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Uni Stuff => Universities - Victoria => University of Melbourne => Topic started by: kdgamz on March 01, 2011, 10:25:18 am

Title: GPA calculation
Post by: kdgamz on March 01, 2011, 10:25:18 am: I'm doing biomed and im in second year and i was wondering if anyone knows how subjects are weighted (GPA calculation) for entry into postgrad med.

for example, if I did a level 1 subject in my third year would it be weighted 3 times?? so does weightings depend on what year you do the subjects in or the level the subjects are?

thanks
Title: Re: GPA calculation
Post by: Russ on March 01, 2011, 11:35:41 am: You haven't read the ACER handbook - you really should, because it will answer every question you have. There's a table in there for converting your percentage marks to GPA grades and then for calculating an overall GPA from those. And FYI, if you apply for 2013 med in 2012 then your 3rd year may/may not be included in your overall GPA

http://gamsat.acer.edu.au/images/documents/graduate_admission_guide_2011.pdf
Title: Re: GPA calculation
Post by: kdgamz on March 01, 2011, 09:47:45 pm: Quote from: Russ on March 01, 2011, 11:35:41 am
You haven't read the ACER handbook - you really should, because it will answer every question you have. There's a table in there for converting your percentage marks to GPA grades and then for calculating an overall GPA from those. And FYI, if you apply for 2013 med in 2012 then your 3rd year may/may not be included in your overall GPA

http://gamsat.acer.edu.au/images/documents/graduate_admission_guide_2011.pdf
thanks russ, no I have read the acer handbook it's just the biomed student centre told me something different to what's in the admissions guide, so i got confused...
Title: Re: GPA calculation
Post by: Russ on March 02, 2011, 09:09:32 am: What was the different information?
Title: Re: GPA calculation
Post by: Elnino_Gerrard on March 02, 2011, 11:24:28 am: how about for stuff like mechanical engineering?
Title: Re: GPA calculation
Post by: bridger on March 02, 2011, 06:47:05 pm: Im not sure what this all means but I found this on the Melbourne Uni website

http://policy.unimelb.edu.au/UOM0415
Title: Re: GPA calculation
Post by: kdgamz on March 02, 2011, 08:25:59 pm: Quote from: Russ on March 02, 2011, 09:09:32 am
What was the different information?

They said that the weighting of subjects for GPA was based on the level of the subject not the year it was completed in.
Title: Re: GPA calculation
Post by: mikee65 on March 06, 2011, 10:58:45 pm: Quote from: kdgamz on March 02, 2011, 08:25:59 pm
Quote from: Russ on March 02, 2011, 09:09:32 am
What was the different information?

They said that the weighting of subjects for GPA was based on the level of the subject not the year it was completed in.
really? This negates most of what ive heard..
Title: Re: GPA calculation
Post by: rustic_metal on March 06, 2011, 11:10:11 pm: Weighted averages are based on the level of the subject, but GPA might be different.
Title: Re: GPA calculation
Post by: Massofbubbles on March 07, 2011, 08:22:56 am: Quote from: rustic_metal on March 06, 2011, 11:10:11 pm
Weighted averages are based on the level of the subject, but GPA might be different.

Wow. Didn't know that. I wonder if your GPA is calculated using your weighted average?
Title: Re: GPA calculation
Post by: Russ on March 07, 2011, 08:45:53 am: GPA has no relation to WAM, they're two different systems. I suppose UoM could be changing the system for 2012...safest thing to do is ask them again in a few months

edit, I asked this morning and he confirmed it was year studied not level of subject
Title: Re: GPA calculation
Post by: rustic_metal on March 07, 2011, 05:25:46 pm: Quote from: Russ on March 07, 2011, 08:45:53 am
GPA has no relation to WAM, they're two different systems. I suppose UoM could be changing the system for 2012...safest thing to do is ask them again in a few months

Yep, this.

The safest thing to do is just to pick what you like and study hard. The uni will never give you a reliable answer as to what is and isn't counted, so assume everything is.
Title: Re: GPA calculation
Post by: Faz on March 29, 2012, 05:48:39 pm: Can someone help me to convert VCE results to a GPA score out of 4.
Title: Re: GPA calculation
Post by: jinny1 on March 29, 2012, 05:54:36 pm: Quote from: Faz on March 29, 2012, 05:48:39 pm
Can someone help me to convert VCE results to a GPA score out of 4.

you can't