How is your GPA calculated?

[Suren911]

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for dental schools?

Different schools have different systems and the plus and minus grades... Does anybody know how grades are calculated for dental schools?

 

[jigabodo]

for dental schools?

Different schools have different systems and the plus and minus grades... Does anybody know how grades are calculated for dental schools?

That's why AADSAS calculates 2 types of GPA. One with +/- and one without. 🙂

 

[Suren911]

^Hmmm... my school has +/- es so how would AADSAS calculate my GPA?

 

[jigabodo]

^Hmmm... my school has +/- es so how would AADSAS calculate my GPA?

You will get 2 types of GPA.

One calculated with +/-, hence that one should be close to your school GPA.
Another one calcualted without considering +/-, hence that one maybe a little different.

 

[Suren911]

^I see I see. Thanks. So in theory, an A- (3.75 in my school) for a class I took would be calculated as an A (4.0)?

Oh one more thing, if you repeat a class e.g. take a class and get a D+ and retake and get a B+, how would this be calculated? The D+ doesn't get replaced by the B+ does it...?

 

[Danny0230]

^I see I see. Thanks. So in theory, an A- (3.75 in my school) for a class I took would be calculated as an A (4.0)?

Oh one more thing, if you repeat a class e.g. take a class and get a D+ and retake and get a B+, how would this be calculated? The D+ doesn't get replaced by the B+ does it...?

i think aadsas calculates in both grades

 

[Suren911]

^Oh I see... so it's as if you've taken a course and gotten a D+, and taken another course and gotten a B+... I see I see.

 

[Hysteria24]

So in theory, an A- (3.75 in my school) for a class I took would be calculated as an A (4.0)?

For the GPA with +/- no.
For the GPA without +/- yes.

if you repeat a class e.g. take a class and get a D+ and retake and get a B+, how would this be calculated? The D+ doesn't get replaced by the B+ does it...?

No replacement. Both will be calculated into your GPA.

 

[tastybeef]

Which GPA, with +/- or without, do dental schools place more emphasis on?

 

[Hysteria24]

Which GPA, with +/- or without, do dental schools place more emphasis on?

That probably varies by school.

I will say that from my 6 years of courses (undergrad & grad), my GPA with and GPA without only differ by 0.01. So with all other factors combined, it shouldn't make much difference at all.