goldgoldandgold wrote:
I have a question for those who got international undergraduate degrees.
CBS application asks you to convert your international grades to a 4.0 GPA
The problem is, the country where I did my undergraduate, I had a score out of 100. I got a 71% which is top 5% of the class as top rank was 73%. Yet looking at the table CBS provides (shown below), my calculated GPA comes out to be 2.3 which I think is ridiculously low. I know they say that they are holistic and know how international grades work etc, I think this is a serious issue. Anyone in the same boat? How did you resolve/address this? Any suggestion is highly appreciated
https://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/mba/learnm ... /start#GPAThanks
Hi, am in same boat. So had contacted the Adcom and described in detail my situation and concerns. However, it still wanted me to convert to 4.0 system, and mention about the situation in the optional essay.
So you can contact the Adcom, or directly mention in your Optional. However, personally, I would recommend doing both - it never hurts if they remember you/your prior communication while reading your app
All the best!