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My freshman year sucked and and ended with a GPA of 3.1
My sophomore year I buckled down and ended with a GPA of 3.55 (cGPA 3.25)
Took some summer classes and both a 4.0 (cGPA 3.38)
The problem comes in now as I have too much on my plate, volunteering at hospice 1hour away from campus, rowing for my school, VP of newly founded club, and some fundraiser events here and there.
I'm currently taking 16 courses, two biggies being biochem and a-chem. Unexpectedly I got my exam back for a class I marked initially as an "easy A" (got a 72% on my first exam and I'll need 100% from here on out to get an A).
Theoretically I can get a ~3.8 fall-semester GPA if I were to drop the class I got a 72% in. (still have a shot at 4.0 if I go nerd-mode).
Although this is a pretty solid GPA and an impressive upward trend in my GPA, is it worth dropping down to 13credits? (I'm taking 16 right now). My overall GPA would never be as good as it could be getting a 16-cred 4.0 but what do you suggest doing?
credit-heavy(16) 3.6 GPA vs. credit-low(13) 3.8+ GPA
Currently I'm standing on 69 credits with 3.38 GPA with my pre-reqs done. I plan on smashing all of my elective courses next semester at 19creds for the immediate GPA relief before I apply to MD's this summer (I'm a junior)
*Although sticking at 16cred will show that I'm able to handle a tougher load and took a 4,000 level course that was out of my major for interest, it wouldn't increase my overall GPA as much as the 13cred route but will they look at the upward trend in my favor or is "cGPA>all"?
My sophomore year I buckled down and ended with a GPA of 3.55 (cGPA 3.25)
Took some summer classes and both a 4.0 (cGPA 3.38)
The problem comes in now as I have too much on my plate, volunteering at hospice 1hour away from campus, rowing for my school, VP of newly founded club, and some fundraiser events here and there.
I'm currently taking 16 courses, two biggies being biochem and a-chem. Unexpectedly I got my exam back for a class I marked initially as an "easy A" (got a 72% on my first exam and I'll need 100% from here on out to get an A).
Theoretically I can get a ~3.8 fall-semester GPA if I were to drop the class I got a 72% in. (still have a shot at 4.0 if I go nerd-mode).
Although this is a pretty solid GPA and an impressive upward trend in my GPA, is it worth dropping down to 13credits? (I'm taking 16 right now). My overall GPA would never be as good as it could be getting a 16-cred 4.0 but what do you suggest doing?
credit-heavy(16) 3.6 GPA vs. credit-low(13) 3.8+ GPA
Currently I'm standing on 69 credits with 3.38 GPA with my pre-reqs done. I plan on smashing all of my elective courses next semester at 19creds for the immediate GPA relief before I apply to MD's this summer (I'm a junior)
*Although sticking at 16cred will show that I'm able to handle a tougher load and took a 4,000 level course that was out of my major for interest, it wouldn't increase my overall GPA as much as the 13cred route but will they look at the upward trend in my favor or is "cGPA>all"?