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What is your GPA on your application? (Or what do you think it will be?)

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There exists a 3.2-3.4 GPA Club for Pre-Dents, so I thought it would be appropriate to create one for pre-meds as well. As far as this thread goes... feel free to list anything, whether it be concerns about admission, GPA relative to MCAT scores, or even specifics about schools in relation to the given GPA ranges.
 
I am going to go out on a limb and say that since you are asking SDN pre-meds, the gpa projection will be above average from what it normally would be.
 
I say mine will be in the 3.4-3.49 range. However, with a little good luck I could fall into the 3.5 range. From my mdapps, however, it is still a work in progress. I'm at the lowly 3.3-3.39 range right now.
 
I was in the 3.3 to 3.39 range and I got accepted to 2 MD schools this year
don't despair! 🙂 :luck:
 
RoadRunner17 said:
4 MD acceptances here, you gotta do a bang-up job of putting the rest of your application together. Apply broadly. Good luck guys.
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hopkins bme though... 😉
add like .3 to your gpa lol
 
I'm currently 3.5 cGPA/3.3 sGPA (by the AACOMAS system, so not counting classes I re-took).

I read somewhere that this is exactly the average of people who received secondaries from DO schools.
 
My cGPA is 3.66 and sGPA is 3.45. I'm hoping to have higher so here's to hoping lol
 
redlight said:
hopkins bme though... 😉
add like .3 to your gpa lol
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I wish! I'm sure that the schools that accepted me gave me the benefit of the doubt, but I don't think it was a huge boost in any way considering that I put in a full year of 4.0's in my post-bac.

Shawnpremed said:
There's a lot to consider:
(Disadvantaged minority, high MCAT, EC's)
From the stats, once you have about 3.4 cGPA, your acceptance CHANCES start increasing.
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This is correct, according to AAMC's monster table.
 
Slade and RoadRunner17,

What did you do to overcome the lower gpa and what schools did you get accepted to?

Also, do NY residents have a harder time getting in? I know CA is the hardest..
 
3.3. 50 schools, 1 interview (which might've been a clerical mistake), 0 acceptances.

Here's to a successful reapp! Glad to know I have mediocre friends out there.
 
3.3 cum / 3.5 sci

8 interviews
6 waitlists
1 reject
1 pending

wut?
 
iPremed said:
Slade and RoadRunner17,

What did you do to overcome the lower gpa and what schools did you get accepted to?

Also, do NY residents have a harder time getting in? I know CA is the hardest..
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Just my opinion, and not to be taken as fact: You need to stand out non-numerically somehow, and make sure the rest of your application is up to snuff. Better than average MCAT scores, letters of recs from people who know you very well, consistent ECs (not of the checklist variety but rather stuff that shows what you're like and what you're interested in) helps a lot. Basically, do your best to make your lower GPA your only weakness. Then, apply broadly and there are bound to be a couple of schools that like what they see and bring you in for the interview. You damn well should be ready to talk about why you want to go into medicine and what will make you successful (adversity, having specific life experiences especially if you're URM, etc). Stand out in a good way and shift the focus away from your GPA.
 
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3.24. I didn't see a button for me to vote in the pole between 3.2 and 3.3.
 
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What CA residents aiming for a UC, with cPGA 3.4-3.5, and upward trend (80% A's, rest B's,B+'s) (assuming solid and 3yr+ EC's, research, volunteering, journal article publications)?
 
iPremed said:
Slade and RoadRunner17,

What did you do to overcome the lower gpa and what schools did you get accepted to?

Also, do NY residents have a harder time getting in? I know CA is the hardest..
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RoadRunner17 said it best: make sure your GPA is your only weak point. everything else needs to be above average but most importantly, really interesting/original!
:luck:
 
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hey great start to this thread...
allow me to further the discussion by prompting you with this:

How were your MCATs, and for those of you that already received acceptances, what are your top two or three points of advice to bettering our applications.

Also, how big of an influence are the TYPES of classes taken. (ie. a 4.0 from a music major may/may not be as appealing as a 3.5 from a behavioral neuroscience major).

thoughts?..................
 
Hahaha man, I always get to join the most depressing clubs. The "I'm gonna be in debt forever" club, the "my gpa sucks" club...might as well just make one "I suck at life" club and make myself president and CEO. Geez. I think we should merge all these sad clubs and make them into one, massively depressing one.
 
ButImLETired said:
Hahaha man, I always get to join the most depressing clubs. The "I'm gonna be in debt forever" club, the "my gpa sucks" club...might as well just make one "I suck at life" club and make myself president and CEO. Geez. I think we should merge all these sad clubs and make them into one, massively depressing one.
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Lol at least you're not in the, "I hold no acceptances club". That wouldn't be too pleasant.
 
CA resident, 3.3 gpa 3.2 sgpa

9 interviews (didnt go to 2 of them)
5 acceptances (2 UC's)
2 waitlists

bust ass on the mcat, take a year to do something different and youll be fine.
 
MAXIMUS 1 said:
hey great start to this thread...
allow me to further the discussion by prompting you with this:

3.5 overall, 3.3 scienceGPA
How were your MCATs, and for those of you that already received acceptances, what are your top two or three points of advice to bettering our applications.

Also, how big of an influence are the TYPES of classes taken. (ie. a 4.0 from a music major may/may not be as appealing as a 3.5 from a behavioral neuroscience major).

thoughts?..................
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I got a 36 on the MCAT which really helped.
I applied to 15 or 16 schools, got 5 interviews --> 1 waitlist and 4 acceptances.
As far as advice, its the same you will see all over SDN - apply broadly and early. Pick schools that you would go to, even if they aren't your dream, but also put your dream on there and see what happens. I got into my dream school! Put a lot of time into the personal statement. If there is a good reason your grades were low, explain it but DO NOT dwell on it.

I'm not sure how class type factors in. I'm a double neuro and bio major so I took tons of upper division biology classes. But I did really well in those. It was the prereqs that got me. For example, in my biochemistry class right now a 92% is a B because of the curve. that has been the case throughtout all my classes. So even if I get a decent grade (ie a 92%), I get screwed! But you just have to suck it up.
 
Oh, finally I found my people! 🙂

3.35 bcmp+cum

Applied 16
Interview 8 (went on 6)
Rejected 1
Waitlist 2
Accepted 3

I definitely agree that if you've got a weak gpa you need to appeal to them in other ways. It's all about making yourself tasty to the adcoms, which def goes beyond numbers.
 
Lacheln said:
Oh, finally I found my people! 🙂

3.35 bcmp+cum

Applied 16
Interview 8 (went on 6)
Rejected 1
Waitlist 2
Accepted 3

I definitely agree that if you've got a weak gpa you need to appeal to them in other ways. It's all about making yourself tasty to the adcoms, which def goes beyond numbers.
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You and I are always in the same ***** clubs, honey.
 
I'm not close to applying yet but I will probably be in this club when I do. 2.9 GPA right now 😱 -- I had one horrendous "I hate academia and all the people in it and I just want to GTFO of college so I can travel" semester that brought my GPA from 3.2 to 2.8. Went on sabbatical to Costa Rica after that, have been making all As since, and if I continue to make As (and the occasional B) through my prereqs (will be completed postbacc) I should be applying in the 3.3 range. I'm pretty great at standardized tests and I still have tons of science left to take so I'm hoping a good MCAT, science GPA, and lots of volunteering will get me in. I'm also going to take some Spanish credits (I learned to speak it through one of those foreign immersion schools, more effective than college classes imo) so I can apply in PR, and I've already told myself I'll go to one of the top Carribbean schools if necessary rather than be one of the people that spends half a decade gpa-boosting, SMPing, and reapplying. (I understand that route works for some, but I'd rather just get it over with faster and wind up in a less competitive specialty myself.)
 
ButImLETired said:
Hahaha man, I always get to join the most depressing clubs. The "I'm gonna be in debt forever" club, the "my gpa sucks" club...might as well just make one "I suck at life" club and make myself president and CEO. Geez. I think we should merge all these sad clubs and make them into one, massively depressing one.
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hi my name is LET and i got into vandy and i suck at life

get out of here
 
Lukkie said:
hi my name is LET and i got into vandy and i suck at life

get out of here
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Wow, you're being mean to me? That's unusual!

Edit: seriously though, I was kidding. I just think it's funny that all the "clubs" that are started are about depressing stuff like low MCAT, low GPA, massive debt...obviously I don't feel like I failed at life. Well, I haven't failed at the med school application process, anyway.
 
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ButImLETired said:
You and I are always in the same ***** clubs, honey.
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Ok, you think there's a correlation between my gpa and the fact that I can't figure out what curse SDN felt the need to replace there? Dip**** and lame*** are both 7 and of course ****up is 6. ****ty is also 6. I'm stumped.
 
Lacheln said:
Ok, you think there's a correlation between my gpa and the fact that I can't figure out what curse SDN felt the need to replace there? Dip**** and lame*** are both 7 and of course ****up is 6. ****ty is also 6. I'm stumped.
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Hahaha no, however there IS a correlation between MY GPA and the fact that I was supposed to put ****ty asterisks there. I wasn't censored. I pre-censored myself and couldn't count. Unsurprising, considering my academic achievements (or their lack thereof, I guess).
 
ButImLETired said:
Hahaha no, however there IS a correlation between MY GPA and the fact that I was supposed to put ****ty asterisks there. I wasn't censored. I pre-censored myself and couldn't count. Unsurprising, considering my academic achievements (or their lack thereof, I guess).
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Hahaha! I think we should should chalk it up to our pure innocence, and lack of experience with all things crude. Yes, that sounds about right!
 
This thread makes me happy.

I'll probably be around a 3.25-3.3 when I apply, but it might also take some post-bacc to get there. Sure glad I spent those 5 semesters ruining my GPA before I realized that maybe I should get my s*** together.

I'll have decent everything else when I apply, but that GPA is gonna hurt.
:luck:
 
dwc929 said:
http://www.mdapplicants.com/viewprofile.php?myid=9654

It pains me to see ppl start threads w/ low #s and get blasted on this forum for having a few Cs or not high enough this or that. I'm glad these threads like this one exist so ppl don't go abandoning their dreams for the wrong reasons.
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How accurate is this MDApps? Can't people just inflate their stats?

Anyways, I hope Cali schools are somewhat forgiving, or favor their own UC students.
 
Shawnpremed said:
How accurate is this MDApps? Can't people just inflate their stats?

Anyways, I hope Cali schools are somewhat forgiving, or favor their own UC students.
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This is entirely accurate because it is mine.
 
Shawnpremed said:
Anyways, I hope Cali schools are somewhat forgiving, or favor their own UC students.
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Cali schools are unpredictable and picky. You never know what they want but you do know that everyone wants them.
 
Slade said:
I was in the 3.3 to 3.39 range and I got accepted to 2 MD schools this year
don't despair! 🙂 :luck:
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Was the school that you went to competitive because, med schools know that low GPA from one school=good GPA from other school
Also what was your MCAT?
 
whoisthedrizzle said:
3.3 cum / 3.5 sci

8 interviews
6 waitlists
1 reject
1 pending

wut?
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I'm exactly the inverse of you... currently 3.5 cum and 3.3 sci. It is like the yin and the yang. Maybe we should apply to med schools as one person.
 
binko said:
I'm exactly the inverse of you... currently 3.5 cum and 3.3 sci. It is like the yin and the yang. Maybe we should apply to med schools as one person.
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Oh you are my GPA twin!
 
efitzpat said:
Oh you are my GPA twin!
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Shawnpremed said:
I dont' doubt your honesty. I'm asking in general, is it possible to lie on MDApps??
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If its anonymous, like most internet forums, even this one, I'm sure people do lie. Do I condone it? or like the fact that people are dishonest? No. But there will no doubt be some people who lie for whatever reason, either to make themselves feel better, for acceptance with their peers, or to make others feel worse. It will happen. I believe its a small minority who do it, but no one is being held to the fire here nor are people putting up official records so you never know. I like to believe people are being honest, and there's many great supportive members here, but take what you read with a grain of salt. Maybe they didn't get hugged enough as a kid.
 
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