OT: GPA Conversion

[HypNotiQ]

Mods can lock this soon. I have a question for posters here who are graduate students. What would a 2.5 gpa be in Canadian terms? That is the requirement for a program I am looking at and as a student from the University of Western Ontario---what percentage would this be?

[saham]

Mods can lock this soon. I have a question for posters here who are graduate students. What would a 2.5 gpa be in Canadian terms? That is the requirement for a program I am looking at and as a student from the University of Western Ontario---what percentage would this be?

Is it out of 4 or 4.2 ?

[HypNotiQ]

^ I think 4

[Mascot]

2.5/4 = 0.625

but

my gpa was 2.37 and i had a 64 average so i would think your average is like 70?

[PHANTOMPHOENIX]

You need to convert each one of your course grades to the GPA scale of the university where you plan on applying. You cannot convert your overall average to a GPA.

It would help if you told us the GPA scale that you are using.

[DIEHARD_005]

2.5 at Ryerson is between a C+ and a B-, so in the 67-69% range...our scale is outta 4.33

[inrapscity]

lmao, GPA conversion on realgm.

[hsb]

I don't really understand what you are getting at. Here is a reliable scale between universities: http://www.ouac.on.ca/omsas/pdf/c_omsas_b.pdf

Like a person said, you have to do it individually for each course because of unequal weight.

[KJS1508]

Should be the same as in the US. At the most may be a couple points lower or higher. If you want a percentage then use the OMSAS scale.

[COY0607]

if its out of 4 this might be helpful
http://careers.mcmaster.ca/students/edu ... sion-chart

mcmaster has the most **** 12 point system

[Freeway]

I do not think there any way to actually convert a percentage mark to a certain GPA since the 4 point system is based on letter grades according to there devaition from the mean.

But some college who do not use the curve usually go with this standard

A+ 4.0...95%+
A. 4.0...90%-94
A- 3,7...85-89
B+ 3.3...80-84%
B 3.0...75-79
And so on

[j3yuen]

I do not think there any way to actually convert a percentage mark to a certain GPA since the 4 point system is based on letter grades according to there devaition from the mean.

But some college who do not use the curve usually go with this standard

A+ 4.0...95%+
A. 4.0...90%-94
A- 3,7...85-89
B+ 3.3...80-84%
B 3.0...75-79
And so on

this is way off..
i believe this is the conversion for american schools where 90's are A's 85's are A- 80s are b's 70's are c's....

the canadian scale is completely different. I'd go with the omsas pdf link someone put up.
the conversion for canadian marks to an american 4.0 scale is again entirely different though

[Seasontickets]

Follow this conversion chart:
Mark of:
85 and above = 4.0
Between 84 and 80 inclusive = 3.7
Between 79 and 77 inclusive = 3.3
Between 76 and 74 inclusive = 3.0
Between 73 and 70 inclusive = 2.7
Between 69 and 67 inclusive = 2.3
Between 66 and 64 inclusive = 2.0
Between 63 and 60 inclusive = 1.7
Between 59 and 57 inclusive = 1.3
Between 56 and 54 inclusive = 1.0
Between 53 and 50 inclusive = 0.7
Anything under = 0

Let me give you a step by step guide of how to figure out your GPA. This is based on how U of T does it...maybe Western doesn't follow the same exact method...

Go through all your marks...write them down as a list.
Example:

81
75
77
70
90
49(one fail)

Done?
Next: Convert...and add up sums and then take the average of the sums

81 = 3.7
75 = 3.0
77 = 3.3
70 = 2.7
90 = 4.0
49 = 0.0(fail)

Numerical Average = (81+75+77+70+90+49)/6 = 73.667 = B- Average
GPA Average = (3.7+3.0+3.3+2.7+4+0)/6 = 2.78 = Still somewhere around B- but barely

Suppose you didn't have the failed course

Num Avg = 78.6
GPA Avg = 3.34

Hope this helps....cheers

[EwwItsRasho]

A+ = 90%+ = 4.0
A = 85%-89% = 3.9
A- = 80%-84% = 3.7
B+ = 75%-79% = 3.4
B = 70%-74% = 3.0

2.5/4.0 is then pretty low.

[JoeyGsShoulders]

Just use this site it's reliable and does the conversion work for you http://www.sfu.ca/~gradap/facstaff/grad ... rsion.html

[Freeway]

I do not think there any way to actually convert a percentage mark to a certain GPA since the 4 point system is based on letter grades according to there devaition from the mean.

But some college who do not use the curve usually go with this standard

A+ 4.0...95%+
A. 4.0...90%-94
A- 3,7...85-89
B+ 3.3...80-84%
B 3.0...75-79
And so on

this is way off..
i believe this is the conversion for american schools where 90's are A's 85's are A- 80s are b's 70's are c's....

the canadian scale is completely different. I'd go with the omsas pdf link someone put up.
the conversion for canadian marks to an american 4.0 scale is again entirely different though

Thats how it is at the UofA in a few non curved cources i had

[mapko81]

Depends on the school you graduated from.

My York U grades were converted very favourably to a 4 point scale (this was done by LSAC, the central registry when applying to American Law School):

A+ (90-100) = 4.3
A (80-89) = 4.0
B+ (75-79) = 3.5
B (70-74) = 3.0
C+ (65-69) = 2.5
C (60-64) = 2.0

... favourable because A+'s give you a 4.3 on 4 point scale

[XxIronChainzxX]

mapko81,

So did LSAC use just the letter grade in converting the GPA, instead of the percentage mark, since the US schools run a 60-100 scale instead of our 50-100 scale? I've been trying to find out exactly how they handle conversion for quite some time.