Grainger College of Engineering (UIUC) GPA Calculator

How grades convert to points here

Grainger College of Engineering (UIUC) uses full plus/minus grading, so an A- is 3.7, a B+ is 3.3, and each modifier moves the average by 0.3 points. Over a four-year transcript the difference between consistently earning A- and consistently earning A is roughly a third of a grade point — enough to cross most honors thresholds.

Latin honors at Grainger College of Engineering (UIUC)

Grainger College of Engineering (UIUC) awards Latin honors by class rank rather than a fixed GPA. Same campus-wide Latin Honors structure as UIUC overall — GPA cutoffs set relative to the graduating class and recalculated yearly by college.

Because honors here are relative, your own GPA only tells you half the story. The other half is the distribution of the graduating class, which is why Grainger College of Engineering (UIUC) typically publishes the qualifying GPA after the fact rather than in advance.

Standing, honors lists, and retakes

Good academic standing at Grainger College of Engineering (UIUC) requires a cumulative GPA of at least 2.3. That differs from the 2.0 most US institutions use, so do not assume the common threshold applies here.

On repeated courses: Grade replacement: only the grade from the second enrollment counts toward GPA; both enrollments remain on the transcript.

The part students usually miss

Grainger Engineering's own academic-warning threshold is a 2.25 'College GPA' computed only from core engineering courses — stricter than UIUC's campus-wide 2.0 cumulative-GPA standard that governs other colleges, and Dean's List is likewise the top 20% of the engineering class specifically.