting one school's rule as universal.

How the calculators are validated

Every calculator uses standard published formulas: the quality-points method for GPA (grade points multiplied by credits, divided by graded credits), weighted averages for course grades, and the standard required-score equation for final exams. Before a calculator ships, its results are checked against hand-worked examples — the same examples published on each calculator page, so you can verify the math yourself. Non-GPA marks (P, NP, W, I) are excluded from GPA following the most common registrar treatment.

Dates and updates

Each guide shows its published and last-updated dates. We review content when the underlying sources change — for example, a new FSA Handbook edition or a revised admissions policy — and when readers report issues.

Corrections

If you find an error in a formula, an example, or a policy description, please report it through the contact pagewith the page URL and the issue. Verified errors are corrected in place and the page's updated date is refreshed.

Advertising and independence

CalcMyGrades is free to use and may display advertising. Ads never influence calculator results, guide recommendations, or which sources we cite. Sponsored content, if ever published, would be labeled clearly.

What this site is not

CalcMyGrades provides planning estimates and educational explanations. It does not provide official transcripts, academic records, or binding eligibility decisions. For decisions that depend on your GPA or grades — graduation, financial aid, scholarship renewal, program admission — always confirm with your school's official systems and staff.