GPA adjustment

[Oceaner]

1. I am a BSc. I have one more year left before applications (going to third year), I am in science. I have kind of a ****ty GPA (3.1)... which I've began to change around starting with my most recent summer course. I've been doing very well on my practice MCATs (doing it later this month) and this has given me some serious hope for applying in the upcoming year. I want to maximime my GPA... .I've taken several uper-level/graduate arts courses and have 4.0 in all of them, so I was thinking of doing more arts courses mixed in with my science --- BUT then my science GPA is reallyy low, so should I take as many science courses as I can instead? my options are Upper-level science courses I guess... is there any other kind I can take that can be filler (since my courseload is already pretty hard) but counts as science?

2. I took an orgo where I got a low D (however an A+ in the lab component and exam, long story) I retook the course and got a high A. However, on my transcript they basically they basically gave me a C+ (average the grades out??? I don't know)... Someone told me you could get pardoned for a grade, however my school doesn't seem to have this policy. I have iffy medical reason for why I got the low grade (iffy in the sense that it wasn't a broken body, dead great-uncle bob, but medical in the sense that I got tests and had to see a specialist for a bit.) I have other Cs but at this point this D is a gpa diff of 0.15. At this point I am kind of desparate... how exactly do you go about getting a grade removed? is it even worth it to try?

sorry about the but thanks guys!!!

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[DrBrizzle]

I couldn't really tell you , as it varies at each individual school. My advice is to go talk to your schools registrar or ombudsman, they would probably know best.

 

[MilkmanAl]

I have kind of a ****ty GPA (3.1)... which I've began to change around starting with my most recent summer course. I've been doing very well on my practice MCATs (doing it later this month) and this has given me some serious hope for applying in the upcoming year.

How well is "very well," exactly? I ask because I applied with a 3.1/35 and got shafted at 27/28 schools, and I'd imagine that most people would consider a 35 at least in "very good" territory. Granted, I didn't apply particularly wisely or early, but the point is that the 3.1 is going to cream you. If it's your science GPA that's holding you down, take all the easy science courses you can.

I took an orgo where I got a low D (however an A+ in the lab component and exam, long story) I retook the course and got a high A. However, on my transcript they basically they basically gave me a C+ (average the grades out??? I don't know)

AMCAS will average the two grades, so that's probably what's going on.

Someone told me you could get pardoned for a grade, however my school doesn't seem to have this policy. I have iffy medical reason for why I got the low grade

I dunno, I guess there's a chance you could get the D changed to a W if you can provide adequate documentation of your medical issues and get some doctors notes and stuff. Gear up for a lot of work, though. Administrative stuff like that always sucks. A guy I used to work with had something similar done when he was diagnosed as bipolar. He basically got a year's worth of grades expunged. It can happen, but don't count on it.

 

[Keona]

If the grade shows on your transcript, at all, it's getting averaged, no matter what your school does with it. AMCAS doesn't seem to care if you retook the course, and got a higher grade, it will still help that you got the higher score, but unless the school will remove the D from your transcript it will still count.

 

[Oceaner]

If the grade shows on your transcript, at all, it's getting averaged, no matter what your school does with it. AMCAS doesn't seem to care if you retook the course, and got a higher grade, it will still help that you got the higher score, but unless the school will remove the D from your transcript it will still count.

I am not applying for this round--but next year... so yeah, I wanted to find out how to get the school to remove the grade from people who've had experiences.

 

[tiedyeddog]

I am not applying for this round--but next year... so yeah, I wanted to find out how to get the school to remove the grade from people who've had experiences.

i've never heard of a school retroactively assigning a W for a grade. I doubt it will occur since you could have dropped if you were that sick but you didn't. If you got a good grade on the final, this argument is even more true because you didn't get sick after drop date.....(If I read your first post correctly...)