Can someone please explain to me what a GPA means?

[_fruitcake_]

Hi i was wondering what a GPA of of 5.2 on a 7 point scale is? Can someone please explain this to me? I would really appreciate it

[ChickenCh0wM1en]

Hi i was wondering what a GPA of of 5.2 on a 7 point scale is? Can someone please explain this to me? I would really appreciate it

I'm speaking in terms for medicine/dentistry/physio/optom etc so it might be different for what you have.

Every subject you do is given a grade point - 80+ = 7.0, 75+ = 6.5, 70+ = 6.0, 65+ = 5.5 etc
So for Year 1 the GPA would be calculated as grade point for subject 1+ grade point for subject 2...... / (8 subjects - assuming you do .

This is the same for Year 2, 3 and once you average all of them you'll get an overall unweighted GPA meaning that all 3 years are weighted the same.

If it's the same as for medicine/dentristy etc, then say year 1 is worth X, year 2 = 2X, year 3 = 3X so there's a large emphasis on your 3rd year marks for a decent GPA..

A 5.2 GPA is pretty much getting 60s-69s across your degree. It's not bad, but it certainly isn't great especially if you're looking to do the JD/Optom/MD/DDS for postgrad.

[_fruitcake_]

A 5.2 GPA is pretty much getting 60s-69s across your degree. It's not bad, but it certainly isn't great especially if you're looking to do the JD.. for postgrad.

Thanks for that, however I don't quite fully understand what you mean by the above. What do you mean by isnt great? JD at Monash says its prerequisites is a 5.2 GPA.

[Kalopsic]

Thanks for that, however I don't quite fully understand what you mean by the above. What do you mean by isnt great? JD at Monash says its prerequisites is a 5.2 GPA.

I think what they meant is that since JD and pretty much any other postgrad is so competitive, just meeting the prerequisite doesn't put you in the greatest positions in terms of getting in. I know with MD a GPA of at least 6.5 gives you reassurance that if everything else is up to standard you have a chance. You want to maximise the marks you get even though they may list a 5.2 GPA as the minimum, the average GPA of students who got into Monash JD from the previous years are guaranteed to be higher than 5.2

[_fruitcake_]

I think what they meant is that since JD and pretty much any other postgrad is so competitive, just meeting the prerequisite doesn't put you in the greatest positions in terms of getting in. I know with MD a GPA of at least 6.5 gives you reassurance that if everything else is up to standard you have a chance. You want to maximise the marks you get even though they may list a 5.2 GPA as the minimum, the average GPA of students who got into Monash JD from the previous years are guaranteed to be higher than 5.2

Okay this clarifies it, thanks man.