Really dumb GPA question

[ubc_earnestw]

Hey everyone,

 

I know this is probably common knowledge to a lot of you, but I come from UBC (Canadian university) where we use a percentage system as opposed to a GPA format. There are loads of threads on how to convert your percentage to AMCAS GPA, but one thing I am not sure of is whether GPA lies in a continuum or are discrete sets of numbers.

 

For my university, the AMCAS conversion scale shows an A- (80-84%) as a 3.7 and an A (>85%) as 4.0.

 

Is there a difference between an 80% and an 84%? In other words, is an 80% a 3.7 and a 84% ~3.9? Or are they just simply lumped together and any grade % that falls between 80-84 gets assigned a 3.7.

 

Thanks, I know this may seem like a small question, but it makes a big difference on my application as I have many many 83-84%'s.

 

Thanks.

[reflex]

Sorry to break it to ya, but it's all lumped together, so all your 83s and 84s are counted as 3.7.