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[avinash]

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Hey,


so i know that the AMCAS comes up with your BCPM GPA and it incorperates all science classes from every univeristy you have atteneded. So, does the AMCAS also compute a non sceince GPA with all the courses you have taken from every school you have attended? Or is that only for the BCPM GPA?

Thanks

 

[DoctorMalki]

AMCAS computes science GPA separately, non- science GPA separately and also Overall GPA.

 

[Dr. Chiquita]

And all the GPAs computed account for every class you ever took post secondary.

 

[PHD_2007]

I was wondering do medical schools take into account your graduate school GPA.

 

[Law2Doc]

I was wondering do medical schools take into account your graduate school GPA.

I think they like to see a high overall GPA (looks good in the rankings), and they like to see trends of improvement, especially in the sciences. That being said, if it's not in the core or hard sciences, I doubt they focus on it nearly as much as they will your undergrad GPA and BCPM.

 

[PHD_2007]

I'm getting my PHD in Biomedical Science so do you think that will give me some sort of edge.

 

[Pinkertinkle]

I'm getting my PHD in Biomedical Science so do you think that will give me some sort of edge.

It may certainly help, especially in the big research schools. You'll have to explain convincingly why you're choosing medicine now after going for a career path in research and it won't overcome low GPA/MCAT problems.

 

[DrYo12]

I'm getting my PHD in Biomedical Science so do you think that will give me some sort of edge.

Your graduate GPA will not be added to your undergrad GPA, therefore your overall undergrad GPA is whatever it will be. Your overall GPA may increase slightly, but bear in mind that there aren't really enough grad school classes to raise your GPA as much as you'd like (sorry!).

The PhD in Biomedical Science obviously isn't going to hurt, but as pinkertinkle says, you'll have to explain why you went and got it (and raising my GPA doesn't count) and why you want to go into med school now.

Also, your graduate GPA is expected to be high since most people in graduate school get decent grades. Having a really high GPA in graduate school won't hurt you, but having anything even marginally low will definitely send up a red flag.

G'luck!