Continue post-bacc or nah?

[Nerdeka]

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After this semester (12 credits, 99.9% sure Ill get all As), I'll have a 3.26 sGPA.

Next semester taking more credits and all As, I'll have a 3.4 sGPA... :/

Is the .14 boost worth the $7.5k?

Right now I'm doing a 16 hour shift delivering once a week to pay for necessities + pay off this semester... but that $7.5k looks intimidating.

 

[OchemOficionado]

I'd say it's worth it. (I may be saying this to make myself feel better for paying even more to jump my sGPA a similar amount). There is no denying that 3.2 vs 3.4 look very different when glancing over an application. I'm not on the admissions committee so take that with a grain of salt.

 

[MareNostrummm]

After this semester (12 credits, 99.9% sure Ill get all As), I'll have a 3.26 sGPA.

Next semester taking more credits and all As, I'll have a 3.4 sGPA... :/

Is the .14 boost worth the $7.5k?

Right now I'm doing a 16 hour shift delivering once a week to pay for necessities + pay off this semester... but that $7.5k looks intimidating.

3.4 and 3.26 are a huge difference from only 1 quarter of classes... I would even take another quarter after that if it could get me into the 3.5+ sGPA range.

Keep taking classes until you start hitting diminishing returns. A .14 increase is massive.

The average matriculant sGPA is ~3.7?

 

[efle]

Worth it. Applying with a 3.2 would be a waste of time and money for most. Agree above that if you're jumping .14 per semester you might even consider going further and getting up to 3.55

 

[ChrisMack390]

To gonnif's point - 2 semesters of As on science classes does look much nicer than 1.

 

[efle]

To gonnif's point - 2 semesters of As on science classes does look much nicer than 1.

Plus isnt a 3.2x under the screen threshold for a lot of places? Really seems like a no-brainer

 

[Goro]

One semester of a good post-bac won't convince Adcoms that you can handle med school. It's the duration of your excellence, not merely the excellence, that will convince Adcoms that the you of now is not the you of then.

After this semester (12 credits, 99.9% sure Ill get all As), I'll have a 3.26 sGPA.

Next semester taking more credits and all As, I'll have a 3.4 sGPA... :/

Is the .14 boost worth the $7.5k?

Right now I'm doing a 16 hour shift delivering once a week to pay for necessities + pay off this semester... but that $7.5k looks intimidating.

 

[Semmelweiser]

I agree with Goro that there are other positive statements within your post-bacc beyond the grades; following things through to completion, sustained accomplishment, commitment to improvement, etc. I completely understand the challenges of a post-bacc as a working non-traditional, but if it's something you are able to continue it would likely benefit your application in multiple ways.