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Re: GPA for PostGraduate Medicine Explained
« Reply #30 on: June 11, 2014, 10:16:52 am »
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Does this mean that getting a 47% isn't a fail?

Only below 45 is a fail?

I've majorly stuffed up an exam and am interested in knowing.

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Re: GPA for PostGraduate Medicine Explained
« Reply #31 on: July 17, 2014, 04:55:53 pm »
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Does anyone know how you would calculate GPA if you've failed several subjects? (asking for a friend who doesn't use AN).
If the subject is repeated and they get H1, would this H1 take over the fail and be used in the GPA?
Any calculations would be greatly appreciated! :)
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Re: GPA for PostGraduate Medicine Explained
« Reply #32 on: July 17, 2014, 05:17:38 pm »
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to what i understand, both fail grade and your H1 in the repeated subject both count towards your GPA. So you get a GPA of 0 for fail and a GPA of 7 for the H1, which when averaged gets you a GPA of 3.5 for that subject. I wouldn't think it would be fair, if you ignore the fail mark and replace it with the H1, then everyone might as well fail and repeat the subject, rather then scrape for a pass. So it's always never best to fail a subject and repeat it :S
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Re: GPA for PostGraduate Medicine Explained
« Reply #33 on: July 18, 2014, 12:51:31 am »
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to what i understand, both fail grade and your H1 in the repeated subject both count towards your GPA. So you get a GPA of 0 for fail and a GPA of 7 for the H1, which when averaged gets you a GPA of 3.5 for that subject. I wouldn't think it would be fair, if you ignore the fail mark and replace it with the H1, then everyone might as well fail and repeat the subject, rather then scrape for a pass. So it's always never best to fail a subject and repeat it :S

Basically this, but note that the effect of it is likely to be diluted provided you picked up your game in other subjects.

Read: http://www.gemsas.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/How-to-calculate-your-GPA.pdf
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Re: GPA for PostGraduate Medicine Explained
« Reply #34 on: November 28, 2014, 10:02:46 pm »
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This GPA is what is passed to universities for use in your application. If your degree is incomplete at the time of application, GPA3 will obviously be underweighted, thus placing an emphasis on GPA1 and GPA2. Your first semester results for GPA3 will be included if you attend an Australian university. Don't slack off.

Could you explain this please. how does this situation differ if you had completed your degree at time of application?
Also, is the process much different for dentistry?
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Re: GPA for PostGraduate Medicine Explained
« Reply #35 on: November 28, 2014, 10:10:12 pm »
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That was written back when only your first 2 years of marks were included. Now they will get your 1st semester marks from 3rd year, although (unless it's changed again) they're not given the full weighting, to account for the fact that they don't reflect the full year.

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Re: GPA for PostGraduate Medicine Explained
« Reply #36 on: January 27, 2015, 11:06:02 pm »
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Wait. I did a UMEP subject last year, and failed semester two. This year I'm going to be doing the subject again in semester two, and suppose if I get GPA 7 in that subject this year, would my fail count from last year? How would that be fair?

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Re: GPA for PostGraduate Medicine Explained
« Reply #37 on: May 23, 2015, 05:04:30 pm »
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How does Honors affect your GPA?

I heard GPA only looks at your last 3 years. So if does it mean it effectively replaces the 1st year of your (now 4 year) undergrad course?
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Re: GPA for PostGraduate Medicine Explained
« Reply #38 on: May 23, 2015, 06:06:00 pm »
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If you complete the degree, yes. If there aren't results available when you apply, then no

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Re: GPA for PostGraduate Medicine Explained
« Reply #39 on: May 23, 2015, 06:15:29 pm »
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Wait. I did a UMEP subject last year, and failed semester two. This year I'm going to be doing the subject again in semester two, and suppose if I get GPA 7 in that subject this year, would my fail count from last year? How would that be fair?

The fail counts because you failed. It wouldn't be fair if you failed and then repeated and got a 7 GPA for that (ie. H1) and taht nullified your fail from the previous attempt.
How it would work IIRC is a fail is a GPA of 0, so if you get 7 the next time, you average it out (0+7/2 => 3.5).
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Re: GPA for PostGraduate Medicine Explained
« Reply #40 on: March 16, 2016, 11:06:57 pm »
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So what if I get a fail, and complete 300 points of subjects that don't include a repeat of the failed subject? i.e. 25 subjects in total [24 passed], 312.5 points [300 passed]

Would they exclude that failed subject assuming it's my lowest mark in my entire degree, or would it leave a stain on my GPA forever unless I do more years? The GEMSAS link I'm reading seems to imply that fails must be included if they're in the last 3 years, so I'd have to include marks from all 25 subjects.

So for calculating GPA1 I would do (mark of first 8 passed subjects + mark of failed subject / 9) rather than just (first 8 / 8 )?

Also, the link says that for unimelb, any N is an auto 0, is this correct? even if it's 45-50?

And lastly, if I got 60-64 is that a 5.0, since UoM directly releases percentages? Or would I use the F column and calculate it as 4.5?

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http://www.gemsas.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/How-to-calculate-your-GPA.pdf


Pretty sure they wouldn't exclude the failed subject otherwise that would be pretty unfair.
I.e. people who think they wouldn't get H1 would then fail and then repeat to get H1 to get that GPA of 7 for that subject LOL

I think the way they do it is they take both your marks, average it and then allocate a GPA towards it.
And with regards to GPA calculation, they do it chronologically as fair as I know.

A mark <50 is a GPA of 0.

With regards to your link, I'm fairly sure they use the Uni's system so a 60-64 would be a 4.5.
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Re: GPA for PostGraduate Medicine Explained
« Reply #41 on: March 17, 2016, 12:19:08 am »
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So what if I get a fail, and complete 300 points of subjects that don't include a repeat of the failed subject? i.e. 25 subjects in total [24 passed], 312.5 points [300 passed]

Would they exclude that failed subject assuming it's my lowest mark in my entire degree, or would it leave a stain on my GPA forever unless I do more years? The GEMSAS link I'm reading seems to imply that fails must be included if they're in the last 3 years, so I'd have to include marks from all 25 subjects.

So for calculating GPA1 I would do (mark of first 8 passed subjects + mark of failed subject / 9) rather than just (first 8 / 8 )?

Also, the link says that for unimelb, any N is an auto 0, is this correct? even if it's 45-50?

And lastly, if I got 60-64 is that a 5.0, since UoM directly releases percentages? Or would I use the F column and calculate it as 4.5?

Link in question =
http://www.gemsas.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/How-to-calculate-your-GPA.pdf


Its a 5. Pretty much the rule is if the uni gives a number mark you use that for the conversion.
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Re: GPA for PostGraduate Medicine Explained
« Reply #42 on: March 17, 2016, 08:54:13 pm »
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If you get a fail (<50 at melbourne uni) within the time frame that counts as 0. THis still applies if you do a different subject to make up the credit points, and yeah unless you do more subjects (through another degree for example) that 0 will still count.

If you want to be sure there is a gpa calculator on pagingdr, and an official calculator  on the gemsas website when the application opens every year.
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Re: GPA for PostGraduate Medicine Explained
« Reply #43 on: July 29, 2018, 11:53:48 pm »
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So a few days ago I plugged my Uni results (2.5 years' worth) into the GEMAS GPA calculator and got a bit of a shock as it ended up being higher than expected. This was because I did very well in my most recent semester (3rd year semester 1) and it used a semesters' worth of results for the 'full' 3rd year (triple weighted (or double weighted for Melbourne uni)) GPA. I had always assumed that since your 3rd year semester 2 results are not available until after GEMAS has released offers that only your semester 1 results for 3rd year will be used, BUT I had no idea that they would, in effect, be worth a 'whole year' in the GPA calculation. Can anyone confirm if this is indeed the case? 

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