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Uni Stuff => Universities - Victoria => University of Melbourne => Topic started by: Belgarion on March 20, 2013, 12:50:42 pm

Title: Subjects
Post by: Belgarion on March 20, 2013, 12:50:42 pm

Is it true that our 2 lowest subjects in our first year are not counted towards our gpa?

Title: Re: Subjects
Post by: VivaTequila on March 25, 2013, 12:31:35 am

Depends on what GPA you are referring to. Different GPAs are used for different things.

For instance, the GAMSAT GPA weighs all subjects but scales them according to what level (i.e. how difficult/important) the subject was.

But in short, no, there aren't any.

Title: Re: Subjects
Post by: nubs on March 25, 2013, 01:37:57 am

https://policy.unimelb.edu.au/MPF1053


From your first 2 years of study, the marks of your 2 lowest subjects will not be counted towards the GPA
So it's not the marks of your 2 lowest subjects in your first year, but in your first 2 years.

When I say first 2 years of study, I mean your first 200 points. So if you are a part time student who took 2 subjects per semester, it would have taken you 4 years to complete 200 points worth of subjects.

But yeah, they look at your most recent 300 points of study (usually each subject is 12.5 points each, which you probably already know), and remove the two lowest subjects that made up the first 200 points of study, so your 100 most recent points of study all count, leaving your GPA to be calculated from the remaining 275 points.

Your GPA will only be calculated this way if you were applying for a lot of the graduate or postgraduate degrees at UoM only
So if you wanted to apply for an honours or masters degree after your undergrad at UoM, which most people do, then this is the GPA they'd use.

If you're applying for medicine or dentistry - and maybe a few other degrees at UoM - all 300 points will count. Even failed subjects will be counted in your GPA when applying for medicine and dentistry at any university, even though they don't count for any points

Title: Re: Subjects
Post by: Belgarion on March 25, 2013, 07:14:35 pm

in regards to medicine and dentistry, i havent seen anywhere that the rule whereby the 2 lowest scoring subjects are not counted. Do you know where i can read this?

Title: Re: Subjects
Post by: nubs on March 25, 2013, 07:31:01 pm

the 2 lowest subjects of your last 300 points will count when applying for medicine and dentistry

Title: Re: Subjects
Post by: Hancock on March 27, 2013, 02:48:27 pm

The SGPA is stupid. Results shouldn't be expunged because you did them in first or second year. It's basically akin to GPA inflation.