OOP Should I apply?

[Physiology2011]

Hi,

 

I understand that this question has been asked a million times already so please bear with me here. I have a GPA of 90.75% (2 best years). Based on U of S website that seemed ok (since they said that > 90% is a competitive GPA for OOPs). However after going through this form I realized that 92.4% is a much more realistic GPA cutoff.

 

So is it really worth applying with a 90.75% GPA?

 

Thanx in advance

[Apixaban85]

Sure apply I think. You never know...maybe there could be a decline in the overall average for OOPs

[David_007]

90.75% is a really good average to have. Not sure if you would get an interview (if you're out of province), they tend to gather a bunch of OOP (usually 300ish not sure check the stats) and select about 50 or so (and these 50 have pretty INSANE averages). But if I were you, I would still apply and see what happens!

[dr34mXXX]

how did u guys convert ur averages to percentage.

 

My school uses a 4.0 scale, I have no idea how to convert that.

[Physiology2011]

Thanks guys I think I will go for it (fingers crossed)

 

To dr34mXXX... I used the following converting scale since my school uses letter grades

 

A+ 95

A 88

A- 82

B+ 78

B 75

B- 72

C+ 68

C 65

C- 62

D+ 58

D 55

D- 52

 

There was also some discussion regarding the conversion on the following thread http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53353

 

Hope this helps

[thatonekid]

You could apply of you have the money to do so. The app is extremely simple. However, I would expect the cutoff to be ~92% again this year.