Final Exam Score Needed
Calculator

It works backward from your target final grade to tell you the minimum score you need on the remaining final exam, given your current grade and the exam's weight. It is essentially solving a single linear equation for one unknown.

That means your target grade is mathematically unreachable even with a perfect exam score, given your current standing and the exam's weight. You would need to either revise your goal grade or find extra credit opportunities elsewhere in the course.

A heavier exam weight gives you more room to change your final grade, so the required score moves less dramatically for a given target; a lighter weight means the exam alone can't move your grade much, so the required score may need to be extreme or impossible.

Use your current grade calculated only from work completed so far, excluding the final exam entirely, since the calculator adds the final exam's contribution itself based on the weight you provide.

Enter the passing threshold (often 50% or 60%, depending on your institution) as your target grade instead of an ideal grade. The same formula applies regardless of whether your goal is to pass or to earn a specific letter grade.