After completing your post-bac (lets say: BU or GU), did your undergrad science GPA/overall GPA (lets say: <3.0) ever haunt your application/interview/acceptance the following year?

After completing your post-bac (lets say: BU or GU), did your undergrad science GPA/overall GPA (lets say: <3.0) ever haunt your application/interview/acceptance the following year?


bump...that's a great question and my worst fear that after working my butt off in a post-bacc those handful of Cs, couple of Ds, and one F will still ruin my efforts.

bump...that's a great question and my worst fear that after working my butt off in a post-bacc those handful of Cs, couple of Ds, and one F will still ruin my efforts.

You have to list every single course you ever took anywhere on your AMCAS application - undergrad, graduate school, postbacc whatever. So, unfortunately, those lower grades still get averaged into your overall GPA.

I thought it was only undergrad and post-bac that AMCAS averages and I think that's what it says in their 2006 app. So, if you do very well in a Masters also you can't use it to have a better average.

the spots are UNDERGRAD, SCIENCE, POST BACC, GRADUATE and that is also probably the order of importance

the spots are UNDERGRAD, SCIENCE, POST BACC, GRADUATE and that is also probably the order of importance

Post bacc work is more important than graduate work?

Post bacc work is more important than graduate work?

It depends on what the graduate work is in. In my case, my graduate work didn't matter a whole helluvalot since it had absolutely nothing to do with medicine or health.

As far as weight of importance for getting your avg GPA, it all counts the same.

It depends on what the graduate work is in. In my case, my graduate work didn't matter a whole helluvalot since it had absolutely nothing to do with medicine or health.

As far as weight of importance for getting your avg GPA, it all counts the same.

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Thanks. Undergrad = overall GPA right?

Thanks. Undergrad = overall GPA right?
No ... they have a separate area for overall gpa.

They also have it by year ...

Fresh,
Soph,
JR.
Sr.
Post-bacc

They do notice trends and will take in consideration dates of improvement as well.

Hopefully, if they break it down as such, a human being is actually weeding through the process, which I doubt with some many apps.

if you do have significant improvement (1 grade point average) and post-bacc (considering you do well), you do have a decent shot into medical school right? (aside from EC, MCAT, the million other things like race, family history of doctors).