Quantcast
Student Doctor Network Forums - View Single Post - Which Would You Choose?
View Single Post
Old 04-30-2012, 01:49 PM   #26
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 426
SDN 2+ Year Member
Default

Hmm....the thing about GPA is, at least here, it's not staggered for each class, just overall.

So say you get 4 As, a 92 in each class.

At Scholl you walk out with a 4.0

At DMU you walk out with a 3.7

So no...it's not really comparable. I'm not saying one is better or worse than the other, I'm simply saying that this is why you can't really lend a whole lot of credence to a GPA, especially considering you aren't taking our exams, and neither are we taking yours, so you're comparing apples to bananas.

I don't really know where this came from, I wasn't trying to compare my school to any, I was just providing information about why I chose it, and why GPA isn't as important as class rank. It's a better comparison, I would think, to look at class rank, as a person in the top x% of a class is likely similar in knowledge and motivation as a person from another school with a similar rank, regardless of whether or not their GPAs match up.
bobdolerson is offline   Reply With Quote