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quick clearup about omsas gpa


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Ok i was under the impression you have only 1 omsas gpa, so the school that u go to calculates the gpa a certain way for ontario schools and that gpa is presented to other schools

Its NOT that your gpa is calculated different based on the scales for other schools.

 

NOT correct:

MIke has a 84 in a course which is an A on his transcript. The school he wants to apply to is in column 3 sothe gpa for that course is 3.7, but for Mac its 3.9 because its in a different column.

 

Correct: Mike has an 84 in a course which according to the column his school is located in it translates to a 3.7, so therefore for any school in ontario it is a 3.7.

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It changes based on which school you go to.

That is why there are so many columns, it depends on your school.

 

An A at York does not equal an 85-89 (A) at UWO.

 

I don't really understand what point you are trying to make. Mac doesn't even have numbers listed in their column... lol

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It changes based on which school you go to.

That is why there are so many columns, it depends on your school.

 

An A at York does not equal an 85-89 (A) at UWO.

 

I don't really understand what point you are trying to make. Mac doesn't even have numbers listed in their column... lol

 

 

ok here is my point:

 

say mike goes to Queen's, where the conversion column is column 3 and he gets an 84 in a course. Now his transcript will say:

Paperairplanes 123 84 A

when he applies to Mac, is it a 3.9 or a 3.7

if its a 3.9, then that means that he converts his marks into the gpa that fits the column of the school he is applying to.

if its a 3.7, it means that his gpa is calculated based on the school he is attending and the gpa is the same for every school he applies to in ontario.

 

I always thought its the later scenario, but after reading a few posts i got confused

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Ohhh, no no... it's not different depending on which school you apply to! It's different based on the school you GO TO! :)

 

The only difference between schools is that some schools have weighting formulas that you need to watch out for. Not all schools use your cGPA. :)

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Correct: Mike has an 84 in a course which according to the column his school is located in it translates to a 3.7, so therefore for any school in ontario it is a 3.7.

 

 

your "correct" statement is correct. for any school in ontario that you are applying to, they will see it as 3.7 on your OMSAS GPA.

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