GPA question.....

[Biogal302]

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so back in my freshman year i got a C in general biology 1. I'm graduating undergrad in two weeks. I'm thinking of applying in this upcoming cycle....so if i were to retake general biology 1 over this summer. Does the grade change affect/increase my old Cumulative GPA/science GPA or does it stand as an independent GPA because i would have already graduated.....??


just a little confused ....😕

thanks!

 

[physicslover]

yea..im on the same boat...anyone know the answer?

 

[chewbacca4321]

OptomCAS calculates the GPA so your school GPA may not necessarily be the GPA that OptomCAS calculates. You should consider that the grade you get from retaking the course will be factored into your GPA after you have completed the course. If there is no grade but an In Progress at the time you are applying, then it only shows the school that you are taking the course, but not the grade. However, you can choose to submit your application after you have taken the summer course (which will put you a month after OptomCAS opens). You should contact the school to see how retaking the course will help you. Honestly, at this point, if you are already graduating, you have accumulated so many grade points that another course probably won't help your GPA. And school require at least a C on pre-requisites, so you should be fine with the grade you've already received.

 

[Mewcakes]

I know there a loooots and lots of threads discussing this. Something about if you take it at the same institution within the same record (so before you graduate and "close your file") then your C will be replaced. If you take it at any other institution, then it is averaged. I'm feeling kind of too lazy to explain fully. Try using the search function, there's at least 3 threads with 15 posts each. 😛

 

[physicslover]

I read those threads but they don't really answer the question. On optomcas, there are like POST-BS GPA and a science GPA etc. What the OP is asking is whether the grade will fall under the POST BS GPA since she technically graduated, and not replace the grade b/c she has graduated.

 

[Mewcakes]

No. I think it's just overall gpa and science gpa. It doesn't distinguish whether it's post bac or not. The only difference is the way a repeat is integrated into the gpa.

 

[physicslover]

Actually if go onto Optomcas, GPA calculations on the left hand side there are the following catagories: undergraduate GPA, graduate, post BS/BA and Overall.
That's how it is for me.

 

[Mewcakes]

oh you're right, it does. I didn't do any post-bac or graduate work so I never noticed them. I'm lead to believe that any degree-seeking work done after undergraduate qualifies as Graduate and any non-degree-seeking coursework is Post-BS/BA Undergraduate. But post-bac/graduate GPAs I think are not weighted when you calculate overall gpa. So if you had 220 Q units in undergrad and had 3.2 and then did 10 units of post-bac with a 4.0, your gpa isn't reallllly going to move that much because 220 >>> 10.

 

[chocol8]

@ Physicslover - for those who took undergrad courses outside of their undergrad degree, do you know if optometry schools are looking at our overall gpa (undergrad + post undergrad course work) and not our undergrad gpa? This is something i was also wondering as well...