Can anyone from senior year tell me exactly how CA-GPA out of 12 ( used for determining which program I am eligible for) is calculated?

and whether when they say that a CA of 7 is required to get into Electrical Engineering, do they mean that I have to get a minimum 7 in all my courses?

and if I fail a course, for example, chemistry, but still get an average of 7, do i have to retake chemistry or not?

Each of the digits from 1 to 12 signifies a corresponding letter grade. (A+ is 12, A is 11, etc.).

Refer to http://registrar.mcmaster.ca /calen...ent/pg145.html

The CA is your cumulative average. So if you average out all your courses, it should be a minimum of 7. This doesn't necessarily mean you have to get a 7 in all your courses, but you do have to keep up the average.

If you fail a course then that could have some detriment to your CA seeing as it will bring it down. You having to retake a course would depend on whether or not the program you want to get into requires satisfactory completion of that course.

well nice question nikJ....thts wat i wanted to know as well....and thanx myoozik for a complete reply....also, eventhough no one asked for it, i found another chart that compares mac grading system to the grading system of other universities: http://careers.mcmaster.ca/students/...nversion-chart

Keep in mind that the number in the course code refers to the number of credits its worth.

Chem 1E03
Engineer 1A00, 1C03, 1D04, 1P03
Matls 1M03
Math 1Z04, 1ZZ5
Physics 1D03, 1E03

So to figure out your CA, you sum (course credit value * grade) and divide by total credits. As you can see a course with a higher credit value contributes more to your CA than one with a lower credit value.

For eng while they do talk about your ca , the second year entrance cutoffs work off a different system . This is because it is not required to do the six units of electives. so people have between 31-37 units in first year. ( the majority do 37)

So like above take the sum but don't divide by the number of credits . This gives you a point range . So when they say the cutoff was a ca of 7 , that means on average people got more than (259=7*37) credits . This is to balance people who take less courses , they have to make up by having higher grades . Hope this makes sense