Do Master students need to have a higher GPA vs undergrads?

[Johnwickk]

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Someone in my masters program told me that masters students need to have a higher GPA compared to undergraduate students. Is this true? Doesn't really make sense because master programs are not easy as we take dental and medical school courses. Can someone fill me in on this?
Thanks

 

[mariobrosdoctor]

Here's something on this topic directly from Dr. Mejia, assistant dean of admissions at NYU (starts at 22:15):

"One of the worst things that can happen in a masters program is if your GPA is a flat 3.0, that would be the same as an undergraduate GPA of 2.0, right? So if you're going to go that route, what we're looking at is if you can handle graduate science classes and do better than a B, because that would be the minimum requirement to get a masters degree."

 

[Bingwen]

I would agree with the above poster. I don't think that it is so much that your GPA needs to be higher. If you had a 3.8 in undergrad dental schools aren't expecting you to do better than that. Dental schools do, however, look at you Master's GPA to see how you would do in their program. Dental schools are graduate level programs just like Master's programs. If you are struggling in the Master's it is likely you will struggle in dental school.