Mike Wang Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Hi guys, Quick question regarding GPA calculation for US Med Schools. I'm currently a UWO student and I've heard that anything above an 80% is considered a 4.0 for the AMCAS application. Can anyone confirm this? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmatt1122 Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 I am currently studying in the US and the GPA scale that AMCAS uses in the calculation of a 4.0 is basically an A which translates to a 93%. Pretty hard, I must say. Yup. Grading in Canada is much different though and AMCAS has a different scale to reflect that. Check here and scroll right to the bottom for the Canadian percentage scale. Letter grades probably use the normal scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpp Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 I am currently studying in the US and the GPA scale that AMCAS uses in the calculation of a 4.0 is basically an A which translates to a 93%. Pretty hard, I must say. for canadian schools though, they consider 87-100 a 4.0, which boosted my GPA compared to OMSAS (all my 3.9s were considered 4.0s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medigeek Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 depends on the school though for western (and western only, maybe there was another school?), >=80 is a 4.0 Unfair advantage to western/queens/and york? people. It's essentially putting applicants with ~80 averages (ones who make the standard A- mark) on the same level as the legit A+ / >90% people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty07 Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 Just want to confirm - if I'm at UWO & I apply to US med schools, anything above 80% will be considered 4.0? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No1Dr.Ozfan Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 Just want to confirm - if I'm at UWO & I apply to US med schools, anything above 80% will be considered 4.0? premed101.com is definitely the source for this. far better than amcas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty07 Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 I checked the AMCAS chart but there are like 3 different scales for Canadian schools & I'm not sure which one UWO falls under. https://www.aamc.org/students/download/181676/data/amcas_grade_conversion_guide.pdf Also it seems really inconsistent with what other people have verified after applying, so I just wanted to make sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sit Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20901 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyphon_asl Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 AMCAS uses LETTER GRADES! It does not care about raw scores. While it may adjust letter grades for US schools, it does little to nothing about Canadian schools. Indeed, I very much doubt AMCAS knows anything about CDN grading policies. Thus, certain schools have an obscenely unfair advantage. For instance, at UWO 80 >A whereas at the tougher marking school U of T A>85. Furthermore, AMCAS does not put any value in A vs A+ since certain US schools do not reward A+ . It would be interesting how AMCAS evaluates Canadian schools which focus on the calculated raw score average like USask or UBC. Since they are known to grade inflate (due to using raw scores), their students may have even a greater advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty07 Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 But don't our transcripts have % on them instead of letter grades? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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