+/- Grades

[CptnAwesome]

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I go to UT Dallas, and we have a +/- grading system here. The sucky thing is that a 90-93 is an A-, and that's a 3.65, while a 93+ is a 4.0. As you can imagine, that really messes with the GPAs...I have an A- in Chem 1 right now, and my GPA is a 3.9 because of that. I'm not saying it's bad, but I'm just wondering; do med schools recalculate GPA based on their own system, or will the school's grading system be used?

 

[Dr McSexy]

school's grading system

 

[DaisyBuchanan]

https://www.aamc.org/students/download/131758/data/2011conversionguide.pdf.pdf

I suggest you figure out your GPA according to AMCAS' system. Their system in regards to +/- grades is similar to that of your college. Your GPA might even go up a little, because I think an A- on AMCAS is a 3.7, not 3.65.

 

[chrisoc13]

school's grading system

No they use your GPA which AMCAS will calculate. It will be different for OP because an A- is 3.7. Mine changed by .02 when AMCAS recalculated it.

 

[Dr McSexy]

No they use your GPA which AMCAS will calculate. It will be different for OP because an A- is 3.7. Mine changed by .02 when AMCAS recalculated it.

Yes, but I took it as the OP asking if AMCAS would take his numerical grade and convert it their own system. AMCAS just uses the school's grading system whether +/- or flat letter and however the school decides assign those numerical grades to letters.

I.e. AMCAS isn't going to differentiate if one school assigns an A- as a 85-90 and another assigns it as a 90-95. They will both be "A-" and fall subject to whatever GPA AMCAS assigns to A- (in this case a 3.7).

 

[gettheleadout]

I feel like it kinda sucks for people at schools with +/- grading, whereas the rest of us at schools were a 90% is a 4.0 AMCAS value, the same would be an A- from another school and a 3.7 on AMCAS.

 

[fizzgig]

yeah if you make a lot of A-s then it sucks. alternatively i guess if you're a fan of the B+ then it works out for you.

 

[omgyou8myrice]

Yep, life isn't always fair. Essentially one class ruined me from having a perfect GPA, in which I earned an 84% in. I was the highest grade in the class, only followed by one other person who had an ~81%, and the rest lagged from there.

Next semester, professor decided to majorly curve the class, making it so that I would've had a 90% in the class. I asked for a grade change and he refused, whereas everyone else taking his class after is getting pretty decent grade bumps (would've been 6% for each person in my class). Just gotta move on with life.

 

[gettheleadout]

Yep, life isn't always fair. Essentially one class ruined me from having a perfect GPA, in which I earned an 84% in. I was the highest grade in the class, only followed by one other person who had an ~81%, and the rest lagged from there.

Next semester, professor decided to majorly curve the class, making it so that I would've had a 90% in the class. I asked for a grade change and he refused, whereas everyone else taking his class after is getting pretty decent grade bumps (would've been 6% for each person in my class). Just gotta move on with life.

Wow that's rough...

 

[texas72]

TMDSAS recalculates for their own system, so that A- is a 4.0.

 

[MilkIsGood]

I go to UT Dallas, and we have a +/- grading system here. The sucky thing is that a 90-93 is an A-, and that's a 3.65, while a 93+ is a 4.0. As you can imagine, that really messes with the GPAs...I have an A- in Chem 1 right now, and my GPA is a 3.9 because of that. I'm not saying it's bad, but I'm just wondering; do med schools recalculate GPA based on their own system, or will the school's grading system be used?

AMCAS and TMDSAS take the grades you make, and convert it to their own scales. AMCAS was +/- while TMDSAS doesnt.

The semester isn't over yet. Study hard for the rest of your tests and try to pull it up