GPA Calculation Question

[med88]

I fired off an email to UofS admissions, but the admissions officer is off for the week, so I thought I'd post my question here. I have searched this forum but did not find anything specific to McMaster. For those applicants who applied to UofS having completed an undergrad at Mac, what was an A+ converted to? From some sources, I heard it's a 93% and from others, a 95%. Does anyone know exactly? I apologize if this has been posted before.

[Vincent Freeman]

Hello med88 - where did you hear Mac A+ ==> 95?

[med88]

I read it on this forum in threads dating way back. I'm at work right now, so I can't dig them up, but it was here some where.

[med88]

To those interested in what the admissions office had responded:

 

Thanks for your email.* *The following conversion chart will be used to convert McMaster grades to U of S grades:

 

A+**** 95%

 

A****** 88%

 

A-***** 82%

 

B+**** 78%

 

B****** 75%

 

B-***** 72%

 

C+**** 68%

 

C****** 65%

 

C-***** 62%

 

D+**** 58%

 

D****** 55%

 

D-***** 52

 

F

 

This past year, to be offered an interview, the cutoff for out-of-province applicants was 91.4%.

[eyeopener]

Is this the general grade conversion scale for letter grade-->percent? Or just specific to Mcmaster?

[momo]

I'm at U of S, and I graduated from Mac - my A+ was 95%... period. amen. Unless they have drastically changed the scheme, that's what it is.

 

And this scheme is specific to McMaster somewhat... U of S has a list of what each school will be converted to. If you are interested in grades from another school, ask when the admission person is back.