GPA Questions

[messenjah]

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I have about a 3.16 undergrad gpa, but about a 3.4-ish TOTAL gpa when you combine all of my post bacc in there too. i have also taken the mcat, 30 P, but after having taken those post bacc classes and practice tests on the mcat, i think i could reasonablly do around 33-35 level. i have also been out of undergrad college for about 3 years.

question is, will my post bacc (was done on my own, not a formal program) be added into the gpa that they will look at? or will my undergrad gpa kill me in the admissions process? I am planning on taking more classes to prep more for the mcat and possible help my gpa get to about a 3.5 if possible. will that be in vain???

i have taken a large number of post bacc classes, that i think might be able to add up to another undergrad degree. if i were to do that, would they still be considered post bacc??

can anyone offer advice on what to do? what will the adcoms think?? if i could get a 35 or so mcat, are top tier schools possible or still completely out of the question??

thanks!

 

[ItsNotATumor]

Any undergrad classes you take after getting your first Bachelor's will be considered post-bac, irregardless if you're in a fomral program or doing it on your own. When entered into AMCAS, the totals will be added to your undergrad GPA. I was in similar shape and took a bunch of post-bac classes to raise the ole' science GPA... guess it worked 🙂