aspiringstudent Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 I am really confused on how they actually calculate your GPA for med school? I am just wondering exactly how it goes? Like does it go by percentage in total like in high school average? or Gpa per course? can someone please break it down? Like say I have an 86 average, would that be considered a 3.9? or do they take your gpa in a course (say a 3.7) and convert that to whatever it is on omsas? or say if i have an 88 in a course it gets converted to 3.9? so much confuse lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauna Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 Hey! Check out this thread: http://forums.premed101.com/index.php?/topic/46225-pre-med-frequently-asked-questions/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robclem21 Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 Using the OMSAS scale, each course is converted separately to GPA. The GPAs are then (weighted-) averaged to get your cumulative GPA. This system unfortunately requires you to do better in each of your courses, for instance, 80/80/80/80 is a higher GPA than 70/70/90/90 even though both have a cumulative 80 average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspiringstudent Posted February 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 Thank you much guys I understand it now! This sucks because my first semester of university was horrible and it brings my GPA really down :/ I have a full courseload though so I'm relying on the weighted GPA, but since McMaster doesn't use that it cuts my chances there with like my cGPA of 3.78 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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