GPA influence in nontrad route

[petomed]

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I'm a nontrad and am concerned about gpa. Didn't focus on prereq's at all in undergrad or during M.S. degree but am taking what I need now. As with most nontrads, my undergrad gpa is path dependent and not fully representative of my performance abilities because any prereq's taken before postbac study were backseated to degree specific courses--in my case mechanical engineering courses.

Let's say other facets (rec letters, volunteering, mcat score) are average compared to admitted applicants. Is my GPA going to hurt me? It will take several extra postbac classes to move the sGPA needle up to 3.80. Will my path dependent study be considered by adcoms?

Undergrad:
cGPA = 3.38
sGPA = 3.65

Grad school:
cGPA = 3.87
sGPA = none

Postbac:
cGPA = 4.0
sGPA = 4.0

Total:
cGPA = 3.51
sGPA = 3.75

 

[Unico]

Search the forums. Plenty of other people in the same boat who have posted and received responses before -- additionally if they did get into a school hopefully they would have mentioned that in another post.

DO candidate for sure

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[petomed]

Search the forums. Plenty of other people in the same boat who have posted and received responses before -- additionally if they did get into a school hopefully they would have mentioned that in another post.

DO candidate for sure

Check out LizzyM score calculator:
https://schools.studentdoctor.net/lizzym_score?reload=1&r=1481734820862


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That's a great tool, thank you!

 

[Goro]

Your numbers are great. There are lots of schools that reward reinvention as well. Start with your state schools.

I'm a nontrad and am concerned about gpa. Didn't focus on prereq's at all in undergrad or during M.S. degree but am taking what I need now. As with most nontrads, my undergrad gpa is path dependent and not fully representative of my performance abilities because any prereq's taken before postbac study were backseated to degree specific courses--in my case mechanical engineering courses.

Let's say other facets (rec letters, volunteering, mcat score) are average compared to admitted applicants. Is my GPA going to hurt me? It will take several extra postbac classes to move the sGPA needle up to 3.80. Will my path dependent study be considered by adcoms?

Undergrad:
cGPA = 3.38
sGPA = 3.65

Grad school:
cGPA = 3.87
sGPA = none

Postbac:
cGPA = 4.0
sGPA = 4.0

Total:
cGPA = 3.51
sGPA = 3.75