Grade conversion

[ocean11]

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Hi I'm just wondering how to convert grades, from university into the AMCAS system? ie: what is an 85 or 80 worth in GPA terms.

 

[Trek]

What's the poll for?? FYI, at most schools, 90-100 is an A, 80-89 is a B, 70-79 is a C, and below that is an F. Although YMMV. --Trek

 

[lola]

ocean11,
your polls aren't set up properly...

80 generally is a B-.
85 generally is a B.

??? is this what you're asking???
are your final grades numbers like these? if so, i think there are instructions with the amcas application. if not, your school is probably in the amcas system, and amcas will automatically convert the grades.

 

[ocean11]

sorry about the poll..... its nothing ignore it.

What I meant is does an 85% = 4.0 or does it equal 3.8 etc....? I'm Canadian we have a slightly diff. system here.

 

[lola]

80 is generally 2.7
85 would be a 3.0

at least that is typically how it would be done. i have no idea about your particular school or how amcas does it (e.g. perhaps, an 85 is a 3.2 -- don't know for sure). i'm pretty sure there's a section about it in the instructions. my school's system was very straightforward, so i didn't read the instructions too well.

 

[ocean11]

Hi all, thanx for the replies I just found out that apparently if You get above 85% it's actually a 4.0 and an A- or an 80% is 3.7.

 

[lola]

oh, that's cool! yeah, it was something like that in england too: >70 = 4.0

 

[Doctora Foxy]

Holy crap, I'm moving to Canada! <img border="0" alt="[Laughy]" title="" src="graemlins/laughy.gif" />

 

[JenniferC15]

I go to a Canadian School too (UBC) and 85 is an A and 80 is an A-. On UBC transcripts, we get a percentage and a letter grade...and last year AMCAS used the letter grades exactly as they were on the transcript.

 

[migs54]

at my JC a B+ is 3.5, anyone else have a system like this cause at most schools i know a b+ is 3.3 but since my JC dosent have A-,B- etc. thats how they do it. anyone else

 

[Spiderman [RNA Ladder 2003]]

In my school, 80-84.99 - B - 3.0 GPa
85-89.99 - B+ - 3.5 GPA
90-100 - A - 4.0

Some classes have small variations from this. I do not get your point. Every schol has a different system.