ambiguous % range

[jojojaxon]

everybody always asks for help converting GPA to UBC's % scale and gets directed to the OMSAS conversion tables but they dont seem to answer the question....so please bare with me

how can a letter grade for example equate to a % range? if an A+ = 90-100% is this 90% or 100%? it cant be both or is it maybe halfway in between? if someone had only A+'s all through university they would not post their marks as 90-100%, at least not on these forums....any insight would be appreciated. thanks

[paulista]

if i remember correctly UBC uses the lower end of the range, ie. A+=90%

[dr nomis]

The UBC conversion criteria is a well-guarded secret. Don't expect to find out. Yeah, it sucks, but that's just how it is...

[Kirsteen]

Hey there,

 

Regarding the above, by piecing together information from a number of different admissions folks, and from my post-rejection reviews (and questioning the folks there about it), I managed to come up with a fairly close rendition of the conversion scale. (It's on my other laptop, though.) Mind you, that was a couple of years ago now, and things could have changed.

 

Cheers,

Kirsteen

[Kuantum]

Your other laptop?

 

Also, are the forums screwing up a little? I can't seem to use the quick post option or put in emoticons.

[Kirsteen]

Your other laptop?

I have a Dell which I (silly me) bought prior to purchasing my PowerBook. I used that laptop for all my 2003/4 medical school applications. I cringe to open it now.

 

Cheers,

Kirsteen