aguy Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Does anyone know what kind of GPA it takes to get a 25/25 AQ? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithril Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Seems like it was about 91-92% based on last year's stats in the interview thread. This is entirely based on conjecture and nobody truly knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinaM Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Check out the stats for 2015 for the interview invites. OOP avg cGPA was about 90% and they had about 22. I think that the cap would be at 93% because I believe thats the highest they can give you when converting from a 4.0 GPA scale to a percentage because if you have a 4.0 they know all your grades are between 85-100 but I believe they estimate this as about half way between..so 92.5%. This would be confirmed with the new conversion scale released recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notmeadoc Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Check out the stats for 2015 for the interview invites. OOP avg cGPA was about 90% and they had about 22. I think that the cap would be at 93% because I believe thats the highest they can give you when converting from a 4.0 GPA scale to a percentage because if you have a 4.0 they know all your grades are between 85-100 but I believe they estimate this as about half way between..so 92.5%. This would be confirmed with the new conversion scale released recently. The 4.0 scale is definitely at a disadvantage at the moment. The 4.33 scale an A+ gives you 95% so virtually any A+ at 90% will calculate as 95%. I'm at a 4.33 school and even though I momentarily enjoyed the new advantage(we were previously disadvantaged) - I actually think that it's unfair and everyone should be on an equal playing field regardless of school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christinawang1990216 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 But doesn't some school have 4.0 scale and still have A+? I know western uses 4.0 system and anything above 90 is A+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAD(P)H Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 For reference, an OOP classmate with a 92.84% avg scored 25/25 in the last application cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiologist Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 For those of you interested, I did a regression on the stats that were posted last cycle. And the magic formula for your AQ is: AQ = 1.6986*(0.4*Last60 + 0.6*OverallGPA) - 127.81 R² = 0.9969 The R squared value is pretty high. I'm pretty confident in this formula. Of course, it is a regression so it will only give a very close estimate to your true AQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiologist Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 nicely done, got mine within +/- 0.2 That's what 4 years of engineering trained me to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christinawang1990216 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 That's what 4 years of engineering trained me to do So anyone knows how UBC will calculate for UWO grades? Since uwo uses A+ and A but no A-? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfuguy Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 wow thats pretty good! The predicted score is only off by 0.23 aq points from my actual score!!! My actual is higher than predicted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songofdovely Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 For those of you interested, I did a regression on the stats that were posted last cycle. And the magic formula for your AQ is: AQ = 1.6986*(0.4*Last60 + 0.6*OverallGPA) - 127.81 R² = 0.9969 The R squared value is pretty high. I'm pretty confident in this formula. Of course, it is a regression so it will only give a very close estimate to your true AQ. I wonder how accurate this remains when considering there is no longer a last 60 component of the AQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hking03 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 I wonder how accurate this remains when considering there is no longer a last 60 component of the AQ. Probably not very accurate. Since it's based on last years stats... Maybe after this year we will have another formula. Then we should do a comparison of the last 3 or 4 cycles and determine what our AQ would be in each year... Ahh nevermind. Too much work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithril Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 If UBC stops changing its criteria then maybe there will be a formula people can use eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rwethereyet Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 Off the UBC Med Blog: June 9, 2011 at 10:12 pm | Permalink | Reply The AQ score scale was changed dramatically for last cycle, in which a much higher average is needed to receive max AQ score compared to previous cycles. Will this new scale be used this year again? Admissions June 15, 2011 at 7:21 pm | Permalink | Reply Yes, we will be using the same scale to award points, but remember your academic score will be derived from just your overall or adjusted (if applicable) academic average (no “last 60” any more). I understand that the regression posted stems from this year's distribution of applicant stats. However, I've been plugging my adjusted GPA into the same formula as a good indicator of where my AQ stands. It's gonna be an uphill climb for sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genemo Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 What was the interview cutoff last year? I mean the TFR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airboard Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 What was the interview cutoff last year? I mean the TFR? "British Columbia Applicants (BC) File reviews were completed for 996 applicants who were identified as BC residents. A total of 608 BC residents who achieved a total file review score of 27.40/50 or more were invited to interview. Out-of-Province Applicants (OOP) Academic and non-academic file reviews were completed for 448 out-of-province applicants. A total of 90 OOP candidates who achieved a total file review score of 37.70/50 or more were invited to interview." From the UBC Interim Stats of Applicants 2010/11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genemo Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 Thanks Airboard for answering my retarded question! I only looked at those tables and didnt look at those sentences:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBCStudent128 Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Off the UBC Med Blog: June 9, 2011 at 10:12 pm | Permalink | Reply The AQ score scale was changed dramatically for last cycle, in which a much higher average is needed to receive max AQ score compared to previous cycles. Will this new scale be used this year again? Admissions June 15, 2011 at 7:21 pm | Permalink | Reply Yes, we will be using the same scale to award points, but remember your academic score will be derived from just your overall or adjusted (if applicable) academic average (no “last 60” any more). I understand that the regression posted stems from this year's distribution of applicant stats. However, I've been plugging my adjusted GPA into the same formula as a good indicator of where my AQ stands. It's gonna be an uphill climb for sure... Does that mean that they will only look at overall GPA ? Or is it overall GPA + pre-req GPA ? On the formula from last cycle, they didn't have the pre-req %? AQ = 1.6986*(0.4*Last60 + 0.6*OverallGPA) - 127.81 I thought they looked at pre-req, overall , and last 60. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithril Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Prereq marks were looked at after the interview. The AQ was comprised of the last 60 and overall marks. This year it's just the overall mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zunik Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Prereq marks were looked at after the interview. The AQ was comprised of the last 60 and overall marks. This year it's just the overall mark. Do you think this change will cause a higher or lower pre-interview cut-off? Last years was 27.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hking03 Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Do you think this change will cause a higher or lower pre-interview cut-off? Last years was 27.4 That depends upon factors beyond what is included in the AQ score... If the GPA average of every applicant goes up equally because of the changes and they use the same scale as last year then one would think that an absolute score is irrelevant. Meaning, your relative position remains the same so the number assigned is meaningless... it's about the # of people below/above you that matters. In the case of UBC if you are an IP applicant you want to be in the top 600... if you are OOP you want to be in the top 100. Having said that, I do think the pre-interview cut-off will go up... not just because of th change to the AQ calculation, but also because of the NAQ shift. I would say that it will be somewhere in the middle of last years and the previous years scores... Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gourmet Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Hey hking, do you know any details about the NAQ shift? I'm just wondering why you think the cut-off will be higher due in part to the change in NAQ evaluation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airboard Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 That depends upon factors beyond what is included in the AQ score... If the GPA average of every applicant goes up equally because of the changes and they use the same scale as last year then one would think that an absolute score is irrelevant. Meaning, your relative position remains the same so the number assigned is meaningless... it's about the # of people below/above you that matters. In the case of UBC if you are an IP applicant you want to be in the top 600... if you are OOP you want to be in the top 100. Having said that, I do think the pre-interview cut-off will go up... not just because of th change to the AQ calculation, but also because of the NAQ shift. I would say that it will be somewhere in the middle of last years and the previous years scores... Good luck! NAQ shift?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rwethereyet Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 NAQ shift?? I think hking is referring to the drop in the number of NAQ entries allowed and the emphasis on "significant" experiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepontrying Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 The NAQ changes indirectly place more emphasis on significant experience, research, and work experience, which favor graduate applicants and older applicants. I don't think the average NAQ score will go up though - in fact it will go down, while the AQ goes up. So the overall cutoff should remain the same I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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