GPA Standard

All of the grades you receive are included in the calculation.  This includes:

• Remedial credits
• Excluded credits
• Repeated courses, aligns with Registrar’s policy
• Transfer grades accepted by Boise State
• Challenge courses
• Reserved classes

Audit credits and incompletes are not included in the comprehensive GPA calculation.

Courses in which a student receives a grade of either Pass/Fail (including ESL) or Complete Withdrawal are counted in certain circumstances.

Pass/Fail courses are generally calculated in your comprehensive GPA, in the same manner the Registrar’s office calculates the Boise State cumulative GPA. Passing courses are not counted in the GPA in most instances and Failing courses are included in the GPA calculation.

If you have only P/F classes, the term/comprehensive GPA will be calculated in the following manner:

• If you receive all passing grades, term GPA equals 3.0
• If you receive any failing grade, term GPA equals 0.0

Once you receive a grade in a regularly graded course (non P/F), the normal comprehensive GPA calculation will be used, as previously explained.

P/F classes listed as CNV on your transcript (grades reported prior to 1999) are calculated differently; passing grades will be included in the comprehensive GPA as a 3.0, even if you have other regularly graded courses.

If you withdraw from all classes during a semester, the grades will all be reported as CW and your term GPA will be calculated as a 0 GPA. Your overall comprehensive GPA will include the CW semester credits as 0.0 if it is the only term you have attended and you have no transfer credits. If you have attended previously and/or have transfer credits from another institution, the overall comprehensive GPA will be calculated without the CW semester credits.