Everlast Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 Does anyone know how the academic score is calculated? I know that they give guidelines on how to convert your GPA to their 4.0 system GPA, but this seems to then be converted to a 50 point scale. Does 4.0 scale to 50 points? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper_187 Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 No, my friend (who was rejected) had a score just under 40 and had a 3.9+ cGPA. I don't know exactly how they determine the score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopefulDoc Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 No, my friend (who was rejected) had a score just under 40 and had a 3.9+ cGPA. I don't know exactly how they determine the score. My friend had a score around 40 and had a 3.6 cGPA but he took engineering. I think it's a combination of the difficulty of your program, your best two year GPA and other factors. There's no direct conversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who M.D. Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 My understanding is that your GPA is converted for part of the score, and then there's a subjective component which considers your program, university, courses, course load, trend of grades, etc. for the rest of the score. I don't know how the weighting works in the end, but a straight conversion of your GPA won't tell you much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostLamb Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 I have a sub-40 score, but not too far off, and I definitely do NOT have a cGPA of 3.9. However, I do have an upward trend in grades and completed a Master's degree. Just trying to give some context...or not...LOL...it is a mystery score and will remain so unless advised otherwise by Admissions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericl Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 I know a friend who had a straight 4.0 through 4 years and had a 44 for his academic score :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardiomegaly Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 Ya it's huge BS. I know a friend who had 3.9+ GPA and didn't score above 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krgregg Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 if you're taking easy/gpa boosting courses, they look at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp1284 Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 When i applied as a 3rd yr with a ~3.9 gpa I scored 43.91. Im not sure what I scored this year as a 4th yr because i was accepted on may14th. I'm a chem major, my friend who is a math major had a 43ish score as a third year with a slightly lower than 3.9 (3.87 i think). I think this goes to show that they take major into account and reward people that take difficult coursework. Its pretty obvious when people take lower level pysch, phil, etc to boost gpa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xIcewind Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 I'm going by memory, but I think I had a 46.xx/50 with a 3.97gpa as a 3rd year. It's either 44.xx or 46.xx, but i'm fairly positive it's the latter. (I got this from the 15 minutes of mistake; I was also accepted this year on May14) Maybe they look at your program/year? I'm in a triple honors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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