Cut off question

[Soup Boy]

Hello everyone,

 

Long time lurker, quick question:

 

I graduated in 2010, and in my last 2 years I took 21 courses, here it is as follows:

 

Fall 2008: 4 courses*

Winter 2009: 7 courses

Fall 2009: 5 courses*

Winter 2010: 5 courses

 

So as per the counting back, they'd look at all 17 classes in the 3 most recent semesters (W2010, F2009, W2009), but what about F2008? Do they drop lowest one? Do add it and average the year with 11 courses?

 

The reason I ask is that in F2008, one of the four courses I scored a B-, which drags my GPA down quite a bit (every other course I scored a A- or better). Does anyone know? I emailed two schools but my question wasn't really answered.

 

Thanks

[Crane]

Hello everyone,

 

Long time lurker, quick question:

 

I graduated in 2010, and in my last 2 years I took 21 courses, here it is as follows:

 

Fall 2008: 4 courses*

Winter 2009: 7 courses

Fall 2009: 5 courses*

Winter 2010: 5 courses

It'd be best if you just asked the schools directly. But I know in the situation where if they had to go back into a year to get a mark, they would take the average of that entire year..

I'm assuming Fall2008 & Winter 2009 is Year 3, and Fall 2009&Winter 2010 is Year 4. Perhaps in this situation they'll do it this way:

(GPA of all 21 courses - GPA for year 3)/(20)

if your lucky, they might drop your lowest mark or do it in a way that gives you the highest possible GPA. If you find out from them directly let me know how they did it.

 

Good luck!

[person14]

hi soup boy,

 

they average out your fall semester to obtain the 3 missing marks. they won't dip into your second year because you already have over 20 courses for your 3rd and 4th years. So all they will do is average out your fall semester. say you got A-, A-, A, and B. That's, 3.7, 3.7, 3.9, and 3, with the average being 3.58. So you add 3.58, 3.58, and 3.58 into the equation to fill the 3 missing grades.

hope this helped!

[Crane]

hi soup boy,

 

they average out your fall semester to obtain the 3 missing marks. they won't dip into your second year because you already have over 20 courses for your 3rd and 4th years. So all they will do is average out your fall semester. say you got A-, A-, A, and B. That's, 3.7, 3.7, 3.9, and 3, with the average being 3.58. So you add 3.58, 3.58, and 3.58 into the equation to fill the 3 missing grades.

hope this helped!

 

From what I've read, I thought they don't average semesters but instead look at the whole year.... "Thus, where grades must be extracted from a year to achieve the equivalent of 10 full courses, the average of that entire year (including both the fall and winter terms) will be used." UofT

[person14]

My friend applied last year and I averaged her GPA by dipping into a semester, not a full year, and my GPA calculation was exactly what ORPAS came up with as well.

[ilovesummer]

pretty sure they will take the 11 courses from a full school year and weigh it as 10 courses

 

they don't do it by semester, and they don't drop the lowest mark

 

at least that low mark will be diluted by the higher marks that year

[ruslan]

pretty sure they will take the 11 courses from a full school year and weigh it as 10 courses

 

they don't do it by semester, and they don't drop the lowest mark

 

at least that low mark will be diluted by the higher marks that year

 

If I applied this semester will they count the marks of this semester?