04-10-2013 at 11:09 AM
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Does your CA round up?
Hey guys, just a quick general question. Lets say your CA ends up being 7.95...does this round to 8 or will it always round down? ..like what if it is a 8.97...does it STILL round down to 8.9? Thanks guys!
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04-10-2013 at 12:02 PM
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It's my understanding that it always rounds down, unfortunately.
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04-10-2013 at 12:32 PM
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WHAAAAAAAAATTTTTT?
My C.A. rounds down?
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04-10-2013 at 12:40 PM
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I heard if you go to grad school and your CA is an 11, it rounds up to a 12 at other schools.
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04-10-2013 at 01:08 PM
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hey guys, thanks for the responses!
See I think it is confusing because i wonder if that .05 carries over? Because for example, if you get 7.95 this year and 8.95 next year, and they both round down, you are technically losing .1 (which like seems to disappear?) It does not mean a lot, but it is a difference between a letter grade for grad schools which can mean a lot ...so I don't know..its all kind of confusing
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04-10-2013 at 01:43 PM
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how can u get 7.95 in a year if u take 10 courses
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04-10-2013 at 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by dr4357
hey guys, thanks for the responses!
See I think it is confusing because i wonder if that .05 carries over? Because for example, if you get 7.95 this year and 8.95 next year, and they both round down, you are technically losing .1 (which like seems to disappear?) It does not mean a lot, but it is a difference between a letter grade for grad schools which can mean a lot ...so I don't know..its all kind of confusing
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yes but in i think when the calculate your over all CA they redo it with all the years
so...
Year 1 --> 8+8+7+7+6+5 = 6.83 = 6.8
year 2 --> 9+9+10+10+8+9 = 9.17 = 9.1
final --> 8+8+7+7+6+5+9+9+10+10 +8+9 = 8
NOT 6.8+9.1 = 7.9(5)
so when calculating your overall i dont think it really matters?
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04-10-2013 at 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by mastercool
I heard if you go to grad school and your CA is an 11, it rounds up to a 12 at other schools.
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Err no.
Some schools use a different grading system where a 4.0 is anything above 80 or 85, and so in that case your grades would convert differently. But no, it doesn't just magically go from an 11 to a 12 (that's a HUGE change, especially to a CA), and it doesn't apply to all grad schools - I think it's mostly American schools actually that have the weird conversion. |
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04-10-2013 at 04:05 PM
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If you go to school out west like USask or UCalgary, then it does..
not sure of other schools...
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04-10-2013 at 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by mastercool
If you go to school out west like USask or UCalgary, then it does..
not sure of other schools...
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There isn't a single school in Ontario that does...
Anyways, that was my point. Your post implied that it always rounds up, which isn't the case.
Also for anyone interested, if you're calculating your CA using a different system (eg the 4-point system) you convert each grade individually and then average that out, so rounding of the 12-point CA doesn't matter 
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