Grad back to Undergrad to improve?

[Prettypuff1]

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So I have laid out my undergrad and grad GPAs.. Undergrad needs help, grad is great. Both of these are in hard ( U=Chemistry, G=Biology with research) science disciplines. . I am really interested in doing what i need to do to get into an MD program. So i am considering going back to undergrad to do 40 CH of work, Summer -Summer to improve my science GPA. Does this sound appropriate to plan to get the uGPA up to snuff? Will it look poorly to do this?

I understand that the uGPA is the most important so I really want to fix it before I even apply.

 

[Euxox]

I may be wrong, but I am pretty sure that once you graduate, your undergrad GPA is set in stone. I don't think that the grades you get from going back and taking more classes will affect your undergrad GPA.

 

[gravitywave]

I may be wrong, but I am pretty sure that once you graduate, your undergrad GPA is set in stone. I don't think that the grades you get from going back and taking more classes will affect your undergrad GPA.

All undergrad courses taken will affect uGPA regardless of when they were taken (so yes, you are wrong!) Your processed AMCAS report even has a fifth column on it for undergrad courses taken post-graduation. Admissions will focus mostly on the total average of all undergrad courses taken, and typically allow for trends.

OP, I take it you realize that your grad GPA will have little bearing on your chances of acceptance. The Non-Traditional forum is full of people in your situation, perhaps you can get more help there.

 

[wanderedtoolong]

As absurd as it seems, it's true- your uGPA + MCAT will determine whether you're invited to interview at most schools. I went ahead and applied with my 3.3 ugpa and a 3.9 ggpa, 37, and have only had interviews at my state schools and "lower stat friendly" schools. What is most ridiculous is that there were a bunch of 400 level bcmp classes in my graduate degree taken WITH undergrads- I got As in all of them but it just doesn't matter. So yes, if you have the time, money, and motivation to take undergrad classes and bump that ugpa, it will help your chances. That said, I still got into a med school. Definitely take this on over to the non-trad forum, there are many folks with experience in these matters.

 

[Benedictus123]

What if you have the opposite situation? Like, my undergrad GPA for AMCAS was a 3.95C and like a 3.98S (I transferred between schools, so my final uGPA is higher than my 'official university' one because the grades I got my first two years didn't matriculate even though the credits did), but my grad GPA between my masters and PhD is something like a 3.57. Do I get slammed for that, or does the 'they don't care about grad GPA' thing swing both ways?

 

[Prettypuff1]

As absurd as it seems, it's true- your uGPA + MCAT will determine whether you're invited to interview at most schools. I went ahead and applied with my 3.3 ugpa and a 3.9 ggpa, 37, and have only had interviews at my state schools and "lower stat friendly" schools. What is most ridiculous is that there were a bunch of 400 level bcmp classes in my graduate degree taken WITH undergrads- I got As in all of them but it just doesn't matter. So yes, if you have the time, money, and motivation to take undergrad classes and bump that ugpa, it will help your chances. That said, I still got into a med school. Definitely take this on over to the non-trad forum, there are many folks with experience in these matters.

This is what in afraid of. What's interesting is ie talked to a few pre med advisors who were like " you should be good to go with your grad gpa in the hard sciences."

Ill repost the question in nontraditional forum