Do ADCOMs look at engineering GPA?

[idandps]

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[ecnerwalc3321]

I hope you're kidding. I would be happy with a 3.8 ENGINEERING GPA.

 

[idandps]

I really didn't mean to brag about it or anything. I'm sorry if you found my post that way 😳 . I'm thinking about applying next year and don't know much about applying and what not. And thanks for your comment.

 

[SpinEcho13]

You'll be fine. How do you have a 3.94 overall and a 3.8 engineering? Aren't most of your classes engineering classes? 4/5 of all the classes I have taken are in the engineering dept...

 

[ecnerwalc3321]

well, I wasn't irritated or anything to clear matters up. Personally, I'm an engineer and I know the difficulties of engineering courses. A 3.8 is definitely above average for engineering courses and won't hinder your chances at med school admissions. I

 

[bugmenot]

well, I wasn't irritated or anything to clear matters up. Personally, I'm an engineer and I know the difficulties of engineering courses. A 3.8 is definitely above average for engineering courses and won't hinder your chances at med school admissions. I

Dude, that could hurt you. Make sure you apply to plenty of backup schools to be safe.

 

[juiceman311]

Can I please drop a duece in your bed. Please.

 

[idandps]

You'll be fine. How do you have a 3.94 overall and a 3.8 engineering? Aren't most of your classes engineering classes? 4/5 of all the classes I have taken are in the engineering dept...

I'm a CS major and I was thinking about changing to EE when I was a Sophomore. So I only took courses that are required by both departments, and most of them were physics, mathematics, humanitites. So out of ~100 credit hours that I have taken so far, only ~20 are CS courses. And I need to take ~30 credit hours worth of CS courses to graduate, which I intend to do so in the last year at the college, only 50 overall credit hours of CS courses are required at UIUC.

 

[ecnerwalc3321]

what's going on here?

 

[Nexus777]

I have an several engineering friends who had far lower GPAs than their compatriot applicants and got into top 10 schools. One had 7 Cs on his transcript - Harvard. Another had a C and also Harvard. Another with a 3.2 science and 3.4 overall - Duke. These schools will recognize the engineering major. They didn't do anything else extraordinary, and their MCATs were mid 30s. I should warn you that they went to good engineering undergrads though, so you should weigh that with your undergrad school.

 

[idandps]

I have an several engineering friends who had far lower GPAs than their compatriot applicants and got into top 10 schools. One had 7 Cs on his transcript - Harvard. Another had a C and also Harvard. Another with a 3.2 science and 3.4 overall - Duke. These schools will recognize the engineering major. They didn't do anything else extraordinary, and their MCATs were mid 30s. I should warn you that they went to good engineering undergrads though, so you should weigh that with your undergrad school.

Thanks for your comment. It's good to hear that all the hardships I had to went through for being an engineering major will finally pay off. And I thought that UIUC is not such bad an engineering school 😀, just joking.

 

[CptCrunch]

Can I please drop a duece in your bed. Please.

 

[Duchess742]

I realized that we have to list engineering courseworks done on the AMCAS application (I'm an engineering major). And my engineering GPA isn't so hot, 3.8 😀 . But my overall GPA is 3.94 and BSCM GPA is 3.98. Is my engineering GPA going to be a big problem? That is, do the adcoms look at ENG GPA in particular, in addition to overall and BSCM GPAs? I would appreciate any help. 🙂

It sounds like you're really in trouble. What I hear is that med school adcoms separate your engineering courses on your AMCAS and calculate the GPA separately. Then, in keeping with the standard policy established many many years ago by the great physicians of our past, they SUBTRACT your engineering GPA from your overall GPA!

So for you, the GPA you'll have to compete for admission with is:

3.94 - 3.8 = 0.14

Talk about "not so hot"!
Good luck, kid.

 

[idandps]

It sounds like you're really in trouble. What I hear is that med school adcoms separate your engineering courses on your AMCAS and calculate the GPA separately. Then, in keeping with the standard policy established many many years ago by the great physicians of our past, they SUBTRACT your engineering GPA from your overall GPA!

So for you, the GPA you'll have to compete for admission with is:

3.94 - 3.8 = 0.14

Talk about "not so hot"!
Good luck, kid.

Thanks. That was very mature 😛 .

 

[TheFreshPrince]

Thanks. That was very mature 😛 .

you're fine but I hope you're not a troll. You joined this site in March and don't know that a 3.8 is competitive? Perhaps you're honest in your claim of ignorance but I find this hard to believe. Sorry for being cynical but there are so many trolls that start threads like this everday.

 

[Zubair]

I have an several engineering friends who had far lower GPAs than their compatriot applicants and got into top 10 schools. One had 7 Cs on his transcript - Harvard. Another had a C and also Harvard. Another with a 3.2 science and 3.4 overall - Duke. These schools will recognize the engineering major. They didn't do anything else extraordinary, and their MCATs were mid 30s. I should warn you that they went to good engineering undergrads though, so you should weigh that with your undergrad school.

Omg you're kidding right? I'm doing Computer Engineering at UIUC and after one semester (12 credit hours) I had a 2.3 GPA, (C+, C, C-, and B+). I thought there was no hope left for me.

I'm really considering switching to another major because it's so hard as engineering majors to get your GPA high. But I can't believe an engineering major with 7 Cs on his transcript got into Harvard... WOW...?

Should I just stick with engineering? It seems as thought it will actually do more good than harm reading your post??

 

[Duchess742]

Thanks. That was very mature 😛 .

oh come on...you post about how you think your near-perfect 3.8 engineering gpa is a serious problem for your med school application and you expect to get real sympathy?? maybe you haven't noticed, but i'm not the only one who responded with an appropriately sarcastic post. i typically do give mature (and hopefully helpful) responses, but i make a practice of saving such efforts for worthy threads.

some people do have actual problems, you know 🙄

 

[idandps]

you're fine but I hope you're not a troll. You joined this site in March and don't know that a 3.8 is competitive? Perhaps you're honest in your claim of ignorance but I find this hard to believe. Sorry for being cynical but there are so many trolls that start threads like this everday.

I'm no troll and I would delete the post if the board provided such functionality. And yes, I really thought that 3.8 isn't that competitive after seen so many people who got into my dream schools having over 3.9 in MDApp.

 

[idandps]

Omg you're kidding right? I'm doing Computer Engineering at UIUC and after one semester (12 credit hours) I had a 2.3 GPA, (C+, C, C-, and B+). I thought there was no hope left for me.

I'm really considering switching to another major because it's so hard as engineering majors to get your GPA high. But I can't believe an engineering major with 7 Cs on his transcript got into Harvard... WOW...?

Should I just stick with engineering? It seems as thought it will actually do more good than harm reading your post??

I say CE is the second difficult major at our school (next to EE). If you don't like it, and if you have other particular area you want to study for, go talk to your eng advisor about it.

 

[Wookey]

I have an several engineering friends who had far lower GPAs than their compatriot applicants and got into top 10 schools. One had 7 Cs on his transcript - Harvard. Another had a C and also Harvard. Another with a 3.2 science and 3.4 overall - Duke. These schools will recognize the engineering major. They didn't do anything else extraordinary, and their MCATs were mid 30s. I should warn you that they went to good engineering undergrads though, so you should weigh that with your undergrad school.

Rats... should've applied to Harvard too. I was surprised to even get interviews at Duke and UCLA though. Who knew engineering would be the ticket to med school lol. Back to the OP's question... you're in great shape. Just make sure you also have some clinical, volunteer, and research exp and LORs to back it up. Don't be afraid to apply to more top schools also. If I knew med schools loved engineering majors I would've overloaded with top 10's.

 

[Darkshooter326]

Yeah, you are either an douche or a liar. Nobody here cares to hear you complain about absolutely nothing. Go talk to a mirror, don't bring your narcisstic **** here. Have fun at Harvard or Yale where other losers like yourself end up.

 

[idandps]

Yeah, you are either an douche or a liar. Nobody here cares to hear you complain about absolutely nothing. Go talk to a mirror, don't bring your narcisstic **** here. Have fun at Harvard or Yale where other losers like yourself end up.

you meant narcissistic

 

[Shortjome]

Omg you're kidding right? I'm doing Computer Engineering at UIUC and after one semester (12 credit hours) I had a 2.3 GPA, (C+, C, C-, and B+). I thought there was no hope left for me.

I'm really considering switching to another major because it's so hard as engineering majors to get your GPA high. But I can't believe an engineering major with 7 Cs on his transcript got into Harvard... WOW...?

Should I just stick with engineering? It seems as thought it will actually do more good than harm reading your post??

Yeesh, I graduated from UIUC as computer engineering and my advice is uh.. SAVE YOURSELF! It's one of the top engineering schools and.. the toughest is yet to come! I don't mean to dissuade you from it, but it gets really hard, really quickly. Hours will be burnt in the lab, solving equations. I'm sure you had a hand in debugging with ECE110 (if it's still 110...), 10% designing, 90% scratching your head and troubleshooting.

BUT, alas. I started with a 4.0 and just went downhill... NOT the way to go. Tanked my last semester with a 2.9 (damn you, STAT400) to end up with a 3.6 In your case though, you've got lots of room to improve and med schools love the upward trend in GPA over your undergraduate career. So yeah, it's up to you, but do keep an open mind. Best of luck to you in your endeavors!