Guest jan Posted September 21, 2001 Report Share Posted September 21, 2001 This may seem like a trivial question....but if my marks for a given year are: 92,80,81,86,78 then is my GPA 3.8/4.0? I'm not sure if I'm calculating this correctly....please help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Wong Posted September 21, 2001 Report Share Posted September 21, 2001 Which university are you from? That will make a difference as to how OMSAS interprets your grades. Just FYI, the OMSAS conversion tables can be found at: www.ouac.on.ca/omsas/pdf/conversion.pdf Ian UBC, Med 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JD Posted September 21, 2001 Report Share Posted September 21, 2001 That's a 3.72 ifyou're from an Ontario school... using the OMSAS scale, a 90+=4.0, 85-89=3.9, 80-84-3.7, and 76-79=3.3. Convert each of your marks to a grade point value FIRST, and then average them to get your GPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jan Posted September 21, 2001 Report Share Posted September 21, 2001 Okay, that link was helpful and I see where you got the 3.72, but according to THE BLACK BOOK ON CANADIAN MEDICAL SCHOOLS by Dr. Brett Ferdinand, his OMSAS Conversion Table for Scale 3 lists the following: 90%+=4.0, 89%=3.97, 88%=3.93, 87%=3.90 etc. thus breaking if up more... Is this Converstion Table incorrect? I'm assuming it is.... Thanks : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aneliz Posted September 21, 2001 Report Share Posted September 21, 2001 Well, I have never seen an OMSAS scale that looks like the one that you describe. I think that I would trust the one published by OMSAS more than the one by Dr. Ferdinand. It is probably closer to the truth... However, you could always call the application centre just to make sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Thugjaan Posted September 21, 2001 Report Share Posted September 21, 2001 Buddy...can you please scan the date on that book? OMSAS changed the scale up two years ago (ie - for the 2001/2002 round of admissions) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JSS02 Posted September 22, 2001 Report Share Posted September 22, 2001 I have that book too. It was the system they used until last year, when they started using the system mentioned above... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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