Best 20 or Best two?

[applicant88]

Hi everyone,

 

For Lakehead, do they consider your best 20 courses (or credits) or best two years? I'm confused about the acronyms I keep seeing....each school in Ontario considers differently?

[B_Stone]

Each school in Ontario looks at GPAs slightly differently. For acronyms, they are as follows:

cGPA - Cumulative GPA

L2 - GPA over the last 2 years.

B2 - GPA over the 2 years with the highest average. 

B20 - GPA over the best 20 credits. This is only done by TMU in Ontario. 

Lakehead will consider your B2. From their website: 

"We do not drop lowest grades, nor do we look only at the best two years, but we certainly take into consideration where applicants have lower GPAs due to difficult starts to university, including starting in a different program."

Best of luck, and hope this helped!

[applicant88]

15 hours ago, B_Stone said:

Each school in Ontario looks at GPAs slightly differently. For acronyms, they are as follows:

cGPA - Cumulative GPA

L2 - GPA over the last 2 years.

B2 - GPA over the 2 years with the highest average. 

B20 - GPA over the best 20 credits. This is only done by TMU in Ontario. 

Lakehead will consider your B2. From their website: 

"We do not drop lowest grades, nor do we look only at the best two years, but we certainly take into consideration where applicants have lower GPAs due to difficult starts to university, including starting in a different program."

Best of luck, and hope this helped!

You're awesome. Thanks!

 

Does one credit = one course?

[B_Stone]

It depends on how your university counts credits, but each single semester course will typically be 3 credits. Unless you have any two semester courses, B20 will be the best 20 classes.