algus123 Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 i know this has been asked many many times but i keep reading the other threads and i keep getting confused. how do they calculate gpa. i am applying in fourth year. i have taken full course for 3 years do they still delete the lowest year or is that only if you apply after completing your fourth year. thanks :$. i know it was answered but i'm still confused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 I'm pretty sure they only drop the lowest year once you've completed 4. Also, they don't count part-time courses in your cumulative (just pre-req) GPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastriss Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 I'm pretty sure they only drop the lowest year once you've completed 4. Also, they don't count part-time courses in your cumulative (just pre-req) GPA. my friend is currently in 4th year and he said that UofA dropped his lowest year mark.. that confuses me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennethToronto Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 I'm pretty sure they only drop the lowest year once you've completed 4. Also, they don't count part-time courses in your cumulative (just pre-req) GPA. i have my calculated GPAs and I'm pretty sure they didn't drop anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 i have my calculated GPAs and I'm pretty sure they didn't drop anything. They say they do on the website, though. And for me, my GPA is definitely the result of dropping my PT courses and my worst year, I checked the #s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastriss Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 i have my calculated GPAs and I'm pretty sure they didn't drop anything. KT how did you calculate ur GPA? my friend said to take the entire year's average and convert THAT to a gpa using the calgary ccale..is that true? Cuz i will have the same conversion cuz I am at queen's as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algus123 Posted December 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 so one person is saying you have to have finished and other people are saying if you're in your fourth year with a full load each year they do drop it....i'm confused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 so one person is saying you have to have finished and other people are saying if you're in your fourth year with a full load each year they do drop it....i'm confused It sounds like the other people also had a percentage-scaled transcript, so maybe the percentages were converted differently? I don't think U of A has a conversion scale on their website, so there's no way to confirm. My transcript is GPA-only, so there are no conversion issues there, and like I said, when I drop my lowest year and the courses I did part-time, my GPA comes out to be the exact same as my U of A GPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennethToronto Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 KT how did you calculate ur GPA? my friend said to take the entire year's average and convert THAT to a gpa using the calgary ccale..is that true? Cuz i will have the same conversion cuz I am at queen's as well The only reason I'm sure my worst year was not dropped is because my UofA cGPA is identical (well, there's a 0.01 difference) to my OMSAS GPA. That said, I had a huge problem with UofA admissions not willing to consider my 2nd year orgo courses as meeting their requirements. I might try to email them to clarify their policy of dropping the lowest year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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