Hey, if you upgrade a course does mac take the average of the two into your GPA average or is one usually weighed more than the other?

Originally Posted by Jennnnn

Hey, if you upgrade a course does mac take the average of the two into your GPA average or is one usually weighed more than the other?

It's the average.

Hey,

I found the following on this website http://registrar.mcmaster.ca /calen...-13/pg121.html

Repetition of Courses: Students may repeat courses that have been failed or for which credit has been obtained a number of times, with the exception of the students in the Faculty of Business who may only repeat courses which they have failed. The grades for all attempts appear on the transcript and enter into the computation of the Cumulative Average. However, only one successful attempt will enter into the computation of credit earned towards your degree.

Based on this I would think both marks will be equally weighted in your GPA calculation, otherwise they would mention something about it.

It would be best if this was confirmed by someone who had repeated a course before.

Do you know if they find the average of the two courses and add it to the CA as one course??

For example let’s say you get a 5 on the first attempt and then get a 10 and the average of the two is 7.5. So they add 7.5 to the CA instead of adding the two courses separately like 5 and 10.

Also which way will you get a higher GPA or does it makes no difference.

please anyone who knows about this, we'd really appreciate the input

Originally Posted by Ever

Do you know if they find the average of the two courses and add it to the CA as one course??

For example let’s say you get a 5 on the first attempt and then get a 10 and the average of the two is 7.5. So they add 7.5 to the CA instead of adding the two courses separately like 5 and 10.

Also which way will you get a higher GPA or does it makes no difference.

in that case 7.5 will count towards your cGPA, but both the 5 and 10 are going to be on your transcript they aren't going to get rid of the 5. and obviously the 7.5 is going to increase your GPA compared to the 5. but if you're retaking the course just to increase your cGPA then i would suggest to just take another course and get a really good mark in it (say if you get a 10 or an 11) then this will raise your GPA significantly compared to the 7.5.

and also, taking a course twice just counts as 3 units not 6 so you would have to take another course anyways to fill the 3 units.

what about if that course is a requirement for a program. If the program require you to get a B in that certain course, would they look at your first attempt or the second attempt in the course or will they look at the average of the two??

Originally Posted by Ever

what about if that course is a requirement for a program. If the program require you to get a B in that certain course, would they look at your first attempt or the second attempt in the course or will they look at the average of the two??

It's still the average.

When calculating GPA, would we have to convert every grades (from 12 scale) to the 4scale gpa and average it up to get the cGPA(4scale). or can we just directly convert from 12scaled cGPA to 4scaled cGPA.

Originally Posted by banana93

When calculating GPA, would we have to convert every grades (from 12 scale) to the 4scale gpa and average it up to get the cGPA(4scale). or can we just directly convert from 12scaled cGPA to 4scaled cGPA.

You have to convert each grade to the 4.0 scale before trying to calculate your cGPA on the 4.0 scale. Not just taking your 12-scaled cGPA and turning it into the 4.0 scale grade.