BCMP or Cumulative GPA for non-science majors?

[kdburton]

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If I am a non-scienc major, will an ad. comm. place more weight on my BCMP vs. my cumulative GPA?

 

[MyNameIsAlex]

what BCMP

 

[kdburton]

what BCMP

I mean the GPA that I got for all of the pre-requisite courses I have to take. Even though I will have taken less science than a science major obviously, I was wondering if they would place more weight on those courses since they are probably a better predictor of how well I would do in med school.

 

[snobored18]

Most schools look closely at the BCMP as it is...hence why they divide it up on your AMCAS...but some schools weight stuff differently so get a copy of the MSAR and look at the admissions criteria for the schools you are interested in...some will provide a rank order of criteria like Iowa and I think the science GPA is the 2nd most important thing they consider...

 

[silas2642]

If I am a non-scienc major, will an ad. comm. place more weight on my BCMP vs. my cumulative GPA?

Look, if yor science gpa is in the ball-park of a 3.6 then you're going to be competitive at pretty much anywhere you apply to in terms of gpa.