zackattack881 Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 According to the new McGill guidelines for 2020-2021 "1. Winter 2020 grades will not be considered in the academic evaluation (GPA, R score)" does this automatically apply or do they calculate the GPA with and without the winter 2020 semester to pick the best GPA? I have finished my 2020 semester with high grades and wanted it to count towards my GPA for McGill, but now I am confused about if my semester is even counted. PS: All my grades are on my official transcript as well. Counting them does boost my GPA and not counting them lowers it, what do you all think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vons Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 I'm skeptical that they'd cut you a break on this since it seems to go against the spirit of their policy. It seems like it automatically applies, but who knows how they're going to format the academic workbook this year. If I were you I'd email them and let us all know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackattack881 Posted June 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 True true. I emailed them already and will let you know! But it's a good idea if we all email them and make our voices heard, so I suggest everyone to email them. Also, does anyone know if the GPA calculation is rounded up to 2 or 3 decimal points? For example, if a student has 3.937 is that rounded up to 3.94 automatically or kept at 3.937? I am wondering because on the website it only shows the average to 2 decimals, which makes me think they round it up but I'm not quiet sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verycaffeinated Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, zackattack881 said: True true. I emailed them already and will let you know! But it's a good idea if we all email them and make our voices heard, so I suggest everyone to email them. Also, does anyone know if the GPA calculation is rounded up to 2 or 3 decimal points? For example, if a student has 3.937 is that rounded up to 3.94 automatically or kept at 3.937? I am wondering because on the website it only shows the average to 2 decimals, which makes me think they round it up but I'm not quiet sure. I believe McGill rounds down our GPA, like a 3.979 rounds to a 3.97 in McGill's transcript system. I don't know if the med admissions office does the same but I would think so in order to make it so that the GPAs calculated in the workbook is the same as the one calculated on the McGill transcript (for McGill applicants). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giraffe3 Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 34 minutes ago, verycaffeinated said: I believe McGill rounds down our GPA, like a 3.979 rounds to a 3.97 in McGill's transcript system. I don't know if the med admissions office does the same but I would think so in order to make it so that the GPAs calculated in the workbook is the same as the one calculated on the McGill transcript (for McGill applicants). @zackattack881 On the McGill Minerva transcript, the GPA does not round up. 3.979 is 3.97 because the last number is basically cut off. On the MDCM/DMD Academic Workbook at McGill however, the number does round up to 3.98, yes. I'm not sure if once they "corroborate" the grades on the workbook what they round it to... only the Admissions Committee would have that answer, but it's extremely specific and I don't think they'd tell you. zackattack881 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonasbrothers Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmyveg1 Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 I strongly urge you all to email admissions if you feel this is not fair!! Here is who I emailed: admissionsdean.med at mcgill.ca admissions.med at mcgill.ca zackattack881 and conu905 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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zackattack881 Posted June 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 3 hours ago, pharmyveg1 said: I strongly urge you all to email admissions if you feel this is not fair!! Here is who I emailed: admissionsdean.med at mcgill.ca admissions.med at mcgill.ca SAME, please everyone email them to at least give us the option between including our winter 2020 GPA if it's more favourable for those applicants! firecracker and pharmyveg1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conu905 Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 I emailed them too, I really hope they allow us the option of including winter 2020 grades. cc11, pharmyveg1 and zackattack881 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Médecine1 Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 16 hours ago, jonasbrothers said: For the prerequisites - what are we supposed to do if the labs are not being offered this semester? For example I haven’t taken orgo yet with lab but my university is no longer offering the labs for this sem I asked them and they said we have to look for modifications during the summer on the website... I hope labs won’t be necessary ! firecracker and gatbacan 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PirouetteCacahuete Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 On 6/12/2020 at 5:06 AM, oneday1 said: post-interview score weighed 100% for MMI is insane... Did you address this too? Wow! No room for error.... oneday1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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