GPA calculation

[nicolesmine4sur]

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I haven't gotten my AMCAS verified yet so I don't know my AMCAS GPA, but does anybody know if they count A's and A-'s differently?

Cuz I know the TSMDAS counts A's and A-'s the same as 4.0.

If anyone knows anything about this, let me know! thanks!

 

[Uisa]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=634302

 

[nicolesmine4sur]

i don't wanna calculate my GPA, i just wanna know if an A- = 3.7 or 4.0 for AMCAS...

but from the link i'm guessing its 3.7ish???

 

[neuro1986]

and they said it depends on the GPA scale your school provides them with. My university says an A- is 3.67 so that is what they use when calculating my GPA- they do not round it to a 3.7.

 

[CapnCrunch]

Sorry, I tried searching other threads, but either I'm blind or I couldn't find it.

My university does NOT use the +/- system for grading. How would that translate to the AMCAS? I read a passage that said "AMCAS counts all '+' or '-' grades, even if your school does not."

Is that for institutions that just so happen to have +/- grades but do not account them into GPA? Or does AMCAS expect you to get a % on each course you took and then add the +/-'s yourself? (very doubtful, but just asking).

on page 15/102 on the pdf file http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/amcas2010instructions080409.pdf

Then wouldn't going to an institution that does not give +/- grades be beneficial for students who mostly get A+/A/A-'s so at this institution, they would get a 4.0? I thought the AMCAS GPA was a way to compare each individual fairly, but it still seems that the university you go to plays a major role in this. Odd...

 

[tndoc12]

Sorry, I tried searching other threads, but either I'm blind or I couldn't find it.

My university does NOT use the +/- system for grading. How would that translate to the AMCAS? I read a passage that said "AMCAS counts all '+' or '-' grades, even if your school does not."

Is that for institutions that just so happen to have +/- grades but do not account them into GPA? Or does AMCAS expect you to get a % on each course you took and then add the +/-'s yourself? (very doubtful, but just asking).

on page 15/102 on the pdf file http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/amcas2010instructions080409.pdf

Then wouldn't going to an institution that does not give +/- grades be beneficial for students who mostly get A+/A/A-'s so at this institution, they would get a 4.0? I thought the AMCAS GPA was a way to compare each individual fairly, but it still seems that the university you go to plays a major role in this. Odd...

I have wondered the same thing. My school doesnt do the + or - grades.

 

[Dr McSexy]

My university does NOT use the +/- system for grading. How would that translate to the AMCAS? I read a passage that said "AMCAS counts all '+' or '-' grades, even if your school does not."

Is that for institutions that just so happen to have +/- grades but do not account them into GPA?

Most likely. I.e. your transcripts show +/- grades but doesn't not use the +/- in calculating GPAs.

Or does AMCAS expect you to get a % on each course you took and then add the +/-'s yourself? (very doubtful, but just asking).

Nope.

Then wouldn't going to an institution that does not give +/- grades be beneficial for students who mostly get A+/A/A-'s so at this institution, they would get a 4.0?

Yup.

But by the same token, someone at the same university who's getting grade percentages that would be a B+ are having 3.0s factoring into their GPA instead of a 3.3s. Students who make those grades would benefit in a +/- system since Bs wouldn't hurt your GPA as much.

 

[tndoc12]

My transcripts only read A's or B's. No plus or minuses.

 

[DirtyJustice]

My transcripts only read A's or B's. No plus or minuses.

DAMN, lucky.

 

[missbones]

http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/2009conversionguide.pdf

from page 3 of the above file:

A- = 3.7

 

[CapnCrunch]

Thanks McSexy for the clarification.

 

[RevMD]

My transcripts only read A's or B's. No plus or minuses.

These days, more and more upper level lecture classes are no longer giving +/- grades. Some even make you do extra work for it. I took neurobio last sem and the prof made it almost like extra credit to earn plus grades by presenting a neurobio-related published paper to the class.