raegrats Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 Hi all! If I apply Queen's this year (4th year), how does the GPA calculation work? For example, I know that my cGPA = 3.84, and my recent two years is 3.78. Would Queen's compare my cGPA and recent two years GPA (3.84 vs 3.78) and take the better GPA for application? Which GPA is favored more, if at all? Thanks for the input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuturePT216 Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 They both count the same way. They look at cGPA and if it doesnt meet the cut-offs then they look at last 2 years' GPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr-m-s Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 They both count the same way. They look at cGPA and if it doesnt meet the cut-offs then they look at last 2 years' GPA. so if the cgpa is 3.67 and my 2 recent years cgpa is 4, then my cgpa would not matter, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 so if the cgpa is 3.67 and my 2 recent years cgpa is 4, then my cgpa would not matter, right? Yeah that is correct! Queens is one of those rather forgiving schools with its last two years policy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S76 Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 What if both your cumulative and 2 year gpa meet the cut offs, but your 2 year one is significantly higher. Will they consider the higher gpa in their calculation? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Posted June 7, 2013 Report Share Posted June 7, 2013 They calculate cGPA first. If that GPA makes their cut-off, they will not calculate your 2 most recent years GPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S76 Posted June 7, 2013 Report Share Posted June 7, 2013 Does anyone know what the cGPA cutoff usually is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassidybear Posted June 7, 2013 Report Share Posted June 7, 2013 They've never released it. I'd guess around 3.75 (although that could change with the writing section gone, given that queens usually has a relatively high writing cut off) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGo1990 Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 They calculate cGPA first. If that GPA makes their cut-off, they will not calculate your 2 most recent years GPA. For some reason I always thought they use whatever of the two is highest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsojc Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 they use the higher one, I called admissions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 they use the higher one, I called admissions ha - yeah I was going to comment on this but just was checking my source as well - I don't know where the idea they take the cGPA is above cut off from over the your 2 years which may be higher. They simple have a system take the best of the two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 ha - yeah I was going to comment on this but just was checking my source as well - I don't know where the idea they take the cGPA is above cut off from over the your 2 years which may be higher. They simple have a system take the best of the two I didn't make it up. I emailed admission about this a while ago. Thank you for your recent interest in Queen's School of Medicine. When we calculate GPA, initially we will calculate a cumulative GPA. This includes all grades whether taken part time or full time. If your GPA from this calculation meets our cutoff, we will not make any further calculations. If your cumulative GPA does not make our cutoff, we will then look at your last two most recent full time years. We define full time as years where there were at least 3 academic units per semester. Please see our website for further information on our admission requirements at http://meds.queensu.ca/undergraduate/prospective_students Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 I didn't make it up. I emailed admission about this a while ago. Ok, now this is vaguely important - when did you email them? Queens has been driving me a bit nuts lately after their most recent switch in the their program evaluation to being more holistic in their review. I have gotten somewhat conflicting information out of them since that point. The only system - no worries, GPA is a cut off, you get it regardless of which of the two systems you use and bang you are golden. If they are doing parts of the system holistically then a higher GPA should in theory matter so how you compute it is important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 Ok, now this is vaguely important - when did you email them? Queens has been driving me a bit nuts lately after their most recent switch in the their program evaluation to being more holistic in their review. I have gotten somewhat conflicting information out of them since that point. The only system - no worries, GPA is a cut off, you get it regardless of which of the two systems you use and bang you are golden. If they are doing parts of the system holistically then a higher GPA should in theory matter so how you compute it is important. I emailed them back in 2011, so maybe they've changed it since then? I guess the key is to be as specific as you can when asking them a question. If it is purely a cut-off, then it really won't matter which one they take. And that would actually be consistent with the email I posted. But if they do in fact take GPA into consideration post-interview, then the higher of the 2 would make more sense. But AFAIK we have conflicting info on whether GPA is a pure cut-off or is considered post-interview, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabu Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Hello everyone, I just need some clarification on the admission process: Is the 2 year gpa calculated based upon he 2 most recent, or 2 best years? Also, the the 2 year gpa calculated from the average of the gpas obtained each year, or do they add up all the grades from the two years and take an average of those? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savac Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Hello everyone, I just need some clarification on the admission process:Is the 2 year gpa calculated based upon he 2 most recent, or 2 best years? Also, the the 2 year gpa calculated from the average of the gpas obtained each year, or do they add up all the grades from the two years and take an average of those? Thank you 2 most recent http://meds.queensu.ca/education/undergraduate/prospective_students/application_process/gpas/2ygpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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