Canadian % to US GPA CONVERSION !!??

[Driller23]

Hi,

Does anyone here know how percentage system used in transcripts of some canadian schools (such as UBC) is translated to the 4.0 point GPA scale?

From my survey of most US school admission stats, a GPA of 3.5/4.0 seems to be fairly solid for getting into at least some schools. Can anyone comment/explain how this would convert to a % value? Its really pointless for me to read admission stats in GPA scale when I dont know what my own GPA is cuz I have everything in percentage. Pls help!

In UBC 64% is C+
68 - B-
72 - B
76 - B+
80 - A-
85 - A
90 - A+

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[Audio]

Hi,

Does anyone here know how percentage system used in transcripts of some canadian schools (such as UBC) is translated to the 4.0 point GPA scale?

From my survey of most US school admission stats, a GPA of 3.5/4.0 seems to be fairly solid for getting into at least some schools. Can anyone comment/explain how this would convert to a % value? Its really pointless for me to read admission stats in GPA scale when I dont know what my own GPA is cuz I have everything in percentage. Pls help!

In UBC 64% is C+
68 - B-
72 - B
76 - B+
80 - A-
85 - A
90 - A+

Don't worry about percentages. All you need to worry about is your letter grade. They use your letter grade to come up with your GPA.

A+ = 4.33333
A= 4.0
A- = 3.667
B+ = 3.333
B= 3.0
B- = 2.667 and so on....

 

[camouflage831]

In UBC 64% is C+
68 - B-
72 - B
76 - B+
80 - A-
85 - A
90 - A+

This scale seems way more lenient compared to my school(US) since A and A- is anything above 90. There should be a fair way to convert US GPA to Canadian GPA if we have different system. Anybody know?
Thanks!

 

[Galen1]

Note that U of T, McGill and Western use the 4 point scale. This will undoubtedly lower your GPA, because when most Canadians convert their 4pt scale GPA to AADSAS, their GPA goes up. The main difference there is that there are no 4.3s awarded for A+ grades.

 

[Driller23]

Don't worry about percentages. All you need to worry about is your letter grade. They use your letter grade to come up with your GPA.

A+ = 4.33333
A= 4.0
A- = 3.667
B+ = 3.333
B= 3.0
B- = 2.667 and so on....

So if my percentage average for all my courses is 79% which is the high end of the B+ grade (since 80% is A-) my overal GPA would be somewhere between 3.33 and 3.667, but closer to 3.667? Maybe something like 3.5?

Are there any standardized conversion charts used by AADSAS? Or do you guys know exactly how they calculate the averages of students who don't have GPA designations on their transcripts?

 

[camouflage831]

Note that U of T, McGill and Western use the 4 point scale. This will undoubtedly lower your GPA, because when most Canadians convert their 4pt scale GPA to AADSAS, their GPA goes up. The main difference there is that there are no 4.3s awarded for A+ grades.

My schools doesn't have 4.3 scale and A is the highest you can get.
But what i'm saying is in my school,
A=92+
A-=90-92
B+=
.
.
.
since canadian schools give A/A-to 80s, is there a conversion chart that'll calculate different schools' GPAs fairly
Thanks

 

[Audio]

Once again, forget about % ALL THAT MATTERS IS YOUR LETTER GRADE. That's it homies. % are different at all schools but letter grades are the same.

 

[yogourt]

I understand all it matters is Letter Grade.
When I checekd AADSAS website, they had AB.. what is AB?
My school doesn't have AB. I'm not sure how to convert this.
Help?

 

[Audio]

I understand all it matters is Letter Grade.
When I checekd AADSAS website, they had AB.. what is AB?
My school doesn't have AB. I'm not sure how to convert this.
Help?

don't worry about that. some schools use it, most don't.

 

[frozen_canadian]

Once again, forget about % ALL THAT MATTERS IS YOUR LETTER GRADE. That's it homies. % are different at all schools but letter grades are the same.

What about schools like the U of S, where letter grades are not given out? (only percentages)

 

[Driller23]

What about schools like the U of S, where letter grades are not given out? (only percentages)

Well,if you check the university calendar or something, there should be a document that describes what the grading practices are and what letter grade certain percentage ranges correspond to.