Anyone knows how DO schools evaluated the Australian grades?

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I double checked the WES grade conversion standards and found that it totally disadvantaged the graduates from Australia.

We used a grading system called WAM (weighted average mark). And it was quite strict for the instructors to give marks. The mark we received was a percentage one.

For example in my uni there are classes which have a fail rate over 40% and sometimes it occurred that less than 20 people got High Distinction/Distinction among 200 (HD/D are converted into A+/A in US GPA).

So a graduate who has a WAM of 75+ (Distinction average) will gain great chance into any med/law schools in Australia but the equivalent GPA in US is only 3.0, definitely in the lower tier. I've never heard anyone in Australia graduated with an average HD and only a few people got an average D.

So how do DO schools consider about this? My undergrad GPA is only like 2.8-3.0 out of 4.0 but in postbac in US I got 3.76 by taking all upper level science classes (molecular biology, biochemistry, parasitology, etc). Am I gonna be auto screened out because of that?

Here is the conversion scale:

High Distinction = A+
Distinction = A
Credit = B
Pass = C
Conceded, Conditional or Compensatory Pass = D
Failure = F
(In my uni the top 3% can get HD, another top 12% get D, another top 20%-30% get C and around 60-80% people can pass the class, depending on the instructor)

 

[whatbout2morrow]

Foreign grades do not get factored into your AACOMAS gpa.

Did you take your pre-reqs here in the US? (ie 2 semesters of physics, general chemistry, biology, organic chemistry all with labs, 2 semesters of English, math, behavioral science, etc?) Even if you took similar classes in Australia, you may have to take them again here in the US. Contact the schools you plan to apply to make sure.