[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":146},["ShallowReactive",2],{"learn-improve-en":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"dateModified":134,"datePublished":134,"description":135,"extension":136,"headline":137,"imageAlt":138,"meta":139,"navigation":140,"path":141,"seo":142,"stem":144,"__hash__":145},"content_en\u002Fimprove.md","How to improve your R score",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":122},"minimark",[9,14,18,21,31,40,44,47,51,54,57,61,64,67,71,99,103,106,110],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"beat-your-class-average","Beat your class average",[15,16,17],"p",{},"Your R score does not depend on your grade alone, but on your place in your class: each standard deviation above the class average adds about 5 points to the R score of the course. Aiming above your class average therefore matters more than aiming for a specific grade.",[15,19,20],{},"For the same reason, a few extra points are worth a lot in a course where grades are close together, and less in a course where they are widely spread. Imagine you gain 4 points in two different courses:",[22,23,24,28],"ul",{},[25,26,27],"li",{},"in a course where almost everyone gets between 75 and 85, those 4 points put you ahead of a good part of the class: your R score rises by about 5 points;",[25,29,30],{},"in a course where grades range from 50 to 100, the same 4 points only put you ahead of a few classmates: your R score rises by barely 2 points.",[15,32,33,34,39],{},"The ",[35,36,38],"a",{"href":37},"\u002Fen\u002Fr-score-calculation","guide"," explains each step of the formula.",[10,41,43],{"id":42},"focus-on-the-courses-with-the-most-credits","Focus on the courses with the most credits",[15,45,46],{},"Your overall R score is the average of your course R scores, weighted by their credits. A 2-credit course therefore weighs twice as much as a 1-credit physical education course. When you have to choose where to put your effort, the courses with the most credits, often those of your program, pay off the most.",[10,48,50],{"id":49},"avoid-failures-without-panicking","Avoid failures, without panicking",[15,52,53],{},"A failed course still counts in your overall R score, but with a reduced weight: a quarter of its credits if it happens in your very first CEGEP semester, and half afterwards. A failure therefore weighs less than students often think, but it does weigh.",[15,55,56],{},"Retaking a failed course does not erase the failure: both results stay on your record.",[10,58,60],{"id":59},"drop-a-course-in-time","Drop a course in time",[15,62,63],{},"A course dropped before the withdrawal deadline, which your CEGEP publishes at the start of each semester, does not appear on your transcript and therefore does not count in your R score. After that date, it stays on your transcript with the grade obtained.",[15,65,66],{},"Dropping a course can, however, delay your diploma. Before dropping a course, talk to your academic advisor (API).",[10,68,70],{"id":69},"what-does-not-help","What does not help",[22,72,73,87,93],{},[25,74,75,79,80,86],{},[76,77,78],"strong",{},"Choosing a strong or a weak class."," The formula accounts for the strength and spread of each class. According to the ",[35,81,85],{"href":82,"rel":83},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bci-qc.ca\u002Fcollectivites\u002Fcote-r\u002F",[84],"nofollow","Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire",", their effects balance out, and no type of class gives students an advantage.",[25,88,89,92],{},[76,90,91],{},"Choosing a CEGEP known to be strong."," For the same reason, the R score gives everyone an equal chance from the start, in every CEGEP.",[25,94,95,98],{},[76,96,97],{},"Worrying about your high school grades."," They only enter your R score through the strength and spread of your classes, together with those of all the other students. In a class of 35 students, for example, yours count for barely 3%.",[10,100,102],{"id":101},"why-every-semester-counts","Why every semester counts",[15,104,105],{},"Your overall R score brings together all your courses, and a first semester weighs as much as a last one. However, the more courses your record has, the less a new course moves the average. A difficult semester early on is therefore slow to make up.",[10,107,109],{"id":108},"set-yourself-a-goal","Set yourself a goal",[15,111,33,112,116,117,121],{},[35,113,115],{"href":114},"\u002Fen\u002Fr-score","admission R scores"," give, program by program, the R score of the last admitted students. Then enter the R score you are aiming for in the ",[35,118,120],{"href":119},"\u002Fen\u002Fcalculator","calculator",": myRScore shows, under each course of the semester displayed, the grade needed to get there.",{"title":123,"searchDepth":124,"depth":125,"links":126},"",1,2,[127,128,129,130,131,132,133],{"id":12,"depth":125,"text":13},{"id":42,"depth":125,"text":43},{"id":49,"depth":125,"text":50},{"id":59,"depth":125,"text":60},{"id":69,"depth":125,"text":70},{"id":101,"depth":125,"text":102},{"id":108,"depth":125,"text":109},"2026-10-01","Beating your class average matters more than aiming for a specific grade. 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