Guest Ian Wong Posted March 24, 2001 Report Share Posted March 24, 2001 Author:*Kelly Date:***9/14/2000 9:42 am*PST * I've gathered the idea that GPA is really critical to get into med school. So I just want to make sure that I have enough information. In my school I am assigned the letter grades, of course which is A+, A, A-, B+.... And there's numerical points according to letter grades, like A+=4.33, A=4.00, ... I was wondering how OMCAS (?) will convert those grades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Wong Posted March 24, 2001 Report Share Posted March 24, 2001 Author:*Jeff S, UG2 Date:***9/14/2000 2:30 pm*PST * It depends on which school you go to. Typically, an A+ would be a 4.0 on the OMSAS (Ontario Medical School Application Service), A a 3.9, A- a 3.7, B+ a 3.3, and B a 3.0. Get this year's OMSAS application from www.ouac.on.ca/omsas/pdf/OMSAS2001e.pdf (it's in Adobe Acrobat format) and check out what conversions apply to your university... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Wong Posted March 24, 2001 Report Share Posted March 24, 2001 Author:*moo, UG3 Date:***9/14/2000 4:28 pm*PST * It is my understanding that on AMCAS, A's and A+'s were both 4.0's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Wong Posted March 24, 2001 Report Share Posted March 24, 2001 Author:*Jeff S, UG2 Date:***9/14/2000 6:20 pm*PST * Yep, as far as I know, American schools count all A's or better (85+) as a 4.0 on the AMCAS scale... but I thought Kelly was asking about OMSAS (though now that I look at her message again, I could be wrong...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Wong Posted March 24, 2001 Report Share Posted March 24, 2001 Author:*Kelly Date:***9/14/2000 9:08 pm*PST * Yup! I was asking about OMSAS. But still AMCAS scale info is very helpful, obviously, we never know... Thanks for quick replies! You guys are so awesome ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Wong Posted March 24, 2001 Report Share Posted March 24, 2001 Author:*Ian Wong, MS2 Date:***9/15/2000 8:52 pm*PST * Yeah, you guys ARE awesome. Thanks for saving me from writing about something that I don't really know that much about. In addition to GPA, don't forget to check out MCAT requirements. They're quite a bit more strict for the Ontario med schools than they are for the rest (well Western part anyway) of Canada. If you don't make the MCAT cut-offs, then the GPA won't help you in any case. Ian Can, MS2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Wong Posted March 24, 2001 Report Share Posted March 24, 2001 Author:*Jeff S, UG2 Date:***9/16/2000 6:43 pm*PST * For anyone who's interested, here were last year's MCAT requirements in Ontario: Toronto: 8V/8PS/8BS/N writing Queen's: 10V/9PS/9BS/30 total/N writing Western: 9V/8PS/9BS/Q writing Mac/Ottawa: None Note that the Queen's or Western requirements may change if they have too many people reaching these cutoffs, since their criteria for giving interviews is ONLY academic (GPA/MCAT based). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Wong Posted March 24, 2001 Report Share Posted March 24, 2001 Author:*Paul Date:***9/16/2000 8:07 pm*PST * How is the grading on the essay section like for example what is a N equal to. Also please give me the equivalent percentages for each particular score. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Wong Posted March 24, 2001 Report Share Posted March 24, 2001 Author:*Jeff S, UG2 Date:***9/17/2000 12:16 am*PST * Here are the percentile ranges for each score for the April 1999 MCAT: T - 99.5-99.9 S - 95.3-99.4 R - 83.9-95.2 Q - 62.3-83.8 P - 47.6-62.2 O - 34.2-47.5 N - 23.5-34.1 M - 8.3-23.4 L - 3.6-8.2 K - 1.6-3.5 J - 0.0-1.5 So for example, if your writing sample was judged to be better than half of the other test takers (i.e. 50th percentile), you'd get a P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Wong Posted March 24, 2001 Report Share Posted March 24, 2001 Author:*Jenny Date:***11/12/2000 10:01 am*PST * Hi, I have a question about the writting part since I got an M this August but my overall is 36. The UT and Queen need specificly N or whatever that is 25% for that specific MCAT. Say, the 25% for this August is M instead of N. Will they still need an N? Any information will be highly appreciated! thanksssssssss. Jenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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