sticky1 Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Hi. What would be my exact GPA on OMSAS scale if I have an overall undergrad average of 75.51%? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Hi. What would be my exact GPA on OMSAS scale if I have an overall undergrad average of 75.51%? You cannot compute it that way, you have to take each course and convert it to its score out of 4 based on the OMSAS scale, and find the average of all the courses. The painful truth though is that it is almost certainly way, way too low to apply to any schools in Canada. Recover is possible, but would take careful planing and a lot of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticky1 Posted May 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 It would be the same thing if you averaged all the marks and converted them to OMSAS GPA OR converted each mark to OMSAS GPA and averaged the OMSAS GPA for each course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrhumble Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 It would be the same thing if you averaged all the marks and converted them to OMSAS GPA OR converted each mark to OMSAS GPA and averaged the OMSAS GPA for each course. Most likely, it would not be the same. Convert individual course to GPA out of 4.0 using OMSAS scale. Add them all up after converting to GPA and divide by the number of courses taken (Find the average). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticky1 Posted May 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Are you sure that's how med schools calculate your GPA by converting each course to OMSAS GPA and then average them? How would you convert a 1.0 credit and 0.5 credit course? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticky1 Posted May 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Do you add the GPA for 1.0 credit course twice and for a 0.5 credit course once? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Do you add the GPA for 1.0 credit course twice and for a 0.5 credit course once? Yes please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meade Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 No, the way it goes is like this: 1.0 Credit Course: A 0.5 Credit Course: B 0.5 Credit Course: B 0.5 Credit Course: B 1.0 Credit Course: A 1.0 Credit Course: A 0.5 Credit Course: C 5.0 Overall Credits Now, you look at the OMSAS table and find your school's column number. That column is how you compute your GPA according to the 4.0 scale. Pretend your school is column number 3. You use the percentage scale. Pretend your school is column number 7. You use the alpha scale. Let's say the 5.0 Overall Credits is based on the percentage scale (column number 3). That is, you must use the percentages obtain from those courses and convert EACH COURSE to the OMSAS 4.0 scale. Ex. 1.0 Credit Course: A (80%)=====> converts to 3.70 0.5 Credit Course: B (72%)=====> converts to 2.70 0.5 Credit Course: B (77%)=====> converts to 3.30 0.5 Credit Course: B (75%)=====> converts to 3.00 1.0 Credit Course: A (88%)=====> converts to 3.90 1.0 Credit Course: A (91%)=====> converts to 4.00 0.5 Credit Course: C (68%)=====> converts to 1.70 After that, you multiply the OMSAS scale number (out of 4.0) to each credit course you have taken: Ex. 1.0 Credit Course: A (80%)=====> converts to 3.70======> (3.70 x 1.0) 0.5 Credit Course: B (72%)=====> converts to 2.70======> (1.35) 0.5 Credit Course: B (77%)=====> converts to 3.30======> (1.65) 0.5 Credit Course: B (75%)=====> converts to 3.00======> (1.5) 1.0 Credit Course: A (88%)=====> converts to 3.90======> (3.9) 1.0 Credit Course: A (91%)=====> converts to 4.00======> (4.0) 0.5 Credit Course: C (68%)=====> converts to 1.70======>(0.85) Now you can calculate your GPA for those 5.0 Overall Credits. How? You simply take the total of the OMSAS # (the scale number x credit number) divided by the number of credits you have taken. Ex. 1.0 Credit Course: A (80%)=====> converts to 3.70======> (3.7) 0.5 Credit Course: B (72%)=====> converts to 2.70======> (1.35) 0.5 Credit Course: B (77%)=====> converts to 3.30======> (1.65) 0.5 Credit Course: B (75%)=====> converts to 3.00======> (1.5) 1.0 Credit Course: A (88%)=====> converts to 3.90======> (3.9) 1.0 Credit Course: A (91%)=====> converts to 4.00======> (4.0) 0.5 Credit Course: C (68%)=====> converts to 1.70======> (0.85) 5.0 Credits OMSAS # (3.7+1.35+1.65+1.5+3.9+4.0+0.85) = 16.95 OMSAS # / total credits: 16.95 / 5.0 credits = 3.39 This is your theoritical GPA of 3.39. However, if you are using the alpha scale (columns 7-9) you don't need to know the percentage grades for each course, since OMSAS has already assigned a number for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticky1 Posted May 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 I'm confused..Is Meade's way of calculating the GPA the right way OR is m1428's way of calculating the GPA the right way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamP Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 his and law's way on the other thread are the same.... An excel that figures this out would be easy to put together, anyone have one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticky1 Posted May 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Based on Meade's way I'm getting a GPA of 3.46 for the last two full years of undergrad. Based on this, I was wondering which universities I'm eligible to apply in Ontario? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamP Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 You can apply to all ontario schools. But will likely be rejected at all Ontario schools pre-interview with those scores. If you have one year above 3.75 and a good enough mcat (>= 10/10/11Q) you can get an interview at Western. Your going to have to spend a few more years pushing up your grades to 3.8+ to be competitive. good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticky1 Posted May 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 You can apply to all ontario schools. No, I know U of T needs a minimum of 3.6 so would be waste of time and money to apply at U of T. Which universities in Ontario would I meet the minimum GPA requirements? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamP Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Forgot about that, although uofT removes your worst mark for every year of undergrad if you're in 4th year, so u may actually have it. You hit the mac minimums forsure, but to be honest applying to any school in Ontario would be a waste of time and money, even mac with it's 3.0 stated, realistically it's more like 3.85 (that could change a bit with the introduction of VR). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourtytwo Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Just for posterity's sake, U of T has a GPA calculator on their website here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticky1 Posted May 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Just for posterity's sake, U of T has a GPA calculator on their website here. Thank you! That's exactly what I was looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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