Cape Breton
average & GPA calculator
Quick answer: Cape Breton University (Nova Scotia) is percentage-native: the academic calendar provides letter/grade-point values only as an equivalency key for institutions that use a 4-point system. Your average is credit-weighted: each course's percentage is multiplied by its credit weight, summed, and divided by total credits.
Cape Breton weighted average
How Cape Breton University calculates your average
Cape Breton University (Nova Scotia) is percentage-native: the academic calendar provides letter/grade-point values only as an equivalency key for institutions that use a 4-point system. Your average is credit-weighted: each course's percentage is multiplied by its credit weight, summed, and divided by total credits.
Grade scale
CBU grades natively in percentages; the letter equivalents (A+ 90–100 down to D- 50–52, F below 50) are a conversion key for receiving institutions. The passing grade is 50%.
| Percentage | Grade | Descriptor |
|---|---|---|
| 90–100 | A+ | Excellent |
| 85–89 | A | Excellent |
| 80–84 | A- | Excellent |
| 77–79 | B+ | Good |
| 73–76 | B | Good |
| 70–72 | B- | Good |
| 67–69 | C+ | Satisfactory |
| 63–66 | C | Satisfactory |
| 60–62 | C- | Satisfactory |
| 57–59 | D+ | Pass |
| 53–56 | D | Pass |
| 50–52 | D- | Pass |
| below 50 | F | Fail |
Using the calculator
Enter each course, the percentage you earned, and its credit weight. The weighted average, the matching grade, and an estimated 4.0 / 4.3 GPA update as you type.
Converting for applications abroad
The 4.0 / 4.3 figures above are unofficial estimates. For US, UK, Australian or German equivalents use the grade conversion matrix or the percentage to GPA tool; for Ontario medical, law or graduate applications use the OMSAS GPA calculator. Only a credential evaluation (WES, ICES, ECE) is authoritative.