Dear MacInsiders,

I was wondering whether our official transcript uses the 12 point system or the 4.0 GPA system.

I need to request a transcript for an American University and I was curious about that since our high 80s is only a 3.8 (see the Ontario GPA scale), yet in the States you would get a 4.0 for that (overall scale, not the individualized scales in each universities).

The American university that I'm applying to also asked me to send my transcript to an international evaluation agency called the World Education Services. Does anybody know anything about this agency? I looked up a sample on their website and the way they calculate the transcript is different from us, ie. labs themselves worth a semester credit each, in addition to the semester credits of that course. Does this mean that my lab courses are going to worth more than my non-lab courses even though the credits at Mac are all the same (3 each is it?)?

Thanks a lot guys! I would really appreciate your help!




Here attached is the sample evaluation:

McMaster uses the 12 point scale on the transripts.

Originally Posted by Deegs14

McMaster uses the 12 point scale on the transripts.

Thank you very much! Do they have the letter grades on them as well?

Mac has letters as well as the 12 scale. All your 11's will be regarded as 4.0 in the U.S along with your 12's.

Good luck

McMaster's main grading system is the alpha scale, but in order to calculate average you have to convert it to the 12.0 scale (which is conveniently a direct conversion, i.e. there are 12 letter grades not counting F and there are 12 numbers not counting 0).

However, when you apply to professional schools or graduate schools and you have to give them a list of courses as well as your grade for each course, you are supposed to use the alpha scale. (That's what waterloo told me when I applied) But it could be different for different schools, so you'll want to check with them.

Just for clarification, if you need to convert to the 4.0 scale, does it also convert the 12.0 scale to a letter grade and then to a grade out of 4.0? :S

Originally Posted by ~*Sara*~

Just for clarification, if you need to convert to the 4.0 scale, does it also convert the 12.0 scale to a letter grade and then to a grade out of 4.0? :S

It should be the same in the end. There should be a conversion table on the back of the transcript.

Originally Posted by ~*Sara*~

Just for clarification, if you need to convert to the 4.0 scale, does it also convert the 12.0 scale to a letter grade and then to a grade out of 4.0? :S

Not sure I understand the question, but this might be helpful.



http://careers.mcmaster.ca/students/...nversion-chart

And the internal conversion table:

Your letter grades in your courses are converted to the 12 point system using the table below, and then your 12 point mark is converted to other outside scales using the table above.