I have a 4.05 addsas GPA. WTH

[frankc201106]

Hi everyone,

I am from York university in ontario, canada. I am confused about the aadsas gpa scale. My school uses the 6.0 credit= 1 full year course system and gives out A+s quite often. Approx 30% of the people who receive an A get an A+. I have A+ for 42 credits (my school's system) , A for 12 credits, A- for 3, and D- for 3. These equals to a 4.05 GPA in aadsas standard. I know there are two type of GPAs in the U.S., one being the the GPA w/o.

I want you to give me some advices/insights on how would US dental schools look at students with GPAs above 4.0 And how is my chance for the American schools?


I've volunteered in a hospital for 2 months, program for homeless for 2 weeks, currently in 2-3 mentor programs, and working on starting a club in my school.

Trust me, I am really not trying to show off. I think I am at a disadvantage for Canadian schools (one of the reasons being a Econ major and still in the process of catching university-level science courses) .

Any advice'd would be appreciated. Thank you

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[Jbrowndds]

Lol dang I wish I went to that school.

 

[Slumber]

Lol dang I wish I went to that school.

This!

@OP, Just be happy with all your A+s, my school was very stingy with As let alone A+s.

 

[Glimmer1991]

It's very nice that your school gives A+ grades, but I'm sure adcoms are aware that many schools don't. I'd say that the majority of schools do not give students the opportunity to make above a 4.0. They will definitely be wowed by that GPA, but they also consider GPAs without +/- because this is a bit more "fair" and works as an equalizer across schools that do and do not give +/- grades (or are like mine and give +/- for everything but an A+).

Make sure you prepare an answer as to why you didn't do so well in the D- class. They might ask!

 

[frankc201106]

Thank you for the replies. My GPA w/o is 3.82 which is a lot lower than then GPA w/+-. How would dental schools evaluate these 2 GPAs? I mean when one has so much difference between the two GPAs, when these 2 GPAs are supposed to be roughly the same.

Would dental schools only use one type of GPA to rank the student or they would use some sort of weighted GPA of the two GPAs to evaluate students in this kind of situation for purpose of fairness (not giving any favour to schools that use different grading systems) ?

In addition to that question, when dental schools report their admission statistics, are the numbers in GPA w/ or GPAw/o ? The reason I am asking is when you look at top-tire dental schools like Harvard, shouldn't the average be very near to 4.0 if they were using GPA w/?

Thanks in advance

 

[Jps17kl]

Hi everyone,

I am from York university in ontario, canada. I am confused about the aadsas gpa scale. My school uses the 6.0 credit= 1 full year course system and gives out A+s quite often. Approx 30% of the people who receive an A get an A+. I have A+ for 42 credits (my school's system) , A for 12 credits, A- for 3, and D- for 3. These equals to a 4.05 GPA in aadsas standard. I know there are two type of GPAs in the U.S., one being the the GPA w/o.

I want you to give me some advices/insights on how would US dental schools look at students with GPAs above 4.0 And how is my chance for the American schools?


I've volunteered in a hospital for 2 months, program for homeless for 2 weeks, currently in 2-3 mentor programs, and working on starting a club in my school.

Trust me, I am really not trying to show off. I think I am at a disadvantage for Canadian schools (one of the reasons being a Econ major and still in the process of catching university-level science courses) .

Any advice'd would be appreciated. Thank you

Do you go to Cornell for undergrad? I thought Cornell was the only school in US that gives out A+'s

 

[Ionz]

Do you go to Cornell for undergrad? I thought Cornell was the only school in US that gives out A+'s

York, says on the first line lol.

York U btw gives out A's like candies on Halloween. My little brother is currently attending and the tests are ridonculously easy... BUT in the end, all that matters is the GPA number so 👍

 

[sgv]

they probably already know that canada's letter A grade is only like 80%

 

[deleted571579]

It's not actually

 

[frankc201106]

80+ is an A and 90+ is A+ in my school. According to people on other forums, it is much easier to get a 90+ in US than in Canada. Not quite sure if that is true, but it makes sense to me why US system is usually 10% higher than Canadian, i.e. 90%+ for an A in US and 80%+ for the same thing in Canada

 

[flegg]

80+ is an A and 90+ is A+ in my school. According to people on other forums, it is much easier to get a 90+ in US than in Canada. Not quite sure if that is true, but it makes sense to me why US system is usually 10% higher than Canadian, i.e. 90%+ for an A in US and 80%+ for the same thing in Canada

Are you talking about high school?

 

[frankc201106]

No. I am talking about university

 

[sgv]

eh nvm

 

[deleted571579]

In my school 80 is A-, 85 is A and 90 is A+...

 

[rebelwithacause]

80+ is an A and 90+ is A+ in my school. According to people on other forums, it is much easier to get a 90+ in US than in Canada. Not quite sure if that is true, but it makes sense to me why US system is usually 10% higher than Canadian, i.e. 90%+ for an A in US and 80%+ for the same thing in Canada

You should come to my undergraduate institution or our rival and try it out.