3.6 sGPA due to one bad year

[pbsdrinkingwhale]

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[•Syzygy•]

youre probably fine

im assuming your mcat is stellar? ...

 

[CloverBale]

Omg stop. You're fine

 

[flyboy3]

Both my overal GPAs are around 3.65 and I'm getting action. Have some fresh ECs and you'll be good.

 

[workaholic181]

I wish I had a 3.6 s GPA lol

 

[Goro]

A 3.6 sGPA is below the 10th percentile for a lot of schools I'm shooting for.

Freshman: 2.8 sGPA
Sophomore: 4.0 sGPA
Junior: 3.65 sGPA
Senior: 3.9 sGPA

Will adcoms see that my freshman year performance is an outlier and should I still apply to those schools?

They will, and yes. Many schools give more weight to the last 2-3 years than the aggregate.

 

[Turkishking]

A 3.6 sGPA is below the 10th percentile for a lot of schools I'm shooting for.

Freshman: 2.8 sGPA
Sophomore: 4.0 sGPA
Junior: 3.65 sGPA
Senior: 3.9 sGPA

Will adcoms see that my freshman year performance is an outlier and should I still apply to those schools?

I would assume you would be fine, but I cannot guarantee you 100%. You should take my advice with a grain of salt :/.

Just read Goro's post, so I agree as well.

 

[pbsdrinkingwhale]

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[•Syzygy•]

518

yep youll be fine

 

[chinesedude]

@Goro @gonnif

Do adcoms recalculate GPAs when they look at an applicant's file?

 

[Goro]

@Goro @gonnif

Do adcoms recalculate GPAs when they look at an applicant's file?

Nope. Why would we? We know how to interpret trends.

 

[pbsdrinkingwhale]

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[•Syzygy•]

so I should recalculate it and include it in my secondary, "without freshman year, my GPA is 3.85"?

i think he meant like mentioning your very strong upward trend/ performance post freshman year and maybe give a reason as to why freshman year wasnt representative of your abilities

 

[begoood95]

You'll be fine! FWIW, my science gpa isn't too hot (3.68), due to my freshman/sophomore years, and I've still had success this cycle, even with the tippity top schools. As long as you aced your upper-div courses and MCAT, which it seems like you did, you'll be okay stats-wise.

 

[PreMedMissteps]

Wow @begoood95 18 interview requests so far!

 

[duopy]

He gonna fail outta school going to all those interviews lol

 

[begoood95]

Wow @begoood95 18 interview requests so far!

He gonna fail outta school going to all those interviews lol

I know of at least one applicant (from these forums) that has more interviews than I do and I'm sure there are more—which is insane😕 but thank you @PreMedMissteps 🙂

And tbh @duopy... I'm feeling so burned out after going to these interviews...seeing all the medical students...the hospitals...Ugh. Fall 2018 could not come any sooner!

 

[PreMedMissteps]

I know of at least one applicant (from these forums) that has more interviews than I do and I'm sure there are more—which is insane😕 but thank you @PreMedMissteps 🙂

And tbh @duopy... I'm feeling so burned out after going to these interviews...seeing all the medical students...the hospitals...Ugh. Fall 2018 could not come any sooner!

I know a UIM with top stats who thought he had to apply to 35+ schools. Soon he had IIs to either all of them or nearly all. He quickly had to figure out which to outright decline....time and budget for the all the travel wasn't possible.