Academic Renewal - How does AMCAS compute GPA?

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nabeel76

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I had taken about two semesters of courses back in 1995-96, I didn't take school to seriously back then and never made it to class. As a result I got a slew of W's and about 4 F's in the courses that my teachers didn't drop me in. I later (2003) re-enrolled and was granted academic renewal. The academic renewal policy in my school takes all grades prior to 7 years and does not compute them in your Cumulatative GPA. Unfortunately, these grades still appear on your transcript - academic renewal is indicated on the transcript next to those semester grades, which are in parenthesis. My question is how will AMCAS compute my Cumulative GPA? My official GPA at the school is a 3.94, but this is after the academic renewal. Does anybody know if amcas will honor the schools final cumulative GPA w/ the academic renewal or will they recompute my gpa with those courses taken prior to 7 years ago?

Thanks,

Nabeel
 
im not sure but lets hope they allow for the academic renewal! 🙂
 
I think you are out of luck on not having to use those grades. Here is a cut from last year's AMCAS guide:

You must include information and corresponding grades for every course you have ever enrolled in at any U.S., U.S. Territorial or Canadian post-secondary institution, regardless of whether credit was earned, and including any courses removed from your transcripts or GPA as a result of academic bankruptcy, forgiveness, or similar institutional policies. All courses that appear on your transcripts and for which a grade and credit were ever assigned will be included in AMCAS GPA calculations, even if they are not included in the GPA calculations of the transcript-issuing school. This includes, but is not limited to:
• Courses from which you withdrew.
• Courses for which you received a grade of "Incomplete" and for which no final grade has been assigned.
• Courses that have been repeated.
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AMCAS Instruction Book for the 2005 Entering Class
• Courses that you failed, regardless of whether they have been repeated.
• Courses in which you are currently enrolled or expect to enroll in prior to entering medical school.
• Remedial/developmental courses.
• College-level courses you took while in high school even if they were not counted toward a degree by any college.
• Courses taken at an American college overseas.
• Courses removed from your transcripts or GPA as a result of academic bankruptcy, forgiveness, or similar institutional policies.
You must:
• Enter courses exactly as they appear on the transcript of the school where they were originally attempted, not as they appear on the transcript of any school which may have accepted the courses in transfer. Exception: Repeated courses and courses removed from your transcripts or GPA as a result of academic bankruptcy, forgiveness, or similar institutional policies should be entered exactly as they appeared on the transcript issued prior to removal/repeat.
• Enter courses in chronological order. Within each term, list the courses in the order in which they appear on the official transcript.
 
For AMCAS, you have to list everything. No matter how long ago or even if it was somethng you did in high school if you took college level courses.

The only fresh start I heard of was if you're a TX resident applying through TDMAS.
 
That sucks....

Does anybody know if they will at least see the dates the courses were taken?

Thanks,

Nabeel
 
nabeel76 said:
That sucks....

Does anybody know if they will at least see the dates the courses were taken?

Thanks,

Nabeel

They will see the semester and where it was taken. AMCAS breaks down grades as well by Fr/SO/Jr/Sr/PostBAc/Grad in a summary at the end as well
 
chopper said:
They will see the semester and where it was taken. AMCAS breaks down grades as well by Fr/SO/Jr/Sr/PostBAc/Grad in a summary at the end as well

Well maybe there's still hope then... Hopefully, they will place less emphasis on the older grades.
 
Thanks to all for your posts, much appreciated!

Nabeel
 
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