The American Foreign Service Association (AFSA), established in 1924, is both the
professional association and exclusive representative for the U.S. Foreign Service.
AFSA’s close to 16,800 members include active-duty and alumni/retired members
of the Foreign Service at the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for
International Development, Foreign Commercial Service, Foreign Agricultural
Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and U.S. Agency for Global
Media.
The AFSA Scholarship Program offers college aid to children of AFSA members
whose parents are/were Foreign Service employees. We provide financial aid
scholarships to undergraduates and academic merit awards, art merit awards, and
a community service award to graduating high school seniors.
How to Use This GPA Calculator:
This tool helps convert your grades to the standard U.S. unweighted, 4.0 GPA scale for AFSA scholarship applications.
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Student Profile: Enter your basic information.
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Schools on 4.0 Scale: Enter schools that already use the U.S. standard 4.0 scale.
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Grade Conversion: Enter coursework to convert grades to U.S. standard scale.
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Results: View your calculated GPA and summary.
You must export and download your PDF summary and upload it into your application on Community Force.
A
4.0 points
A-
3.7 points
B+
3.3 points
B
3.0 points
B-
2.7 points
C+
2.3 points
C
2.0 points
C-
1.7 points
D+
1.3 points
D
1.0 points
D-
0.7 points
F
0.0 points
Student Profile
Please provide your basic information for the AFSA scholarship GPA Calculation.
Schools Using 4.0 GPA Scale
Enter information for schools that already use the 4.0 GPA scale.
Note: For schools that require grade conversion, do NOT enter them here.
Sr#
School Name
Country
Years Attended
Total Credit Hours
GPA (on 4.0 scale)
Action
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* all fields are required.
Grade Conversion to U.S. Unweighted, 4.0 Scale
Instructions:
Please Follow these instuctions for better understanding.
Enter your courses and grades from schools that do not use the 4.0 scale. It is recommended you enter grades chronologically as to not miss any of your courses. If you are given a final grade for each semester of a class, use two entries (one for each semester). If you are given one cumulative grade for the entire year, you may only enter the class once.
The system is prepopulated to convert grades from U.S. weighted to unweighted, International Baccalaureate to U.S. 4.0 scale, U.K. most common* to U.S. 4.0 scale, and UK New GCSE to U.S. 4.0 scale using the dropdown under “Grading System”. *For U.K. most common, enter grades as a numerical value, not the honors designation
If your school does not use one of those systems, you will need to add a custom grading system. Add a custom grading system
To add a class from the same school, press the blue “same school” button. This will save time as the school name, country, and grading system will be prefilled for the next entry.
To add a class from a new school, press the “Add another course” button
Once finished, press the green “Calculate GPA” button
Note: For Pass (P) or Credit (CR) grades, enter "P". For No-Pass (NP) or No-Credit (NC) grades, enter 0.
Choose your school’s country using the dropdown at the top and the appropriate grading scale
Make sure under “Convert Grades”, “to US” is selected
On the right side of the page, a grade conversion table should appear
Using the information on the table, enter the local grade and its equivalent US Grade Point value following the format above.
Once finished, press the green "Add Custom System" button. The new grading system will then appear in the dropdown under “Grading System” when entering your coursework.
Click "Enter My Grades" to return to the top of the page.
→ Access a visual guide of finding your grading system on scholaro here.
Add Custom Grading System
Format: Grade=Points separated by commas. For ranges use: Min-Max=Points
GPA Calculation Results
Export PDF for your application below
Your Calculated GPA
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Complete the previous tabs to calculate your GPA
Schools on 4.0 Scale
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Converted Courses
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Total Credit Hours
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Grading Systems
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Academic Transcript
Schools Using 4.0 GPA Scale
Sr#
School Name
Country
Years Attended
Credits
GPA
Converted Courses
Sr#
School
Country
Course
Credits
Original Grade
System
U.S. Grade Points
GPA Summary
👉 You must export your grade calculation and upload the PDF to your
APPLICATION
