convert Canadian percentage to ADEA GPA or ADEA alphabetic grades

[AliiiE]

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hey guys,

Im studying in UWaterloo in Canada and here they only use percentage grades. How can I convert my percentage grades to the ADEA GPA scale or the ADEA alphabetic grades???

The reason I'm asking is because I have got 61% in one of my prerequisite courses and I have to retake it if it converts to C- or under...

 

[Typical Average Student]

61% is considered a D- in the US. You're going to have to retake that and earn at least a 75%.

 

[AliiiE]

61% is considered a D- in the US. You're going to have to retake that and earn at least a 75%.

do you know how they calculate to convert a percentage grade to the alphabet grade? I mean how do you know that 61 is a D-?

 

[Typical Average Student]

Refer to the attached.

 

[doc toothache]

For Canadian applicants, AADSAS will most likely use the OMSAS conversion.

 

[AliiiE]

For Canadian applicants, AADSAS will most likely use the OMSAS conversion.

Thanks for the reply! Yea that makes more sense now... because I called ADEA and they said that they don't convert the marks themselves for the international students... so I guess they use the OMSAS conversion chart.

 

[Dan Rios]

If your school uses letter grades (ex. McMaster), they will take it at face value and convert it directly using the AADAS chart (A+ = 4.33, etc.). If your school uses percents (Western, Waterloo), you would have to refer to this http://www.adea.org/AADSASapp/Instructions/ADEA-AADSAS-grade.aspx
As for converting for semester hour purposes, 3 units (0.5 Full Course Equivalents) will translate to 3 semester hours and 6 units (1.0 Full Course Equivalents) will translate to 6 semester hours. If either of these courses have labs, you would indicate (for example) organic chemistry with lab so they know the course had a lab component.

This is what I was told by the people at ADEA when I called in last week!