Average GPA for a medical student

[TheFuture_22]

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I apologize if there are multiple threads with this information, but I was unable to find any. I was just wondering what the average GPA is for a medical student, approximately. I know I will not get any concrete numbers, but I am just asking what people think it is at their specific schools. My original inclination is that it is somewhere around 3.0, but I am not sure because our test averages vary by quite a bit at my school depending on the subject, and they have not released class ranks yet.

 

[hallowmann]

Based on class averages on exams for the highest weighted courses, my guess would be around 2.7ish. Its hard to tell though. Plus that may increase this semester as averages for the highest weighted course seemed to have improved above the C/B barrier.

That said, my school doesn't base class rank on GPA, but rather on a cumulative percentage average. This makes a difference, because someone who gets 89s has a 3.0 just as someone who gets 80s does, but there's a huge range of people (>40% of the class) in between those two scores.

 

[DrEnderW]

That said, my school doesn't base class rank on GPA, but rather on a cumulative percentage average. This makes a difference, because someone who gets 89s has a 3.0 just as someone who gets 80s does, but there's a huge range of people (>40% of the class) in between those two scores.

Mine does something similar to that as well. GPAs can be relatively tight but with a big difference in class rank.

I would guess average is somewhere around 3.0.

 

[as1212559]

Depends on how much fluff you have in your curriculum. OMM = fluff. Clinical skills = fluff. Other fluff classes out there too. You could B average your core medical courses and end up at 3.5. Hence why nobody gives a crap.

 

[cliquesh]

The average on most our tests were somewhere between 80 and 85%.

 

[TheFuture_22]

The average on most our tests were somewhere between 80 and 85%.

That is about where ours have been also with the occasional 75-79 on a particularly tough exam.

 

[scummie]

It's going to depend on your school. There are lots of variables like total class size, class averages for exams, exact methodology, etc. Your class might be full of slackers so the average could be lower than the prior year's class full of ortho gunners.

 

[AnonymousD.O.]

It depends so much on school, that it is a pointless question, no offense

 

[TheFuture_22]

That is why I said I wasn't looking for concrete numbers just some examples of what people think it is at their schools.

 

[AnonymousD.O.]

That is why I said I wasn't looking for concrete numbers just some examples of what people think it is at their schools.

I see, ours usually are right around 85....but a few classes like physio, etc are typically lower

 

[SLC]

Course averages at my program were typically in the 78-80% range.