How will AMCAS calculate my GPA?

[Jfz]

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So my school uses a scale different than the American system (its a canadian school)

For example my chemistry syllabus has the following:

>90% A+
80-89.9% A
74-79.9% B+
67-73.9% B

etc

My school uses the following system:
A+ 4.5 Exceptional
A 4.0 Excellent
B+ 3.5 Very Good
B 3.0 Good

It changes by course though (for example one of my courses requires 95% for an A+). These letter grades are all confirmed if you make the requirement- it won't curve up, but it may go down.

For example @ this link http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20901
A lot of schools AMCAS DOES give a 4.0 for 80% (like Queens) but 85% at others. My school is not on that list

Does AMCAS take my percentages? Or how does this work? I'm really getting freaked because now I'm worried that all my "A's" are only gonna be at 3.7 instead of the 4.0 I was expecting. Will the 4.5 change a 4.0? What I was expecting was for any A+'s (4.5 at my school) to convert to 4.0s on AMCAS, but any regular A's (4.0 at my school) as well to stay as a 4.0 on AMCAS

 

[DirtyJustice]

I am sure your transcript will only have the grade and not the percentage. If not, your schools is different than any school I have ever seen.

 

[Jfz]

I am sure your transcript will only have the grade and not the percentage. If not, your schools is different than any school I have ever seen.

It's a canadian school, which is why I think things might be a little different

 

[DirtyJustice]

Oh.... Canada. I am useless in that department.

 

[memedimonkey]

DJ- did you sing that? Oh, Canada?

You should be able to find those details on the AMCAS website, I am pretty sure the courses I took in Canada were counted exactly as the letter grade given.

The Canadian profs grade to that scale, it's not like an American can just run up to Canada and take an 85% B and earn an 85% A, the grading matches the scale, it just sounds easier 😀

 

[Jfz]

DJ- did you sing that? Oh, Canada?

You should be able to find those details on the AMCAS website, I am pretty sure the courses I took in Canada were counted exactly as the letter grade given.

The Canadian profs grade to that scale, it's not like an American can just run up to Canada and take an 85% B and earn an 85% A, the grading matches the scale, it just sounds easier 😀

Any idea on these then?
http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20901

It seems like AMCAS has an A- (3.7) and they compensate for it at some schools

Or maybe I'm interpreting it wrong, and its the Canadian schools who have A-'s. But then why even include the %s?

 

[sassilysweet]

Any idea on these then?
http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20901

It seems like AMCAS has an A- (3.7) and they compensate for it at some schools

Or maybe I'm interpreting it wrong, and its the Canadian schools who have A-'s. But then why even include the %s?

Um I went to school in Minnesota and we have A-, B+, etc.
Some schools only do straight grades, others have the minus & plus guys in there. Believe me, my A-s did not get bumped up to As, nor lowered to Bs.

 

[Poliscidoc]

I am worried now. My school doesn't do A+, they simply do straight A's... Will my A still be a 4.0? But my school does do everything else A,A-,B+,B,B-, etc.

 

[Tatastrophy]

Just piping in to say that I am jealous that you guys can get A+ at all... and how I loathe the A-.
grrrrr

 

[Jfz]

I can't believe I didn't mention this in the OP

My school is on a 4.5 scale.
I am so dumb

A+ 4.5
A 4.0
B+ 3.5
B 3.0

 

[MedAdComMD]

I can't believe I didn't mention this in the OP

My school is on a 4.5 scale.
I am so dumb

A+ 4.5
A 4.0
B+ 3.5
B 3.0

Are you from the University of Manitoba? If so, I know someone who is enrolled in a MD program in the states who have graduated from that school. So, if this is your case I can go ask him how AAMC evaluated his coursework...

 

[Jfz]

Are you from the University of Manitoba? If so, I know someone who is enrolled in a MD program in the states who have graduated from that school. So, if this is your case I can go ask him how AAMC evaluated his coursework...

I am, and that would be fantastic if you could 😀

 

[LiveUninhibited]

Pretty sure your A+'s will be treated as A's, and it will be based upon the letter grade on a 4-point scale. AMCAS does consider +/-, but not A+, and they don't use your percentages in the classes. That's not even on my transcript.

 

[MedAdComMD]

OK, so I was able to receive a reply back from him and heres what he told me.

Basically all his grades were counted exactly how it appeared on his U of Manitoba transcript, except for the A+, in which it is converted to A (because AAMC consider A to be the highest mark).

So basically for you, every letter grade will transfer over exactly how it shows currently, EXCEPT there would be no difference between your A+ and As (both 4.0/4.0).

Hope this helps.

 

[MedAdComMD]

I also have to say, you guys in Manitoba have it pretty good that an 80% gets you an A!

My cousin went to U of Toronto where in alot of courses an 85% only gets you an A- (convert to 3.6 out of 4.0) and he always complains that its difficult!

 

[Jfz]

OK, so I was able to receive a reply back from him and heres what he told me.

Basically all his grades were counted exactly how it appeared on his U of Manitoba transcript, except for the A+, in which it is converted to A (because AAMC consider A to be the highest mark).

So basically for you, every letter grade will transfer over exactly how it shows currently, EXCEPT there would be no difference between your A+ and As (both 4.0/4.0).

Hope this helps.

Wow thank you so much!

I didn't realize how lucky I'd gotten, but this is awesome news.

 

[LiveUninhibited]

I also have to say, you guys in Manitoba have it pretty good that an 80% gets you an A!

My cousin went to U of Toronto where in alot of courses an 85% only gets you an A- (convert to 3.6 out of 4.0) and he always complains that its difficult!

I wouldn't be so quick to say that. I had a physics course where a 50% was an A, as otherwise they would have to fail the entire class (may be different for some private universities, as my fiancee has said that her university would have just failed the entire class). Most of my upper-division science courses were 80%+ as an A, and that when it was uncurved.

 

[dingyibvs]

The highest grade, whether it's A or A+, is a 4.0 in the eyes of the AMCAS. Read their manual.