Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
May 2008:00 AM PDT
-08:30 AM PDT
What’s in it for you- Live Profile Evaluation Chat Session with Jenifer Turtschanow, CEO, ARINGO. Come with your details prepared and ARINGO will share insights! Pre-MBA Role/Industry, YOE, Exam Score, C/GPA, ECs Post-MBA Role/ Industry & School List.
May 2110:00 AM EDT
-10:30 AM EDT
Most candidates submit a resume built for a recruiter. Admissions committees are reading for something else entirely. This session covers what adcoms actually evaluate, where strong candidates lose ground before a single essay is written, and why...
May 2208:30 AM PDT
-09:00 AM PDT
Get the inside scoop on what makes Emory’s Goizueta Business School great and how you can present a strong MBA application. Explore the difference between our One-Year MBA and Two-Year MBA programs, talk to our admissions team, and meet students.
May 2203:00 PM EDT
-04:00 PM EDT
The old MBA recruiting playbook is dead. Here’s how top admits are getting ahead this summer.
May 2308:00 PM PDT
-09:00 PM PDT
Inquire for a free profile evaluation and guarantee statement for possible admits and scholarships!
May 2611:00 AM EDT
-12:30 PM EDT
This week, Columbia Business School announced the 2025-2026 application deadlines and essay questions. Check out Personal MBA Coach's quick tips video to help you navigate the CBS application!
May 2707:30 PM EDT
-08:30 PM EDT
Learn how to choose the right recommenders and strengthen your MBA candidacy in this live AMA with Stratus experts.
May 2910:00 AM PDT
-11:00 AM PDT
Download the MBA Launchpad App, for FREE access to the largest MBA database - Data backed read on your profile - Identify gaps before you apply - Build a balanced school list - Track your deadlines - Mock interviews - Extensive content library
Jun 1006:00 AM PDT
-06:15 PM PDT
Register for the GMAT Club Virtual MBA Spotlight Fair – the world’s premier event for serious MBA candidates. This is your chance to hear directly from Admissions Directors at nearly every Top 30 MBA program..
Hadrienlbb
08 Dec 2017, 19:11
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hi Gents,
I'm French and went to business school in France, to a French business school, which offered Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and MBA programs. These were ruled by their own admnistrations and were fully based on the typical American B-School.
Nevertheless, I received grades on a scale of 20 (typical in France) converted to letters. So for example, anything above 15.5/20 would be considered an A. Then from 15.5 to 13.5 you would get a B, etc.
There were no + or -, so you get a letter and that's it.
My average score was a 16.4/20, which is to say an A. I got 5 Bs and 24 As in total, and received a 18.5/20 on my thesis. I basically was valedictorian, was on the Dean's List every semester and received First Class Honours (does this even matter???).
I would very much appreciate any help or insight as to how to properly convert my grades to a GPA score that will make sense to American MBA programs.
Thanks very much for your feedback and please feel free to ask me questions if I have not provided important information,
Hadrien
I'm French and went to business school in France, to a French business school, which offered Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and MBA programs. These were ruled by their own admnistrations and were fully based on the typical American B-School.
Nevertheless, I received grades on a scale of 20 (typical in France) converted to letters. So for example, anything above 15.5/20 would be considered an A. Then from 15.5 to 13.5 you would get a B, etc.
There were no + or -, so you get a letter and that's it.
My average score was a 16.4/20, which is to say an A. I got 5 Bs and 24 As in total, and received a 18.5/20 on my thesis. I basically was valedictorian, was on the Dean's List every semester and received First Class Honours (does this even matter???).
I would very much appreciate any help or insight as to how to properly convert my grades to a GPA score that will make sense to American MBA programs.
Thanks very much for your feedback and please feel free to ask me questions if I have not provided important information,
Hadrien
08 Dec 2017, 20:21
Kudos
Bookmarks
You may use this converter to get an approximation; however, many US schools ask you not to convert the GPA. See this discussion.. https://gmatclub.com/forum/gpa-conversi ... l#p1941162
Hadrienlbb
09 Dec 2017, 08:12
Kudos
Bookmarks
Narenn
Thanks for the reply Narenn,
Unfortunately the site does not allow you to select France as a country. Weird...
In any event I selected Belgium, which also works on a scale of 0-20 and the calculator seems to return a 4.0 GPA for me. Do you think that makes sense considering I got a few B's?
Thanks for pointing me to the other conversation too. It definitely make sense and I will get in touch with admission officers once I start the process.
I guess I want to know what my real GPA looks like at this point so I can better evaluate how strong my profile is.
Thanks!
Posted from my mobile device
Anyway if you want to evaluate your candidacy, there are many MBA experts on the forum who can give you accurate assessment of your profile. Visit this place.. 
