2021letsgo Posted May 25, 2021 Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 Could you guys give me any suggestions/advice (pros/cons) on doing masters before applying to boost my gpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded frog Posted May 25, 2021 Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 6 hours ago, 2021letsgo said: Could you guys give me any suggestions/advice (pros/cons) on doing masters before applying to boost my gpa Pros: UBC, U of A, and memorial looks at graduate GPA the same way as undergrad. Calgary includes graduate GPA as a single year of undergraduate GPA in their calculations Sask includes graduate courses in it's GPA other than the spring semester before matriculation Dal lets you use 15 credit hours (out of 60 total) of graduate GPA in their GPA calculation If it's a research masters you will get a thesis and maybe a pub or two out of it which won't help your GPA but can help offset a lower GPA, relatively Some schools will give you bonus points or extra consideration if you are in progress or have completed certain types of graduate degrees at time of application (for instance U of T will give "credit" for a completed course-based masters or an in-progress research masters, but not an in-progress course masters, mac will give credit if you have graduated by time of application), but this is hard to take into account Cons: As far as I know, Ontario schools and any not listed above do not consider graduate GPA so if you'd like to apply broadly it's usually better to do more undergrad if GPA is a concern. Source: got a masters before med school, should have done more undergrad idontwannabehopeless, veritas7777 and NONONOORMAL 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoxy Posted May 25, 2021 Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 On 5/25/2021 at 12:25 PM, bearded frog said: I am not aware of any other school which considers graduate GPA so unless you're ride or die UBC it would be much better to do more undergrad if GPA is a concern UCalgary, UAlberta, and USask include your masters grades in calculating your GPA. UCalgary's is particularity generous if I remember correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded frog Posted May 25, 2021 Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, zoxy said: UCalgary, UAlberta, and USask include your masters grades in calculating your GPA. Thanks! I have updated my post. If only they did when I applied Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indefatigable Posted May 25, 2021 Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 42 minutes ago, zoxy said: UCalgary, UAlberta, and USask include your masters grades in calculating your GPA. UCalgary's is particularity generous if I remember correctly. 54 minutes ago, bearded frog said: I am not aware of any other school which considers graduate GPA so unless you're exclusively set on western Canada it would be much better to do more undergrad if GPA is a concern. Dalhousie also has a generous policy: https://medicine.dal.ca/departments/core-units/admissions/admissions/gpa-requirement.html For completeness - McMaster also gives a "1%" bonus McGill uses "Academic Context" which may give a boost too. for a research based graduate degree, the threshold for a competitive GPA at UofT is lowered https://mdprogram.mcmaster.ca/md-program-admissions/how-we-select/selecting-our-students https://www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/prospective/selection-process/academic-evaluation https://applymd.utoronto.ca/academic-requirements Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naptime98 Posted May 25, 2021 Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 To add on to this, Memorial also includes graduate courses in GPA calculation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded frog Posted May 25, 2021 Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 Thanks for the additional info, I have again updated my post. 1 hour ago, indefatigable said: For completeness - McMaster also gives a "1%" bonus McMaster requires the graduate degree to be conferred by time of application for credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indefatigable Posted May 25, 2021 Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 11 minutes ago, bearded frog said: Thanks for the additional info, I have again updated my post. McMaster requires the graduate degree to be conferred by time of application for credit. Thanks for updating and clarifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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