medicineandchill Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Hi! This is such a stupid question I know, but I want to make sure I'm converting my grades properly. I did my undergrad at UBC, so I have to use column #7. It says McGill uses column #8. Does that matter? Or am I just finding the GPA equivalent and then using the table on page 28 to find out the grade? Thanks in advance and sorry for the lame question! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medabe Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 I am not quite sure from your question, why you are looking at McGill at all. Are you planning to apply to McGill? Or did you get a degree already at McGill? If you did your undergrad at UBC, you look at 7. If you did your undergrad at McGill, you look at 8. This has nothing to do with which medical school you are applying to. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medicineandchill Posted October 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 On 10/16/2018 at 5:22 AM, medabe said: I am not quite sure from your question, why you are looking at McGill at all. Are you planning to apply to McGill? Or did you get a degree already at McGill? If you did your undergrad at UBC, you look at 7. If you did your undergrad at McGill, you look at 8. This has nothing to do with which medical school you are applying to. Hope that helps. Hi! I'm planning on applying to McGill but I got my undergraduate degree from UBC. I've already entered my UBC grades, however, I need to convert them all to their McGill equivalents. If I use 7, I only get GPA (ie. 4.0, 3.90, etc.) and I need letter grades as well. That's why I'm a little confused! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medabe Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 The OMSAS conversion chart DOES NOT tell you how McGill Medical School will calculate your GPA, because McGill medical school is in Quebec. The OMSAS conversion chart will tell you only how ONTARIO medical schools will calculate your GPA. So, if you went to UBC for undergraduate university, and you want to know what an "ONTARIO" medical school will use to calculate your GPA, you look at column 7. If got an A at UBC, Ontario medical schools will calculate your mark as a 3.9. If, however, you went to McGill for UNDERGRAD, you would look at column 8 to determine how Ontario medical schools will calculate your GPA. For example, if you went to McGill undergrad and you got an A, Ontario medical schools would calculate your A as a 4.0. I do not know if there is a separate McGill medical school conversion chart, but it is not the conversion chart shown on OMSAS (as far as I know). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al22 Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 the conversion for mcgill is in the workbook guide here : https://www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/files/medadmissions/maaw_workbook_user_guide_en_201909v1.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjay Posted October 28, 2018 Report Share Posted October 28, 2018 On 10/15/2018 at 9:27 PM, medicineandchill said: Hi! This is such a stupid question I know, but I want to make sure I'm converting my grades properly. I did my undergrad at UBC, so I have to use column #7. It says McGill uses column #8. Does that matter? Or am I just finding the GPA equivalent and then using the table on page 28 to find out the grade? Thanks in advance and sorry for the lame question! I am also confused, as I'm having the same problem! The workbook is not clear on how to convert grades. Have you figured it out @medicineandchill or anyone else??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medicineandchill Posted October 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 On 10/27/2018 at 9:09 PM, Kjay said: I am also confused, as I'm having the same problem! The workbook is not clear on how to convert grades. Have you figured it out @medicineandchill or anyone else??? Hey! Sorry for the late reply, I'm not sure if you've figured it out yet! This is what I did - I also talked to the admissions committee and she said that a) what I did was correct and b) it's okay if you mess up because two people will verify your workbook for you. I looked at column seven on page 29 of the guide. So for example, let's say I got an A+ in a course. That translates to a McGill equivalent GPA of 4.00. Then I looked at page 28 and used the McGill equivalent GPA to figure out the letter grade. So a 4.00 means an A+. Does that make sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Shaq Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 2 hours ago, medicineandchill said: Hey! Sorry for the late reply, I'm not sure if you've figured it out yet! This is what I did - I also talked to the admissions committee and she said that a) what I did was correct and b) it's okay if you mess up because two people will verify your workbook for you. I looked at column seven on page 29 of the guide. So for example, let's say I got an A+ in a course. That translates to a McGill equivalent GPA of 4.00. Then I looked at page 28 and used the McGill equivalent GPA to figure out the letter grade. So a 4.00 means an A+. Does that make sense? Do you know why on Page 28 it says that a 4 is an A+ and an A as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medicineandchill Posted October 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 7 minutes ago, Big Shaq said: Do you know why on Page 28 it says that a 4 is an A+ and an A as well? The person I talked to on the phone today said that McGill doesn't have an A+ so even if you put it in the workbook, it will be automatically converted to an A! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjay Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 15 hours ago, medicineandchill said: Hey! Sorry for the late reply, I'm not sure if you've figured it out yet! This is what I did - I also talked to the admissions committee and she said that a) what I did was correct and b) it's okay if you mess up because two people will verify your workbook for you. I looked at column seven on page 29 of the guide. So for example, let's say I got an A+ in a course. That translates to a McGill equivalent GPA of 4.00. Then I looked at page 28 and used the McGill equivalent GPA to figure out the letter grade. So a 4.00 means an A+. Does that make sense? Thank you! This does make sense, I did the same as you, glad to know I did it correct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medicineandchill Posted November 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 7 hours ago, Kjay said: Thank you! This does make sense, I did the same as you, glad to know I did it correct! No problem!! And oh good I'm glad!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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