At this point I have gotten 20 secondaries out of 22 applications, submitted 3, and have been rejected preinterview by 1. The thing that worries me most is GPA cutoffs, specifically sGPA. While my cGPA is at 3.3 almost 3.4, my sGPA is tetering at the brink at a 2.97. I took a summer class that was a retake, and I assumed that due to the grade replacement policy, my GPA would go past the 3.0 mark. Turns out that isn't the case, since academic update doesn't replace repeated courses after academic update, and rather counts both courses as part of the GPA (since the courses were taken at different schools). It makes me wish I hadn't sent in my primary before summer grades came out.
So my question is, should I try to email the schools about my GPA issue? Let them know that with grade replacement my GPA would be >3.0 rather than <3.0? Would they even care, or is it still an automatic screen? Any good way to bring it up?
I'm also currently taking 3 classes to replace old C grades. All of them have been going well and I think I can get A's in all, but no worse than a B in any (this is after midterm grades have come out). Would this make any difference? Using these grades my new GPA would be above a 3.0 even with the academic update rule about not replacing old grades. Should I wait to send out secondaries until the academic update is made in Dec/January? It takes them a month so my secondaries will be really late. What is the best option here?
So my question is, should I try to email the schools about my GPA issue? Let them know that with grade replacement my GPA would be >3.0 rather than <3.0? Would they even care, or is it still an automatic screen? Any good way to bring it up?
I'm also currently taking 3 classes to replace old C grades. All of them have been going well and I think I can get A's in all, but no worse than a B in any (this is after midterm grades have come out). Would this make any difference? Using these grades my new GPA would be above a 3.0 even with the academic update rule about not replacing old grades. Should I wait to send out secondaries until the academic update is made in Dec/January? It takes them a month so my secondaries will be really late. What is the best option here?
