Your lowest score gets dropped. Now what?

The calculator sorts all your test scores from lowest to highest, removes the specified number of lowest scores, then averages the remaining scores. This new average is used to calculate what you need on the final. It's the same process your professor uses.

Yes. Change the "Scores to Drop" field to however many your professor drops. Some classes drop 1, others drop 2 or even 3 of the lowest scores. The calculator handles any number.

No. Enter only the test scores you've received so far — don't include the final. The calculator treats the final separately and computes what score you'd need on it after dropping your lowest existing scores.

If your professor's policy is "the final replaces your lowest test if it helps," set "Scores to Drop" to 1 and "Final Counts As" to 1. This simulates the final replacing your worst test in the average. If the final would make things worse, your professor typically keeps the original score.