Dr. Octavius Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 Hi all, I apologize in advance if this has been asked before. I go to York and the grade system it uses is: 90%+ --> A+ 80-89.9% --> A As you can see, there is no A-. Our transcripts only show these letter grades (and not percentages). My question: would both A and A+ count as a 4.0 for McGill? Or is there something I'm missing here? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distancea Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 Hey Dr. Octavius, GPA's are calculated by OMSAS and not by your undergrad school. Regardless of your schools grading system, 90+ is a 4.0, 85+ is a 3.9 and 80+ is a 3.7. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Octavius Posted April 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 Thanks for your reply, Distancea. I did some more digging, and came across this thread: There are several people there saying A = A+ = 4.0. Now I'm confused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eudaimonia Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 18 minutes ago, Dr. Octavius said: Thanks for your reply, Distancea. I did some more digging, and came across this thread: There are several people there saying A = A+ = 4.0. Now I'm confused Yes that's true. McGill only has As so anything above an A is considered 4.0. That's how I entered my A+ grades into the workbook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la marzocco Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 If you click the OMSAS conversion table, you shouldn't have a problem converting your grades across institutions: https://www.ouac.on.ca/guide/omsas-conversion-table/ You will see that McGill is the only school that uses column "8" for example. Whereas, York uses column "9". The OMSAS value scale (out of 4.0) is on the far left. Only your A+ at York would equate to 4.0 on OMSAS; your A at York would only equate to a 3.8. At McGill, an A would equate to 4.0, whereas an A- would be a 3.7. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Octavius Posted April 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 I think you guys are saying two different things lol. Okay, what about this: If someone from York had 9 A+ and 1 A, what would their GPA be as an OOP McGill applicant? A. 3.98 (using OMSAS, an A is a 3.8 and A+ is 4.0) or B. 4.00 (the A would be the same as the A+ for McGill) I think the answer to that will settle things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunAndMoon Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 44 minutes ago, Dr. Octavius said: I think you guys are saying two different things lol. Okay, what about this: If someone from York had 9 A+ and 1 A, what would their GPA be as an OOP McGill applicant? A. 3.98 (using OMSAS, an A is a 3.8 and A+ is 4.0) or B. 4.00 (the A would be the same as the A+ for McGill) I think the answer to that will settle things! B for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eudaimonia Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 Sorry for the confusion lol. I used the appendix table in the instructions. Always thought that corresponded to the OMSAS table but I see that there are some differences for York Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la marzocco Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 My apologies - disregard my post! @SunAndMoon is right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Octavius Posted April 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 Thanks everyone! Great - sounds like the conversion will work in my favour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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