GPA calculation question.
04-29-2010 at 01:44 PM
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GPA calculation question.
Hi, sorry if this is redundant, but I have a quick question.
I'm a first year student, and my GPA is 10.8. Will McMaster calculate the cGPA for this year as being a 10, or do they round up?
Thank you very much.
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04-29-2010 at 01:53 PM
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they keep it to one decimal for cumulative average
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04-29-2010 at 01:59 PM
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Another question on this topic.
For calculating GPA's, do they just take the individual GPA's of each course (for example if you get a 10 in course 1A03, that is a 3.7, but in 1AA3 you get a 12, that is a 4.0). If they do it this way, the average of the individual GPAs would be 3.85.
Or, do they calculate your average on the 12-point scale and then convert, in this instance the average of your 10 and your 12 would be 11, equivalent to a 3.9 GPA.
Any ideas?
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04-29-2010 at 02:03 PM
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Mac doesn't use the 4.0 scale. So, for the purposes of your Mac cGPA, it would be based upon the 12 point scale and that's it. No 4.0 conversion is used.
For OMSAS, etc, you would take your 10 and 12 point grade, convert that to the 4.0 scale, and come out with the 3.85 cGPA.
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04-29-2010 at 02:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kwun
Another question on this topic.
For calculating GPA's, do they just take the individual GPA's of each course (for example if you get a 10 in course 1A03, that is a 3.7, but in 1AA3 you get a 12, that is a 4.0). If they do it this way, the average of the individual GPAs would be 3.85.
Or, do they calculate your average on the 12-point scale and then convert, in this instance the average of your 10 and your 12 would be 11, equivalent to a 3.9 GPA.
Any ideas?
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You will want to convert each mark individually from the 12 scale to the 4 scale. Do not simply take your average and convert! The 4 scale has an emphasis on consistency (or at least that's what I found), such that when you convert... a person with lots of 10s will have a higher average on the 4.0 scale, then one who has marks that are 12s, 8s, etc. |
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04-29-2010 at 02:58 PM
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How d upgrade marks work in the CGPA? If i take a course once, get say, a 5, then retake it and get a 10, how does that factor in?
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04-29-2010 at 03:15 PM
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it is the average of the two I think so your overall mark would be (10+5)/2 which is 7.5
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04-29-2010 at 05:25 PM
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it is the average of the two I think so your overall mark would be (10+5)/2 which is 7.5
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I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that the both courses count in your GPA, meaning that it's not the average of the two that counts as the one course but both courses counting individually in your GPA.
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04-29-2010 at 10:24 PM
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I believe Jeremy is correct. If you repeat a course, both grades appear on your transcript and therefore both grade count in your GPA.
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04-29-2010 at 11:15 PM
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I believe Jeremy is correct. If you repeat a course, both grades appear on your transcript and therefore both grade count in your GPA.
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So then at the end, after 120 units are done for my degree, the final CGPA will be based on the 40 courses as part of the program, PLUS any upgrades done, not just 40 courses, correct?
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04-29-2010 at 11:28 PM
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So then at the end, after 120 units are done for my degree, the final CGPA will be based on the 40 courses as part of the program, PLUS any upgrades done, not just 40 courses, correct?
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Yes. All courses taken and repeated appear.
So say you take a 3 unit course and get a 5, then repeat it to upgrade and get a 10.
The actual you got is:
3 x 5 = 15
3 x 10 = 30
(15+30) / (3+3) = 7.5
So essentially, you can say you got a 7.5 in a 6 unit course.
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They round to one decimal place, so it will count as a 10.8
If you got 10.95 it would round up to an 11.0
If you got 10.94 it would round down to 10.9
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