what GPA is competetive for a Canadian student applying to a US dental school?
Canadian student applying to US
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Research each school that you are interested in individually, theres lots of info on that. It seems that 3.7 is near the top for some schools, NOVA for example. While many others are in the 3.6 range.
Transfering Canadian GPA to US will most likely give you a boost (+0.1), so be thankfull for that
Transfering Canadian GPA to US will most likely give you a boost (+0.1), so be thankfull for that
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The level of difficulty of Canadian institutions is the same as its American counterparts. I am not sure about what your implying by what you said, however some people may 'think' that Canada is 'easier', however it is only because we set our class average differently than you. In simple terms, think of it as scaling to a different point. If you really want to see then come to canada.
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Pretty much the majority of the CAN universities are on par with the best from the US (all would be smaller, but per capita)
No one can really say one school is so much better than the others, for the most part anyways. But because of the difference in grading systems, Canada uses exact % grade for your mark, and it seems US schools arbitrarily give out out letter grades to rank the students. When a Canadian applies, his/her percent is changed into a letter grade, and if the student gets a lot of 80%+ marks, that will be a lot of 4.0 grades - boosting your GPA. But if the student gets a lot of 70-79% marks, thats a lot of 3.0s, making the student's GPA much lower than the average, and making your GPA lower from what it could be in Canada.
In Canada, I'm sure your aware to get a 4.0 you need 90%+, and thats tough in a Canadian university.
