BCPM GPA question

[avinash]

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Hey

For some schools a A- is considered a 4.0, but at other colleges a A- is not considered a 4.0 but like a 3.7.

So my questions is, When you do the whole grades thing with the AMACS and they calculate your BCPM GPA, is a A- to them a 4.0?

 

[Jason110]

Hey

For some schools a A- is considered a 4.0, but at other colleges a A- is not considered a 4.0 but like a 3.7.

So my questions is, When you do the whole grades thing with the AMACS and they calculate your BCPM GPA, is a A- to them a 4.0?

I'd hate to break this to you, but an A- is a 3.7. There are conversion factors listed on AMCAS for grading schemes.

Jason

 

[rewindthemovie]

I'd hate to break this to you, but an A- is a 3.7. There are conversion factors listed on AMCAS for grading schemes.

Jason

But this all depends on the grading scale of each individual class, no? Some of my classes don't even use a and a-. They just use A, B+, B, B-, etc... So if it's turned into the school saying I made an A, it's a 4.0... right?

I would hate to have to think I need to make 95's to get a 4.0 in every class.

EDIT: It looks like an A- isn't necessarily a 3.7 as you say.

http://www.aamc.org/students/applying/advisors/conversionguide.pdf

There seem to be 8 different grading system types and it all depends on the school you went to 🙂 phew!

 

[Jason110]

EDIT: It looks like an A- isn't necessarily a 3.7 as you say.

http://www.aamc.org/students/applying/advisors/conversionguide.pdf

Ummm... Yeah it does... If you get an "A-" on your transcript, it will count as a 3.7 in the AMCAS Weight. I don't once see an "A-" on the table that does not count as a 3.7 ...

Jason