Guest jake87 Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Hey there - I was looking around and it seemed that UBC is one of the few schools that actually calculate your mark out in percentages. I know a friend who studied at UofA and she said all their marks are shown as GPA's.. that said, a 75-80% isn't that uncommon for admitted med students at UBC. However, if you convert that to GPA (3.3-3.5 range), that isn't competitive at all for other universities!!! Other schools in Canada require at least a 3.7 to be considered (and i'm not even talking about out-of-province applicants yet). Do you think its because the UBC grading system is that much harder and it's at a disadvantage when converted to the GPA system?? Or am I just finding ways to try to reassure myself of my sucky marks??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daryn Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 PMed you Jake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GundamDX Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 I seriously doubt UBC's grading scheme is any diff. than other schools... regarding how accurately it'll reflect the students' performance. You are right about a 80% avg at UBC doesn't = 3.7 in OMSAS. I personally think the conversion is unfair because for example, why A+ is 4.0 and A is 3.9, A- is 3.7? At UBC these grades are equal to 90%, 85%, and 80%, but but it's harder for UBC students to get a higher OMSAS GPA because of the weird conversion. When you go down the scale it's even worse! 3.3 is B+ (75%) and B is 3.0 (70%). This means you cannot have any bad grades on your transcript because that will bring your GPA down big time. I am just glad UBC Med look at marks as they are, not on any converted 4.0 scales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Talon01 Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 www.ouac.on.ca/omsas/pdf/c_omsas_b.pdf UBC seems to use the same conversion table as many other schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest treehuggingbiologist Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Talon01 I believe thats for people applying from UBC to Ontario schools - not vice versa. In which case they get screwed like the rest of us.. The conversion table that UBC uses would be on their website. Or the BC equivilent of OUAC if they have one. I don't like the 3.3 to 3.7 drop. It means even if you're consistent, but towards the higher B+ to lower A- end of things, you get screwed royally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Law Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Yeah and if you have stellar grades, and one poor one, you're also screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dr nomis Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Ahh sorry, my bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GundamDX Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 I think we're not talking about getting into UBC... we're saying we get screwed by the OMSAS conversion scale if you get one or two bad marks on your transcript. For example, you have B+ and an A+, 75% and 90%, the average between the two is 82.5%, a solid A-. In OMSAS, that should be at least a 3.7 right? Heck no. The A+ is 4.0, but the B+ is 3.3, so the avreage is 3.65. That 0.05 difference goes a LOOOONG way because that's what happens to all of your grades on your transcript when it's coverted to OMSAS. I have an A average from UBC, but my OMSAS is not even 3.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jake87 Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 that kinda sucks. limits a lot of my options, and i think most schools go by that conversion. even the states i'm guessing. it seems that ubc is the only one stuck on the % grade... esp. since my first yr prereqs are mostly 75%... hopefully i'll improve in the next few years... :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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