confused007 Posted November 21, 2010 Report Share Posted November 21, 2010 Hi all, I'm in a course-based master right now. I found one of my courses quite difficult (given the amount of time I have for school recently) and will probably receive a B+ for it. I have a A- for one of my other courses and have A/A+ for the rest. Does anyone know if this B+ would ruin my chances with medical school? I don't know how strict they are when it comes to graduate-level courses. Thanks! Confused =( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 No one b+ is not going to kill your chances at med school. In fact, many med schos don't consider our grad gpa (besides u of Calgary, and UBC). Other med schools will just give you a tiny boost on your app for having the graduate degree(Mcmaster) Other schools like U of T want to see research productivity from your graduate studies. At least this is as far as I know. Hope this helps and keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah_2020 Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 what program are you in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhD_Candidate_2011 Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 Hi all, I'm in a course-based master right now. I found one of my courses quite difficult (given the amount of time I have for school recently) and will probably receive a B+ for it. I have a A- for one of my other courses and have A/A+ for the rest. Does anyone know if this B+ would ruin my chances with medical school? I don't know how strict they are when it comes to graduate-level courses. Thanks! Confused =( As the above poster stated, most schools don't look specifically at your grad marks. I can confirm that at UofT, they do look at grad marks (though not assessed as part of GPA). UofT expects you to maintain "A-level" (A-, A or A+) grad marks. This is more important if you're in a course-based program than a research-based. A single B+ isn't going to kill you, but the rest of your record will be closely scrutinized as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsdomed Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 On that same subject, does anyone know if Masters graduates applying to UofT still qualify for the weighted GPA calculation for their undergraduate marks (i.e. dropping the worst 4 full-year courses for a 4 year ugrad program)? or do they just get the lower GPA cutoff of 3.0? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmosis Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 you shouldn't be getting B+ in grad school. the lowest should be an -A. in my grad program you can get kicked out for having a B+ or lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 but I don't believe a B+ will be a game ender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmosis Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 but I don't believe a B+ will be a game ender no. not a game ender, but it will definitely raise eyebrows. in a bad way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrogirl Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 you shouldn't be getting B+ in grad school. the lowest should be an -A. in my grad program you can get kicked out for having a B+ or lower. This is actually not always true, and depends very much on the program and department. In the department where I did my master's, a C- was the minimum passing grade for master's students and a B- was the minimum for PhD students. There were certain courses where the professor hadn't given anyone a grade higher than a B- in years. There was one infamous course called Physics 721, which was a PhD requirement, where less than a third of the students passed every year and most people had to take it two or three times to pass. It was optional for master's students, so I didn't take it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrail Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 OP, Are you in a couse based masters? If so, no worries at all. Most class averages are a B+ for course based programs. If you eventually want to apply to a program that looks at grad grades (eg Dalhousie), you'll want to keep the rest of the grades up. I had one B+ on my course based masters, and got an interview at Dal where they take grad grades into account. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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