MCATwannabe Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Hey Does anyone know how much penalty does 4.5 credits have for UWO? One of my years is 4.5 the other one is 5 credits. If I use those two my average is 89.4% but if I decided to skip the 4.5 credit year, and use another 5 credit year it will be 88.3%. P.S.---> AA is 22, RC is 21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleanup Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 You can't decide which years they use. They use the two that produce the best 2-year average, regardless of course load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCATwannabe Posted February 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 You can't decide which years they use. They use the two that produce the best 2-year average, regardless of course load. Ok But do they consider the penalty before choosing the best year? if not how much penalty is it usually applied? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap_man99 Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 i believe that they consider it after? but i could be wrong, just wrong the vibe that I was getting from some people. you should get an interview. but noone really knows the penalty they give :S could be anywhere from 1-3% :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddishh Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Ok But do they consider the penalty before choosing the best year? if not how much penalty is it usually applied? I think penalty is applied after they choose best 2 years, I don't think you can change your best 2 years after taking penalties into account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Pepper Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Hey Does anyone know how much penalty does 4.5 credits have for UWO?One of my years is 4.5 the other one is 5 credits. If I use those two my average is 89.4% but if I decided to skip the 4.5 credit year, and use another 5 credit year it will be 88.3%. P.S.---> AA is 22, RC is 21. I asked them before, we just know there is some kind of penalty applied, "how much" is something that they didn't want me to know about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCATwannabe Posted February 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 I think penalty is applied after they choose best 2 years, I don't think you can change your best 2 years after taking penalties into account. That isn't fair lol... I hope the penalty is less than 1% then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddishh Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 That isn't fair lol... I hope the penalty is less than 1% then. no one really knows how much the penalty is, but from what ppl say, it's def. more than 2% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phy241 Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 They wont tell you how much the penalty is, but they will choose the years that give you the highest 2 year average in the end. In other words, they apply the penalty BEFORE choosing the best 2 years. I asked Trish about this, but just email her to confirm it again, she's very nice and informative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddishh Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 They wont tell you how much the penalty is, but they will choose the years that give you the highest 2 year average in the end. In other words, they apply the penalty BEFORE choosing the best 2 years. I asked Trish about this, but just email her to confirm it again, she's very nice and informative. so do we get to know what GPA were used? If so, I guess we can calculate how much the penalty is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phy241 Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Nope you are not told anything so do we get to know what GPA were used? If so, I guess we can calculate how much the penalty is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncooling Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 so does the penalty apply to GPA, not overall score? do you think it's 3-4% on GPA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennyboo Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 so does the penalty apply to GPA, not overall score? do you think it's 3-4% on GPA? realistically speaking, which ever the case is, the penalty itself shouldn't be that much severe (esp if you took 4.5/5 credits). However, since the standard deviation of the overall scores of all the applicants is so small, such small penalty can affect your standing IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddishh Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 do they usually tell you which method (which year) they used in ur calculation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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