Guest mmk Posted May 15, 2002 Report Share Posted May 15, 2002 I've heard that a lot of American Schools add a certain amount on to Canadian applicants gpa because Canadian schools are harder. Is this true?? thanks Mmk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brandonite Posted May 15, 2002 Report Share Posted May 15, 2002 I have never heard of that... It is harder to get a 90% in a class in Canada than it is in the US, but then again, you need a 90% in the US generally to get an A- in a class. I don't think that a lot of schools make significant alterations to the GPAs that they see. That becomes very subjective... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chieka101 Posted December 30, 2002 Report Share Posted December 30, 2002 Yes, it's wonderfully true. My GPA rose .12 from OMSAS to AMCAS. I am definitely not complaining. C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cheech10 Posted December 30, 2002 Report Share Posted December 30, 2002 It's not that they add to your GPA, but the AMCAS scale is more generous to us than the OMSAS scale, so your GPA for the US will definitely be higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chieka101 Posted December 30, 2002 Report Share Posted December 30, 2002 Agreed, Cheech. An 80% from say, UWO is an A on the AMCAS scale. An A is a 4.0 on the scale. C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jk995 Posted January 1, 2003 Report Share Posted January 1, 2003 Hi, What scale are you guys using to convert canadian averages to amcas gpas (ie. for U of Toronto). thanks Jen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cheech10 Posted January 1, 2003 Report Share Posted January 1, 2003 I think you use letter grades. A = 4 A- = 3.7 B+ = 3.3 B = 3 B- = 2.7 C+ = 2.3 C = 2 C- = 1.7 D+ = 1.3 D = 1.0 D- = .7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jk995 Posted January 1, 2003 Report Share Posted January 1, 2003 okay, my problem was that I was getting different information from different sites: on the aamc website (www.aamc.org/students/amc...nbook.pdf) p.49 it gives a similar scheme to what you say, although I am not sure if university of toronto is "ff" "gg".... Then on this other website www.caribbeanmedicine.com/ (under the GPA and MCAT section of that page) it lists a completely different conversion scheme. Not sure which is correct. Thanks and Happy New Year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jk995 Posted January 1, 2003 Report Share Posted January 1, 2003 oops that previous link got cut http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/2003instructionbook.pdf (see p.49) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peachy Posted January 1, 2003 Report Share Posted January 1, 2003 Yeah, the information provided by AMCAS is incredibly unclear for Canadian schools. For my school, I basically had no idea what things would convert to until AMCAS actually went through my application and gave me an official conversion a few weeks after it was submitted. But it was way better than I thought it would be, so it's all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BrainDrain Posted January 1, 2003 Report Share Posted January 1, 2003 If you don't know which scale to use, just use the one that gives YOU to best GPA conversion. Let AMCAS take care of the rest. BrainDrain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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