For the last 45 credits.. I know U of Minn says specifically they will not count fall/spring after the application is due on your last 45... anyone else know if that is true or not for other schools?
I think the majority of the schools will not count the fall semester (for this year, Fall 2010) because they are normally already extending interview invites during this time, and it's probably too much of a hassle to recalculate GPAs after the fall semester.
They may take them into account in some cases. 1st 2 rounds of interviews are Dec and very early January and those invites go out before end of fall semester. So certainly they are not taking them into account in all cases.
I know VMRCVM does not include these grades. From what I understand is that most schools have already calculated your cumulative, science and last 45 GPA and base their decisions on these numbers.