Grade Conversion between universities

[eblack13]

Hello,

I plan on applying from another university which has switched from percentages to a grade point system in the past year. So letter grades as well as GPA appear on the official transcript, however there are no percentages. The letter grades cover a range of percentages (ex: A= 85%-89.9%).
So I was just wondering if anyone knew how Guelph will be converting the letter grades into the percentages to calculate my average?

Thanks!

[cp3k]

with an A+, A, A‐, B, B+, B‐ system
A+.......95 C+.......68
A .......87 C .......65
A‐ .......82 C‐ .......61
B+.......78 D+.......58
B .......75 D .......55
B‐ .......71 D‐ .......51

[dreizehn]

Hey eblack13,

The conversion cp3k has posted from the admissions forms will work so long as your school uses that exact same system of letter grades and their respective percentage ranges. Not all schools follow this pattern. If your school uses a different system of letters and/or associated ranges, what you'll use is the midpoint of the respective range. So, for your example of "A= 85%-89.9%," an "A" will count as:

(85% + 89.9%)/2 = 87.45%

Before OVC I went to McGill, who, similar to your situation, used a letter grade and overall GPA system. However, their ranges were different than the example conversion provided by OVC (e.g., at McGill: "A+" did not exist, "A"=85%-100%, "A-"=80%-84%, etc.), so the OVC sample conversion was not applicable. When applying, I asked admissions the same question as you, and they're the ones who informed me they use the midpoint of the range associated with the letter grade. So, using the McGill system as another example:

"A" = 85-100% --> 92.5%
"A-" = 80-84 --> 82%
"B+" = 75-79% --> 77%
"B" = 70-74% --> 72%
"B-" = 65-69% --> 67%
etc.

One additional thing to note: if your school does use a different scheme than that in the OVC example, somewhere your school must officially indicate the numerical ranges the letter grades equate to, and this must be somewhere in your application so admissions can calculate the midpoints appropriately. For example, McGill printed the numerical range equivalents on the backs of their transcripts.

[eblack13]

Thanks a lot!