Is a 3.33 GPA Good? 3.33 GPA as a Letter Grade and Percent

3.33 GPA as a letter grade and percent

On the standard 4.0 scale, a 3.33 is between B+ (3.3) and A− (3.7), closer to B+. On schools that grade in thirds (A− 3.67, B+ 3.33), a 3.33 is exactly a B+ average.

How the percent is estimated: draw a straight line between the two neighbouring letters’ lowest percents — B+ starts at 87% and A− at 90% — and place 3.33 on it: 87 + (3.33 − 3.3) ÷ (3.7 − 3.3) × 3 = 87.2%. It is an estimate: percent equivalents vary by school, and a GPA is an average of letter points, not of percents.

What grades add up to a 3.33

With equal-credit classes and whole letters only, a 3.33 means about 33% of your grades are A’s and the rest B’s. The table shows the closest mix for common schedules:

No two plus/minus grades average exactly 3.33 — you reach it only across three or more classes (or with unequal credits).

How honors and AP classes change a 3.33

Weighted GPAs add a bonus for harder classes — commonly +0.5 for honors and +1.0 for AP, IB or dual enrollment. If a student’s unweighted GPA is 3.33 and some of their six classes are advanced (with the same grades), the weighted number becomes:

So a weighted 3.33 and an unweighted 3.33 describe different records. Bonus rules are set by each school; the high school GPA calculator shows both numbers from your actual classes.

Raising a 3.33 GPA: what it takes

The further you are into school, the harder a GPA is to move. Example: a 3.33 after 60 credits (about four semesters at 15 credits). The average you’d need on the new credits:

Reaching 3.5 over two 15-credit terms takes a 3.84 average — roughly an A− record. Earlier in school, with fewer credits banked, the same jump is much easier. Plug in your own numbers below.

Is a 3.33 GPA good?

A 3.33 means a B average or a little better — solid, with room to climb. A few grades moving from B to A− has a visible effect while you still have semesters left. In letter terms it falls between B+ and A−, closer to B+.

Two transcripts with the same GPA can look very different. Look at:

• Weighted or unweighted. The same transcript can produce both, and they can differ by half a point or more.
• Course rigor and trend. Readers look at which classes you took and whether grades are improving.
• Recalculation. Many colleges strip out electives or re-weight honors and AP classes, so their number can differ from the one on your report card.
• Grade inflation. Average high school GPAs rose from 2.68 in 1990 to 3.00 in 2009 (NCES transcript study), so the same GPA meant more a generation ago — see our grade inflation data.

To compare a 3.33 with other values, use the GPA scale converter or check your school’s letter cut-offs on the grading scale converter. To see how this term changes your number, try the cumulative GPA calculator.