3.62 vs 3.63

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Next spring is my last semester before I graduate and I have two classes left to take. One class is two credits with an optional 3 credit lab (more money), and the other one is four credits. If I don't take the lab, my overall gpa will be a 3.62 if I get A's in the two courses (shouldnt be too hard). If I took the lab too and got an A in it, my overall gpa would be a 3.63. My question is, do you think its worth it to take the lab which costs more money and will require an extra 3 hours of class a week to get a 3.63, or to skip it and settle for a 3.62?
 
I agree, don't do the lab. It's not worth 3 extra hours a week and more tuition for a possible .01 better gpa.
 
Is this a serious question? I think it isn't, so I'll give my non-serious answer:

Of course it matters!!!!! Your future as a physician completely depends on that one-hundredth of a point!!!!!!!
 
mdr8 said:
If I was a "Pre-med" I would have titled the thread 3.99 vs 4.0?
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Actually, then it might almost matter (though not really), lol, just for the sake of being able to say you got a "4.0" in college vs. a "almost a 4.0" ...cept that situation could never occur in the case you've mentioned! lol
 
mdr8 said:
If I was a "Pre-med" I would have titled the thread 3.99 vs 4.0?
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LOL @ you thinking that making a thread about a 3.62 vs 3.63 is any different than someone who makes a thread about a 3.99 vs a 4.0. HAHAHAHHAHAH

You want to know what the main difference is? The person making the latter thread is, for sure, joking. That makes him a "troll". You on the other hand are being serious. That makes you a "Pre-Med"/psycho gunner.


I sure hope you're being a troll. For your sake, your future husband's/wife's sake, your future kid's sake, and for the sake of anyone who comes across you in real life. Man, woman, and beast. :laugh:
 
No question.

You must take the class. That 0.01 will make or break your medical application. True story.
 
Lacipart said:
No question.

You must take the class. That 0.01 will make or break your medical application. True story.
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ok, while i agree with all of you about this being ridiculous, im still going to take the opposite stance.

If he's not yet accepted to med school, and is somehow guaranteed an A in both the course and the lab, take it. a better gpa is always better.

and I am being serious. although i personally wouldn't take it last semester of college. if you are the pre-med you claim not to be, you'd take it.
 
All these premeds just want to deter you from being a competitive applicant! You fight the good fight.
 
mdr8 said:
Next spring is my last semester before I graduate and I have two classes left to take. One class is two credits with an optional 3 credit lab (more money), and the other one is four credits. If I don't take the lab, my overall gpa will be a 3.62 if I get A's in the two courses (shouldnt be too hard). If I took the lab too and got an A in it, my overall gpa would be a 3.63. My question is, do you think its worth it to take the lab which costs more money and will require an extra 3 hours of class a week to get a 3.63, or to skip it and settle for a 3.62?
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Go for it. If you get the 3.63, Hopkins will be drooling over your application. If you end up with a measly 3.62 you don't even have hope for Podunk State Med School.
 
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