⚖️Weighted Grade Calculator

What it is

This calculates a course grade three different ways, because courses genuinely weight work in three different ways and the same numbers can produce noticeably different grades depending on which one applies.

How it works

Raw points mode pools everything: total earned over total possible. Per-item mode multiplies each score by its own weight. Category mode averages the scores within each category first, then weights the category averages — which is what a learning-management gradebook does internally.

Getting the most from it

1. Read the grading section of your syllabus before choosing a mode; the wording usually makes it obvious which one your course uses.
2. If the syllabus lists percentages by category, use category mode — pooling raw points would give a different and wrong answer.
3. Add every score you have in each category, even small ones; within a category, size matters.
4. Compare two modes on the same data once, just to see the size of the difference. It is bigger than most people assume.

Reading your result

The headline percentage is your grade under the mode selected. In category mode each category's own average is listed underneath, which is where you can see a single weak category dragging an otherwise strong grade.

What it can't tell you

It cannot tell you which mode your course uses — only the syllabus can. It also assumes every category has at least one grade in it, since an empty category weighted as zero would understate your grade badly.