Trouble with WES GPA conversion! please help...

Graduate School
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<p>Hello from Italy! ;) </p>

<p>I'm having trouble calculating my US GPA with WES, because of the situation of my previous studies. I followed courses of my 3-years Bachelor in 2 countries: Italy (the first 1.5 years) and Switzerland (1.5 years), where I got my bachelor. I'll make it clear that, when I moved in Switzerland, all my previous courses were validated by the Swiss Uni, thanks to the Bologna process.</p>

<p>During my italian studies, my GPA in italian method was 24,3/30 on a scale of 30 and I was around the 25th percentile; please, consider that the median of the class in many courses was typically 17/30 where 18/30 is considered the minimum to pass the exam. My italian percentage GPA is 24.3/30 = 0.81%
In Switzerland, the GPA of swiss courses is 5.4/6 on a 6-swiss scale and my % GPA (for swiss only courses) is 90%. :)>- </p>

<p>That given, I used WES to convert my partial GPAs to US ones and I had a surprise.
While my swiss GPA became 3.67/4.00, which looks reasonable, because 0.90<em>4=3.60, my italian GPA turned into 2.78/4.00; therefore, I actually can't understand how can it be so low, as I expected something like 0.81</em>4=3.24. :-/ </p>

<p>I think this can have a huge impact on the overral credibility of my application, so I would like to understand it better.</p>

<p>How do you envalue WES system? Is it compulsory for an international student to use it to apply for a US master?
And what should I do if I think my GPA hasn't been converted in a proper way?</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

<p>See you soon!</p>

<p>TAM
:-h </p>

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<p>Not all universities slavishly look at the WES conversions. Nevertheless, it might be useful for you to identify the median grades for your different universities in your statement. When i look at applicant records, I try to keep the grades in context. Some countries have typically lower averages than others.</p>

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<p>Ok thank you! :)>- </p>

<p>I’ll make it clear I think WES is a good tool and my only concern was how to explain that huge difference between the 2 performances, since in both unis I was around the first 25% of the class and, beside a slight natural improvement of grades due to experience, I’ve always studied in the same way; therefore, I’ll leave the original grades and I’ll leave the convertion to them :wink: </p>