Grade Point Average? (1 Viewer)

[luv2luvurmama]

How do they work?
Is a GPA of 5.0 alot?
And in medical science, would that be difficult? if so arround what percentile or marks am i looking at?

 

[luv2luvurmama]

bump

 

[rx34]

5 is a credit and if you are enrolled in usyd/unsw, credit has a weighted average mark (WAM) of 65. Very achievable if you put in the effort by attending most tutes and doing a good cram at the end.

 

[Survivor39]

Yep. 65 WAM is achievable if you put in some effort. But most people try to do better than a borderline credit/pass.

 

[juvekickass]

at unsw, you can sleep through your course and get over 65 WAM. Most ppl at unsw have WAM 70 or higher. So yes, very easily achievable.

 

[nottellingu]

How do they work?
Is a GPA of 5.0 alot?
And in medical science, would that be difficult? if so arround what percentile or marks am i looking at?

GPA of 5.0 = 65 WAM= Credit Avg.

It shouldnt be too difficult to maintain if you did science subjects and a little bit of maths at high school.

 

[loler]

at unsw, you can sleep through your course and get over 65 WAM. Most ppl at unsw have WAM 70 or higher. So yes, very easily achievable.

Most people do not have a wam 70 or higher, it is achievable but not easily unless you put in the effort, duno wat shit course you are doing, arts??

 

[Tim035]

6.45 up in here (med sci UNSW)

 

[Raif]

6.45 up in here (med sci UNSW)

What GPA, do you need to have a good chance of transfering from Med. Science to Medicine? Is it really difficult?

 

[Tim035]

What GPA, do you need to have a good chance of transfering from Med. Science to Medicine? Is it really difficult?

Don't know, don't care for medicine (don't want to spend my life pretending I give a crap about peoples problems). However you can get the minimal GPA to be considered off the GAMSAT website:
GAMSAT - How to calculate your GPA

Seems that a 5.0 is pretty universal

I think anything over 6.0 coupled with a solid GAMSAT would get you in the door at most universities.





IF you are talking about the lateral transfer scheme at UNSW then you are looking at:
6.0 GPA
180+ UMAT
solid interview

 

[nottellingu]

IF you are talking about the lateral transfer scheme at UNSW then you are looking at:
6.0 GPA
180+ UMAT
solid interview

This is just going to get higher and higher.
I'd say 6.5 min = 80 WAM

There are only 15 places and this year they have close to 200 people in the course. Considering people have 3 shots at umat most end up getting one with 190+.

 

[hotdimsim]

How do they work?

Its putting all of your marks/scores for subjects in a single 'grade'
pass - 4
credit - 5
distinc - 6
HD - 7

some uni's have a diff scale. eg,
1-pass
2-credit
3-d
4-hd

but they both mean the same thing.

It also takes into account the credit points associated with your subject (so a subject with higher cp's associated with it would have a larger effect on your gpa). But you wont really need to worry about your credit points as in undergrad your subjects will all contribute an equal amount to your degree.

 

[mmkardart]

Its putting all of your marks/scores for subjects in a single 'grade'
pass - 4
credit - 5
distinc - 6
HD - 7

some uni's have a diff scale. eg,
1-pass
2-credit
3-d
4-hd

but they both mean the same thing.

It also takes into account the credit points associated with your subject (so a subject with higher cp's associated with it would have a larger effect on your gpa). But you wont really need to worry about your credit points as in undergrad your subjects will all contribute an equal amount to your degree.

This is absolutely correct.

Since you have tertiary experience, medical/dental schools would like to know how you have performed academically.

For universities such as University of Sydney, they use a system of giving out: FAIL (0) - less than 50
PASS (4) - 50 to 65 (65 is not included)
CREDIT (5) - 65 to 75 (75 not included)
DISTINCTION (6) - 75 to 85 (85 not included)
HIGH DISTINCTION (7) - 85 to 100

for each subject that you have studied. For example, during the first year of pharmacy, you would have studied about 8 subjects (4 in the first semester, and 4 in the second).


Graded Point Average (GPA) is the average of your subjects. To give you a simple example ... if you received 1 fail (ouch), 1 pass, 2 credits, 3 distinctions and 1 high distinction (awesome!), then your GPA (an average) would be calculated by:

GPA = (0+ 4 + 2x5 + 3x6 + 1 + 7)/8 = 5, which equates to a "credit average."

Now, this was only a simple hypothetical for a first year student. Other factors such as a student who has studied more than one year and part-time students will have a "weighting" applied. My understanding is that if you have studied many years [say] four, then the last few years will have a greater weighting on your GPA.



In regards to this Weight Average Mark (WAM) business, this is simply another scoring system used by universities such as UNSW. Again, it is based on the principle of averages. For example, in first year Medicine, there are three courses that count . If you got marks such as 60.1, 75.3 and 82.95, then your WAM would be calculated as:

GPA = (60.1 + 75.3 + 82.95) / 3 = 72.78. WAM prefers to use the 72.78, rather than calling it a Distinction.





Good luck with your studies. Hope this made sense!