mollypercocet Posted July 9, 2017 Report Share Posted July 9, 2017 How does UBC break down GPA out of 50? Say I have a AGPA of 83% what does it convert to out of 50? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thank4 Posted July 9, 2017 Report Share Posted July 9, 2017 It varies every year depending on the applicant pool. People were able to come up with a formula to approximate it using data points. You can find it in the interview invite threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollypercocet Posted July 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2017 33 minutes ago, thank4 said: It varies every year depending on the applicant pool. People were able to come up with a formula to approximate it using data points. You can find it in the interview invite threads. Thanks. I'll take a look there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clever_smart_boy_like_me Posted July 9, 2017 Report Share Posted July 9, 2017 Given what I've seen I'll estimate low 20s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwnerOfTheTARDIS Posted July 10, 2017 Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 1.57907*(GPA) - 111.0834 = approximate AQ score for the 2017/2017 application cycle. The formula for the 2015/2016 cycle was very similar so it doesn't seem to change too much from year to year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollypercocet Posted July 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 1 hour ago, OwnerOfTheTARDIS said: 1.57907*(GPA) - 111.0834 = approximate AQ score for the 2017/2017 application cycle. The formula for the 2015/2016 cycle was very similar so it doesn't seem to change too much from year to year. So if you have a 100% you still only get a ~46.8. I wish they had just scaled the GPA out of 50 so that and 80 would be a 40/50 haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TARS Posted July 10, 2017 Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 1 hour ago, mollypercocet said: So if you have a 100% you still only get a ~46.8. I wish they had just scaled the GPA out of 50 so that and 80 would be a 40/50 haha. The formula works best the closer you are to the median, so outliers (low GPA and high GPA) don't follow the liner equation I think, which is why you won't get a 50AQ with 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yych208 Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 On 2017-07-10 at 6:24 AM, clever_smart_boy_like_me said: Given what I've seen I'll estimate low 20s You can check other's posts in the accepted/interviewed/rejected list. I'm sure someone also has a 83% and received a AQ score. As mentioned, it varies every year depending on the applicant pool, but I agree with clever_smart_boy_like_me that it'll be in the low 20s. May as well assume it's a 20 or lower so you work extra hard on your app and your EC's, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
textbook88 Posted July 17, 2017 Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 I think for the most part it's linear. I had a mid 90s and it pretty much followed that formula perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygoid Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 On 2017-07-09 at 9:40 PM, TARS said: The formula works best the closer you are to the median, so outliers (low GPA and high GPA) don't follow the liner equation I think, which is why you won't get a 50AQ with 100%. Not sure what you mean by this. The equation is a linear one (y = mx + b): As your grade increases, your AQ would increase linearly based on that equation (i.e. y= 1.57907x - 111.0834). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurker22 Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 What TFR gets you an interview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygoid Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 1 hour ago, lurker22 said: What TFR gets you an interview? In the last cycle it was 52.91 TFR IP & 63.16 TFR OOP. Interview cut-offs hover around those numbers every cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TARS Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 20 hours ago, Pterygoid said: Not sure what you mean by this. The equation is a linear one (y = mx + b): As your grade increases, your AQ would increase linearly based on that equation (i.e. y= 1.57907x - 111.0834). I've heard anecdotes that really higher GPA and/or really low GPA dont work with the linear equation. For example, if you follow the equation, even with 100% as your GPA you only get about 46 AQ, not 50. I don't know though, and I don't think it really matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icanmakeyourmedrock Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Also keep in mind that if your gpa stays the same throughout cycles, your AQ score will lower over time, due to the changing (read: more competitive) applicant pool and resulting equation. So consistently working on your NAQ (if you're not taking classes) is important. This doesn't affect everyone, but is key for those with borderline gpas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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