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GPA conversion of 10 to percentage

 
Old 06-07-2009 at 08:31 PM   #1
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GPA conversion of 10 to percentage
Hello, what would be the percentage of GPA 10.7 on a unit scale fof 12? how do u know exactly? is it 80 or 90?

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Old 06-07-2009 at 08:50 PM   #2
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You don't know unfortunately...that' s why McMaster's GPA is a really stupid system.

Permit me to demonstrate:

Suppose you get 82 in one course, and 78 in another. Averaged together, these should be 80%, which is a 10. However, this amounts to getting a 10, and a 9...which average to a 9.5! (That's why you are on the Dean's Honour List for having a CA of 9.5...and not 10)

The McMaster CA always underestimates your percentage grade in the higher grade point levels (because the GPA system is nonlinear). So the way to compare yourself with other university grading scales (ie. a 4.0 scale, or a percentage scale) is to convert course by course, and not your cumulative average.

You can find a conversion chart to compare university grading schemes here:

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

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