EZ Grades started as a grade calculator. It grew into something more — a place where real students share what actually works, without the polished authority of someone who's forgotten what it's like to be overwhelmed.
EZ Grades started in 2019 as a single tool: a grade calculator that let students quickly figure out what percentage they'd scored on a test. Simple, useful, and nothing more.
Over the next few years, the calculator quietly grew a following. Students found it through Google, used it, and left. There was no reason to stay — no articles, no community, no context. Just a number.
In 2025, we started asking a different question: what if the calculator was just the beginning? What if we built something around it — a place where students could find not just their grade, but what to do about it?
That's when we started recruiting student contributors. Not academics. Not coaches. Students who were in the middle of it — figuring out how to study for organic chemistry, how to stop procrastinating, how to talk to their parents about grades — and were willing to write honestly about what they found.
EZ Grades today is the result of that shift. The calculators are still here. But now there's something to read around them.
We'd rather tell you something didn't work than pretend every technique is a guaranteed success. Our contributors write about failure as much as they write about success.
We're not researchers or professional educators. We're students who tried things and kept notes. That lived experience is the only credential we claim.
"Study more" is not useful advice. "Here's what happened when I tried the Pomodoro technique for my Biology finals" is. We write specifically, because specificity is what's actually helpful.
Four students. Four different academic situations. One shared goal: write honestly about what it's actually like to be a student right now.
Maya joined EZ Grades after a rough first year of university. She failed her first Biochemistry midterm and spent the rest of the semester rebuilding her study habits from scratch — trying active recall, spaced repetition, and a dozen other techniques until something clicked. She started writing about what worked because she wished someone had told her earlier.
"I don't write guides. I write honest accounts of what I tried and what actually happened. That's the only thing I'd have trusted as a student."
James spent most of high school as a chronic crammer. It worked until it didn't — a brutal sophomore year with four overlapping deadlines broke the habit. He spent the next two years obsessively testing time management systems, productivity apps, and scheduling methods. He writes for EZ Grades to share what he learned, and to be honest about what didn't work.
"Most productivity advice is written by people who've never had to balance a part-time job, three group projects, and a social life at the same time. I have."
Priya is navigating one of the most demanding academic tracks there is — Pre-Med — and she documents every system she uses to stay on top of it. Her note-taking walkthroughs and study app curation posts come from genuine necessity: she's always looking for a better way to manage an overwhelming course load, and she shares what she finds.
"I'm not an expert. I'm just someone who has tried a lot of things and kept notes on what happened. That's what I share."
Carlos is the youngest contributor on EZ Grades and writes specifically for the high school audience. He covers AP class strategies, GPA anxiety, and the complicated dynamics of having parents involved in your studying. His articles are the most personal on the site — and the most widely read by the students who find us through Google.
"High school is its own thing. University advice doesn't always translate. I write for the students who are still figuring out what kind of student they are."
The grade calculators are the original EZ Grades. They're free, they require no sign-up, and they do exactly what they say: calculate your grade, your GPA, or what you need on your final exam.
We keep them because they're genuinely useful and because they're the reason most students find us in the first place. The articles exist alongside them — not instead of them.
If you're a student with something honest to say about studying — what worked, what didn't, what you wish you'd known — we'd love to hear from you. EZ Grades is built on real student experiences, and we're always looking for new voices.
Read Our Editorial Standards