BCPM: 3.1 Non-Sci: 3.9

[SaintPreux]

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My situation:

I'm entering my third year as a psychology major at a respected university that is famous (regionally, atleast) for grade deflation. My school awards highest honors to people with a 3.5 overall, which I qualify for...

I entered college thinking I wanted to be a clinical psychologist, and so I'm a little behind on my pre-reqs, and won't be taking the MCAT until my senior year (Fall '11).

BCPM GPA: 3.1

Non-Sci: 3.94

Overall: 3.61

I still have not taken Orgo I&II, or Physics I&II, but I ran the calculations and assuming I take no other sciences besides that the required pre-reqs and make all As, my BCPM maxes out at 3.4.

I know a sciGPA of 3.0-3.4 is very low, but is it too low? To my understanding, science GPA is obviously (usually) weighted more heavily than non-science, but would my non-science make up for it at all?

I have done a year's worth of psychological research (~360hrs) (publication unlikely at my school)

I've shadowed a 3 different doctors.

I spend about 4hrs/week as a DJ at my college radio station.


If a similar situation has been posted recently, I'm sorry, I wasn't able to find it...please direct me to the post.

Thank you!

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Well for DO a 3.3 science would be fine ( they calculate science this gpa differently btw). For a MD school a 3.5-3.6 is average. I recommend taking some classes to boost your science gpa, such as microbiology, astronomy, statistics. Remember that some psychology courses will count for sgpa ( ones that emphasis biological paradigms). Straight A's in all your pre-req's is slightly wishful thinking, so I recommend figuring out ways to increase your science gpa after you take all of those classes.