GPA calculation

[waldo-ubc]

Hey guys, I'm a little stumped and I was hoping someone can help me out.

 

I'm currently in the UBC/BCIT Biotechnology Bsc honours program. Its a 5 year program: 3 years at UBC and 2 years at BCIT.

 

http://www.students.ubc.ca/calendar/index.cfm?tree=12,215,410,946

The thing is, im not too sure what to do with the BCIT courses I've taken. Does anyone know how I can incorporate them into my overall GPA?

 

Really hoping someone can help me out,

 

Thanks!

[gnomey]

Not sure you can, I attended BCIT and they don't count my grades from there.

[waldo-ubc]

Thanks for the reply gnomey.

 

I emailed my question to Admissions and they replied with the following,

 

We will use all marks for your Biotech program (UBC & BCIT).

 

We will use the scale provided by BCIT to convert your grades.

 

I guess it depends on the program. But now I'm curious about this scale.

[AndreaM]

UBC is notoriously secretive about the scale they use to calculate your averages.

[gnomey]

I was in medical radiography which is a diploma program so maybe thats the difference.

[mariepar]

I'm pretty certain that UBC has been using my grades from a Diploma (Associate of Arts in Visual Arts) in calculating my GPA, because they allow me to use the courses from this diploma as credits towards the minimum credit requirement when I use the 10 year cut off. I don't think they would use the art courses for credit if their grades did not count. In an email the admissions committee even made a point of saying that my arts courses do indeed have grades assigned to them (I had the transcript sent to them directly and had not seen it--25 year old diploma) and that the courses count. And this is visual arts. Go figure!