Do GPAs improve?

[curiouslygeorge]

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Just wondering... How much did your GPA improved as you went along in college? Did most of you get higher GPAs in your junior and senior years because you are more into your major? Or did your GPA go down because it was harder?

 

[Adcadet]

pretty stable. I did a BA in biology, so I was always taking as many non-bio/chem/physics classes as bio/chem/physics classes. I never really thought I had a particularly tough or easy semester.

 

[thealbino]

Originally posted by Adcadet
pretty stable. I did a BA in biology, so I was always taking as many non-bio/chem/physics classes as bio/chem/physics classes. I never really thought I had a particularly tough or easy semester.

A BA in biology? I would've thought that a science-intensive major like bio would be a BS ?😕

 

[Woots32]

Well, my GPA went up because it had nowhere else to go. 😉 After my first semester I barely had a 3.0, and had to really push it to get it where it is now. Obviously, the more hours you have, the less you're going to be able to affect your GPA - which can be a good thing or a bad thing.

 

[Woots32]

Personally, I'm glad I got a BS instead of a BA. I think the abbreviation is more fitting. 😉

 

[tatabox80]

Hey there,
After my frosh year, I had a 3.57 overall gpa, and a 3.25 science gpa. My amcas overall gpa was a 3.75 and my science was a 3.64 when I submitted this year. So I substantially improved. You can improve very easily

 

[Irene Adler]

I got a B.S. in theatre. I could have gotten the B.A. because I'd done the language requirement--but a B.S. appeared more unusual.


If you can stand another "what are my chances question", I finished calculating my GPA. Including my grad school classes, I have a 3.5 overall, and a 3.3 science GPA. This does not look good.

On the other hand, my recent premed work is all A's and one B (although it is at a community college) it's the undergrad that is killing me. And I'm willing to bet that a theatre degree isn't considered that tough a major, even if some miserable science classes were thrown in.

So--here's the million dollar question: What are my chances? I know you folks are sick of these questions--but have mercy on a newbie.

 

[UCLAstudent]

I'm only a sophomore, but GPA has improved. After fall quarter freshman year, I had a 3.1 GPA (although most freshmen tend to do poorly their first quarter). I currently have a 3.65 science and a 3.65 cum. GPA.

 

[CD]

My gpa definately went DOWN. 18-20 credits a term in "basic" classes like english, theater, biology, psychology, "bowling" etc. was pretty easy to get all A's. HOWEVER, when I decided to go pre-engr. and had to take statics, dynamics, calc-physics, electrical fundamentals, calculus and the like things went down hill!!!! Never again as an undergrad did I get strait A's even though I only took 12 credits.

 

[SMW]

Welcome to SDN, curiouslygeorge! Mine stayed about the same all through college. Human biology major, although I declared it late. My GPA stayed stable whether I was taking a mix of classes, or all pre-med reqs (took all of physics one summer, and all of orgo another summer).

 

[Adcadet]

Originally posted by thealbino
A BA in biology? I would've thought that a science-intensive major like bio would be a BS ?😕

at my liberal arts college we could only get BAs. Everybody had to take the equivalent of two years of a foreign language, and we had distribution requirments. I believe everybody had to take at least 4 credits in the natural sciences, at least 4 credits in the humanities, 4 credits in the fine arts, and 4 credits in the social sciences (or something like that).