Ottawa GPA conversion

[Guest mistiss]

Hello

 

Last year, Ottawa needed a 3.83 to get an interview. I go to Mac, and we have a letter grade system...A+=12, A=11, A-=10...

 

For a 10.7 (which is A- to A), the grade conversion sheet seems to regard that to as a A-, which converts to a 3.7. Then the sheet doesn't convert anything from Mac to a 3.8; but then shows a A+ to be 3.9.

 

Is this correct? I'm wondering what's a 3.8 GPA based on the Mac system. Should I call OMSAS or Ottawa?

 

thanks

[Guest blinknoodle]

You've got the equivalencies right (A = 3.9, A-=3.7), so once you calculate all your marks individually and crunch them up, weighted by Ottawa's formula, it has to be above 3.83. So in general, yes, it is somewhere in the middle of A and A-.

 

www.ouac.on.ca/omsas/pdf/c_omsas_b.pdf

[Guest Talon01]

That's the thing with the GPA system, if you get an 80 or a 84 it's a 3.7 on the GPA scale (depending on the school). But an 84 vs 85 is the difference between a 3.7 or 3.9. There's no real 'middle' ground.