Confusion With GPAs/%'s

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I'm sorry if this has been answered before, I looked and couldn't find too much that answered my questions...
I am VERY confused about the GPAs. I'm a current Canadian undergrad.

1. In my school, an "A" is 80% + . Does this A being at 80% give any advantage when calculating GPA for admissions to dental school? (I notice they give you points based on A, B, C grades) Schools in US are usually 90+ is the A

2. I see a lot of people claiming higher than 4.0gpa's. So when a school gives out admission statistics based on "GPA" , are they going off of a 4 point system, or is there the 4.33(?) point system?

Hope someone can give me some insight and clear this up for me, thanks. If it helps any my marks are given to me in percentages, not GPA points.

 

[smthngintheway]

Damn, you Canadians sure are weird...

lol. jk. I have no idea what the answer is though. Gl!

 

[toothexplore]

if you are a straight A student, you will have a perfect 4.0
any grade 70-79% though, will be a B which translates to a 3.0 and instantly brings your GPA down (which really sucks if you have a lot of B+)

 

[BobLoblawDDS]

I'm suspecting that you're from U of T.

Yes, since your transcript has letter grades as well as percentages, AADSAS will use the letter grades to convert over to the AADSAS scale. This helps us since any 90s we have are instantly 4.33's. It means that your AADSAS GPA is usually a bit boosted compared to your U of T GPA, and certainly better than your OMSAS GPA. However, AADSAS also calculates a GPA without +/-, where all A's, B's, regardless of +/- qualifiers, are turned into 4.0s and 3.0s, respectively. Generally it ends up being fairly close to your U of T GPA.

Hope that helps!