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Old 05-18-2012, 08:52 PM   #1
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Do pod schools add both grades in when calculating your gpa? I failed orgo but then retook it so would they just count the 2nd grade?
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You keep asking questions that are easily accessible on the application FAQ.

They count both grades.
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Old 05-20-2012, 08:07 AM   #3
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Do they take the average of the 2 grades or just simply add both to the final grade? And if you have say a 3.3 in a chem class, how is that weighted? I read what it said on the website but I still wasn't too sure. Also, does it favor us when the aacpmas changes our grades to theirs?

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Do they take the average of the 2 grades or just simply add both to the final grade? And if you have say a 3.3 in a chem class, how is that weighted? I read what it said on the website but I still wasn't too sure. Also, does it favor us when the aacpmas changes our grades to theirs?
There should be information about this in your application process. I don't have access to the site, but search around; it's there.

Taking the average of the two grades is the same as adding both to the final.
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Do pod schools add both grades in when calculating your gpa? I failed orgo but then retook it so would they just count the 2nd grade?
To answer your question aacpmas averages the 2 grades.
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When they change some of the grades to theirs, like I seen that a 2.7 is a B- to them, does that benefit us or hurt us?
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What do you mean? I was under the impression that 2.7 = B- everywhere.
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What do you mean? I was under the impression that 2.7 = B- everywhere.
It might be 2.66 some places? I don't think that's what the OP meant though, of which I am clueless.
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Like for instance my genetics class, I had a 76 or 77 overall and that was a 2.7 in the class.
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the grading is off for your institution then because a 76 or a 77 is a C+ which is 2.30. If it shows up on your transcript as a b- then they will credit you with a 2.7. If you have a c+ then it will be credited at 2.3.
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In the class I received a 76 percent or something like that but on my transcript it says 2.7, would they make the grade higher I don't understand, how would they favor that in the final gpa
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Old 05-20-2012, 02:22 PM   #12
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They would probably count it as a 2.7. Why would they make the grade higher?

Edit: Does your school not give out letter grades but instead just assigns a GPA value for each class?
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This is precisely why I can't stand GPA being used so heavily.

At my undergrad, a 69.5-79.4 is a C. No minuses, no pluses.
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Yea my school doesn't give out letter grades, just gpas.
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That's strange
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