GPA Question?

[uvache]

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Got it answered 😀

 

[Ismet]

Let's say you take classes in the summer at another 4 year college, different than the one you're attending.. what happens to those classes with regards to GPA (in regards to AMCAS)?

I've been hearing two things so far:
1. The GPA for the summer (regardless of the institution where classes were taken) is integrated with that year's GPA from your home institution.

2. You report that GPA differently, and both are considered.


-Also, for whoever is answering, I would appreciate if you would elaborate on this question with regards to science/premed gpa as well.

You submit transcripts from all universities/colleges where you took courses for credit.

You also input the information (including institution, course name, credits, grade, etc) manually into the application.

AMCAS compares what you put in the application against your transcripts (the verification process) and from that they calculate your total GPA as well as your BCPM GPA ("science" GPA - all your biology, chemistry, physics, and math courses).

tl;dr Both are technically wrong. You never report a GPA. You report the courses and submit the transcripts.

 

[theseeker4]

Let's say you take classes in the summer at another 4 year college, different than the one you're attending.. what happens to those classes with regards to GPA (in regards to AMCAS)?

I've been hearing two things so far:
1. The GPA for the summer (regardless of the institution where classes were taken) is integrated with that year's GPA from your home institution.

2. You report that GPA differently, and both are considered.


-Also, for whoever is answering, I would appreciate if you would elaborate on this question with regards to science/premed gpa as well.

AMCAS will receive transcripts directly from each school you attended, and will calculate the GPA themselves, including cGPA and sGPA. If your undergraduate school counts certain courses you took at a different institution toward your GPA, AMCAS doesn't care, they will simply calculate a "new" GPA for you based on each course you took at each school you attended. In this way, what you seem to be saying for #1 above is wrong, and what you are saying for #2 is correct, regarding your AMCAS GPAs. There is nothing to elaborate on for science GPA, as it is treated the same as your total GPA by AMCAS, simply including bio, chem, physics, and math courses. Pre req GPA (what I assume you mean by pre-med gpa) is not broken out separately from the sGPA, so there is no separate "pre req GPA" unless an individual school calculates one themselves.

If this didn't answer your question, feel free to ask more specific questions.

 

[uvache]

So does that mean both are counted eventually?

Also, this might be off topic, but how does the AMCAS GPA generally compare to the gpa you calculated yourself?

 

[NCKSD]

So does that mean both are counted eventually?

Also, this might be off topic, but how does the AMCAS GPA generally compare to the gpa you calculated yourself?

Yes, any courses at any institution will be used in GPA calculation. And that depends, if you calculate it like AMCAS does, it'll be exactly the same 😳 (but really just google how AMCAS gpa works it goes A, A-, B+, B, C+.. corresponding to 4, 3.7, 3.3, 3, 2.7, etc.)

 

[theseeker4]

So does that mean both are counted eventually?

Also, this might be off topic, but how does the AMCAS GPA generally compare to the gpa you calculated yourself?

Both are calculated equally, by credit hour, if that is what you mean, for purposes of your reported GPAs. Specific schools may view courses from one institution as weighing more than courses from another, but that is school specific.

You do not calculate a GPA, you enter all the courses and AMCAS calculates the GPA for you.

 

[uvache]

hmmm.. it seems like we might have mixed opinions (or I am just reading this wrong). Let me ask you this:

AMCAS calculates one gpa for us, correct? If that is the case, then do these summer courses carry an equivalent weight (as our regular courses) in that GPA?

 

[Ismet]

hmmm.. it seems like we might have mixed opinions (or I am just reading this wrong). Let me ask you this:

AMCAS calculates one gpa for us, correct? If that is the case, then do these summer courses carry an equivalent weight (as our regular courses) in that GPA?

Yes and yes. Take the institution out of the equation. College courses are college courses.

 

[TRSTme]

Please correct me if I'm mistaken, but wouldn't that depend on if OP's home institution assigns a grade to the courses taken at another institution? If the home institution just awards credits (no grade) for courses taken during the summer, wouldn't the grade not be included in the AMCAS calculation?

Edit: Just double-checked with the manual, and yup, they're all included!

 

[Ismet]

Please correct me if I'm mistaken, but wouldn't that depend on if OP's home institution assigns a grade to the courses taken at another institution? If the home institution just awards credits (no grade) for courses taken during the summer, wouldn't the grade not be included in the AMCAS calculation?

I repeat, you must submit transcripts from every institution where you took classes.

Example:

I did my undergraduate at Pitt. I also did a study abroad program affiliated with a different university. The credits from that study abroad program transferred to my degree at Pitt, but the grades did not (transfered as P/F). However, for AMCAS, I had to submit a transcript from Pitt as well as a transcript from the school through which I did the study abroad. So therefore, for AMCAS, both the credits AND the grades from the study abroad counted.

 

[uvache]

Got it. Thank you all so much for your prompt replies 🙂