sprinkles Posted April 4, 2012 Report Share Posted April 4, 2012 Hello all, I have a quick question that I couldn't find the answer to in the forums. I know all about the GPA conversions using OMSAS and such but I was wondering how it applies when you are in a decimal number? My GPA was at a 3.7 according to that scale, but I ended up having to take a few GPA killer courses this term and calculating my GPA after the worst case scenarios has me a little scared. So My school goes on a 12 point scale....12= A+ 11= A 10= A- 9= B+ etcccc The past 3 years I have consistently been in the 10(A-) range.... goes up and down a little (10.01 to 10.6 etc) but still always an A-. This terms' courses, at worst case scenario could bring my CGPA down to a 9.76 (9 falls into B+ category) I have hopes that it will be a bit higher but the highest will be in 9.8-9.9 category. BARELY missing the 10 = A- And this 0.1 to 0.2 drop will make me go from an A- to a B+ Gpa, and according to OMSAS it will make me drop from a 3.7 to a 3.3!!! So, my question.....do schools round up? Or do I get a 'middle' OMSAS score? (I've seen a bunch of people say they have a 3.6 GPA though that doesn't exist on OMSAS chart) So can anyone clarify for me?! :S Where will my GPA be at?! *my apologies for the long confusing post. this is all really confusing and saddening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claire_tea Posted April 4, 2012 Report Share Posted April 4, 2012 Also, so you can see how it works using grades that are not just A+ (so you understand the rounding), here is another example: My school uses the letter grade and 9.0 scale, so this is how you would go about doing the OMSAS conversion in a year with 10 classes of all equal weight: A /8 /3.9 A+ /9 /4.0 A /8 /3.9 A /8 /3.9 A- /7 /3.7 A- /7 /3.7 A+ /9 /4.0 A- /7 /3.7 A- /7 /3.7 A+ /9 /4.0 Average: 3.85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamIDP Posted April 4, 2012 Report Share Posted April 4, 2012 Also, so you can see how it works using grades that are not just A+ (so you understand the rounding), here is another example: My school uses the letter grade and 9.0 scale, so this is how you would go about doing the OMSAS conversion in a year with 10 classes of all equal weight: A /8 /3.9 A+ /9 /4.0 A /8 /3.9 A /8 /3.9 A- /7 /3.7 A- /7 /3.7 A+ /9 /4.0 A- /7 /3.7 A- /7 /3.7 A+ /9 /4.0 Average: 3.88 That's a 3.85 GPA average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claire_tea Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 That's a 3.85 GPA average. Oops! Thanks for pointing that out, I edited my original post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprinkles Posted April 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 Thanks for the replies I didnt know you had to convert each grade just the final one! Oh and I think two classes are calculated as (___ x2) not (___ x 6) right? But in any case...this made matters worse...I realized my GPA is much lower than I thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naspec Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 Thanks for the replies I didnt know you had to convert each grade just the final one! Oh and I think two classes are calculated as (___ x2) not (___ x 6) right? But in any case...this made matters worse...I realized my GPA is much lower than I thought That's too bad, I know how you feel. In retrospect I would have liked to know exactly how the system worked right at the beginning of undergrad instead of getting a nasty surprise after OMSAS sent me the letter with my calculated GPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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