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birdboybird

birdboybird

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My GPA is 3.71 WOW!

but my ROTC and leadership classes have helped fluff that GPA up really nicely. Does a high GPA, despite the fluff, look good?

What are the advantages and disadvantageous to having a high. albeit "fake" GPA.
 
birdboybird said:
My GPA is 3.71 WOW!

but my ROTC and leadership classes have helped fluff that GPA up really nicely. Does a high GPA, despite the fluff, look good?
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birdboybird said:
What are the advantages and disadvantageous to having a high. albeit "fake" GPA.
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Good especially if your science GPA is high too. If your science GPA is low then it is not as good.
 
TriagePreMed said:
Yep, with most schools it boils down to sGPA + MCAT.
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I have a 3.8c and 3.65s. Are you saying I would be looked at on equal grounds as someone with a 3.5c and 3.65s with the same MCAT? I'm not questioning you're ideology, I'm just confused on why cGPA is not boiled down in the decision to admit someone.
 
It's not just one factor, it's the whole package. I do not ever recall a decision to admit someone and waitlist antoher basedmerely on GPA or MCAT. Obvious, the Admissions Deans have thier own take on who to invite, but at a DO school, anyone with a 3.5+ GPA and an MCAT >26 will probably nail an II, unless there are some disasters in the packet.

Back to OP's question: will "fluff" coursework be a disadvantage? No.It's not what you take, it's how well you do with it. No amout of poetry or art courses will make Orgo or Anatomy any easier.

VisualEvolution said:
I have a 3.8c and 3.65s. Are you saying I would be looked at on equal grounds as someone with a 3.5c and 3.65s with the same MCAT? I'm not questioning you're ideology, I'm just confused on why cGPA is not boiled down in the decision to admit someone.
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I understand what you're saying. But in the situation I posted above, those two individuals can't be seen under the same light. I mean if you include sGPA a major factor in admission, then theres no way you can't include cGPA in there.
 
VisualEvolution said:
I understand what you're saying. But in the situation I posted above, those two individuals can't be seen under the same light. I mean if you include sGPA a major factor in admission, then theres no way you can't include cGPA in there.
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I've seen people here with c3.5/s3.0 having less success than the other way around. Ultimately, both GPA do matter, but a higher science GPA is correlated with admissions.
 
TriagePreMed said:
I've seen people here with c3.5/s3.0 having less success than the other way around. Ultimately, both GPA do matter, but a higher science GPA is correlated with admissions.
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Sometimes a great MCAT can sometimes outweight a low sciecne gpa. I know of someone who had a 2.9 cum, 3.1-3.2 science, and a 35+ MCAT. He got a few DO acceptances pretty late in the cycles he applied. He had one unique non-medical EC.
 
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