nismodrifter
02-28-2005, 10:42 PM
ok so heres the dilly, I'll just ask here before I waste time at a later date.
The U of S uses a straight up percentage system as their grading scheme (ie: high school style). No letters, no GPA score etc, you get your actual percent score, very straightforward IMO and I love it.
I did my first year at the U of C and obviously they use a 4 point scale/letter system etc.
Ok, so next year I am going to probably apply to dentistry. In order to do so you need a min 70% prerequisite average. I did some of my pre-reqs at the U of C and now have also done half of them at the U of S. How the hell are they going to calculate whether I have a 70% average in the pre-reqs or not??
I can see its very easy to calculate it using the U of S's marking scheme...add them up and divide to get your percent average for those courses.
But how do they get an XX number for my average from my U of C marks? I log onto Infonet and all I see is letter grades and I know what the GPA score was for those classes since I wrote them down last year. I know for most of my classes I obviously did get an actual percentage which was then converted into a letter...which was then converted into a GPA score out of 4. Are actual percent scores shown on official transcripts? I look at my transfer credit sheet when I applied to the U of S and it looks exactly like infonet, just letters.
Reason for me needing to know is that if I don't have a 70% pre-req average (due to some shitty phyics courses last year :guns: ) then I can upgrade that average during summer time. If I do have a 70 average then to hell with summer courses and I am ready to apply.
I am just wondering if anyone has a clue (GTSJeff? I know you had some messed up situation like this as well, anybody else going into med/dent?) as to how this is done before I go wasting my time firing emails at dentistry which take like 2 years for them to send a reply back. Any idea if it is a very simple thing for them to find out or is it a huge process? Thanks!
The U of S uses a straight up percentage system as their grading scheme (ie: high school style). No letters, no GPA score etc, you get your actual percent score, very straightforward IMO and I love it.
I did my first year at the U of C and obviously they use a 4 point scale/letter system etc.
Ok, so next year I am going to probably apply to dentistry. In order to do so you need a min 70% prerequisite average. I did some of my pre-reqs at the U of C and now have also done half of them at the U of S. How the hell are they going to calculate whether I have a 70% average in the pre-reqs or not??
I can see its very easy to calculate it using the U of S's marking scheme...add them up and divide to get your percent average for those courses.
But how do they get an XX number for my average from my U of C marks? I log onto Infonet and all I see is letter grades and I know what the GPA score was for those classes since I wrote them down last year. I know for most of my classes I obviously did get an actual percentage which was then converted into a letter...which was then converted into a GPA score out of 4. Are actual percent scores shown on official transcripts? I look at my transfer credit sheet when I applied to the U of S and it looks exactly like infonet, just letters.
Reason for me needing to know is that if I don't have a 70% pre-req average (due to some shitty phyics courses last year :guns: ) then I can upgrade that average during summer time. If I do have a 70 average then to hell with summer courses and I am ready to apply.
I am just wondering if anyone has a clue (GTSJeff? I know you had some messed up situation like this as well, anybody else going into med/dent?) as to how this is done before I go wasting my time firing emails at dentistry which take like 2 years for them to send a reply back. Any idea if it is a very simple thing for them to find out or is it a huge process? Thanks!