Why we won't guess your grade equivalency for you

Grade conversion looks like a simple math problem from the outside. It isn't. A First Class from one university's honours system, a 4.0-scale GPA, a percentage average, and a 5.0-scale CGPA don't map onto each other with a clean formula — the actual equivalency depends on the receiving university's own credential evaluation policy, which varies by institution and sometimes by department.

Tools that quietly convert your grade for you are making a guess and presenting it as fact. If that guess is wrong, it can misrepresent your academic record on an application you're relying on.

So GradsHQ asks for your grade and your grading scale as two separate pieces of information, and displays both as you entered them — with a note that official equivalency should be confirmed with the specific university or a credential evaluator. It's a less impressive-looking answer than a confident conversion. It's also an honest one.