GPA calculation

[kdgamz]

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

[Russ]

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

[kdgamz]

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...

[Russ]

What was the different information?

[Elnino_Gerrard]

how about for stuff like mechanical engineering?

[bridger]

Im not sure what this all means but I found this on the Melbourne Uni website

http://policy.unimelb.edu.au/UOM0415

[kdgamz]

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.

[mikee65]

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..

[rustic_metal]

Weighted averages are based on the level of the subject, but GPA might be different.

[Massofbubbles]

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?

[Russ]

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

[rustic_metal]

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.

[Faz]

Can someone help me to convert VCE results to a GPA score out of 4.

[jinny1]

Can someone help me to convert VCE results to a GPA score out of 4.

you can't