If you wish to calculate the GPA or Grade Point Average in Microsoft Excel or other Excel editor, you can use this formula.

To calculate letter grades based on a percentage score, you can use multiple nested IF statements in Excel, which can get rather complicated quickly. However, there is an easier way.

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