Grades vs. GPA

[Dooley12]

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Hello,

I’m a first year at Emory and just got an 88 on an exam that is worth half of my overall grade in psyc. An 85 or above is an A in this class which is a 4.0 at my school. Would medical schools see the number grade of my classes or only my overall GPAs?

Thank you

 

[bluepeony]

Hello,

I’m a first year at Emory and just got an 88 on an exam that is worth half of my overall grade in psyc. An 85 or above is an A in this class which is a 4.0 at my school. Would medical schools see the number grade of my classes or only my overall GPAs?

Thank you

Overall gpa, bcpm gpa, all other gpa

 

[tall_expat]

They won't see a number grade. You'll submit your transcript and submit your grades on AMCAS so they can see the letter grade for each individual class and your GPA.

 

[EpilepticRat]

This is how grades appear in AMCAS. They are split by year. The first pair of columns show BCPM GPA which is referred to as sGPA, the middle columns show humanities GPA (aoGPA), and the right shows cumulative (cGPA). Far right shows # of credits

 

[Catalystik]

I’m a first year at Emory and just got an 88 on an exam that is worth half of my overall grade in psyc. An 85 or above is an A in this class which is a 4.0 at my school. Would medical schools see the number grade of my classes or only my overall GPAs?

On the transcript, we will see the letter grade that you earned in each class as well as your year-by-year BCPM GPA, AO GPA, and cGPA on a grid.

 

[907914]

Hello,

I’m a first year at Emory and just got an 88 on an exam that is worth half of my overall grade in psyc. An 85 or above is an A in this class which is a 4.0 at my school. Would medical schools see the number grade of my classes or only my overall GPAs?

Thank you

They will not see the number grade, as stated earlier. However, even if they did see the number grade does it matter? In the context of a class where the 4.0 level is set at 85% (so nice!) there would have to be a reasoning and this the scale provides context to your performance. Numbers are meaningless in a vacuum.

 

[BoneBroCO]

Quick question while the topic is being discussed. I understand that classes are filed into fresh/soph/jun/sen year based on credits and not when exactly they were taken. So, for example, the first 32 credits automatically go towards freshman year. For me, I took nearly 150 credits in four years because I added a second degree halfway through. does this mean that anything over 128 credits goes in as a post bac even though it was completed in the four years I was in school?

 

[deleted859689]

Post bac is post bachelor’s degree. Did you get your first bachelor’s first and then get the second? Or complete both at the same time upon graduation?

 

[tall_expat]

Quick question while the topic is being discussed. I understand that classes are filed into fresh/soph/jun/sen year based on credits and not when exactly they were taken. So, for example, the first 32 credits automatically go towards freshman year. For me, I took nearly 150 credits in four years because I added a second degree halfway through. does this mean that anything over 128 credits goes in as a post bac even though it was completed in the four years I was in school?

What do you mean they are filed based on credits? On AMCAS you will have to indicate when they were taken and I'm hoping your transcript is the same way. They shouldn't show up as post-bac. I took over 128 credits as well but they all showed up for the period that I actually took those credits.

 

[Goro]

Hello,

I’m a first year at Emory and just got an 88 on an exam that is worth half of my overall grade in psyc. An 85 or above is an A in this class which is a 4.0 at my school. Would medical schools see the number grade of my classes or only my overall GPAs?

Thank you

I would see how you did in each course, your year by year GPAs, and cGPA and sGPA.

Do not obsess over a single metric

 

[907914]

Quick question while the topic is being discussed. I understand that classes are filed into fresh/soph/jun/sen year based on credits and not when exactly they were taken. So, for example, the first 32 credits automatically go towards freshman year. For me, I took nearly 150 credits in four years because I added a second degree halfway through. does this mean that anything over 128 credits goes in as a post bac even though it was completed in the four years I was in school?

By second degree do you mean double major? Or you graduated at the same time from two different degree paths?

 

[BoneBroCO]

Post bac is post bachelor’s degree. Did you get your first bachelor’s first and then get the second? Or complete both at the same time upon graduation?

I finished my first one during my spring semester of 4th year, graduated, and then had ~6 credits I took over the summer after to finish up the second one.

 

[907914]

I finished my first one during my spring semester of 4th year, graduated, and then had ~6 credits I took over the summer after to finish up the second one.

Those 6 credits will be post bacc, the other 20+ (?) will be added to your senior year. My AMCAS senior year is reported as 61 credits. If I took a gap year it would’ve been 87 (my final year is 12 credits a quarter..:.I am coasting at this point lol)

 

[BoneBroCO]

By second degree do you mean double major? Or you graduated at the same time from two different degree paths?

Well one is a BA and the other is a BS so I received two separate diplomas. Neither says anything about having the other major on it so Im not really sure how it all works as far as double majoring vs getting two separate degrees.

 

[907914]

Well one is a BA and the other is a BS so I received two separate diplomas. Neither says anything about having the other major on it so Im not really sure how it all works as far as double majoring vs getting two separate degrees.

That doesn’t quite matter, the classes taken before the completion of your degree will all go in senior year, the courses after your first degree will go in post bacc even though it is for a second degree.

Is this correct @Goro?

 

[Catalystik]

That doesn’t quite matter, the classes taken before the completion of your degree will all go in senior year, the courses after your first degree will go in post bacc even though it is for a second degree.

Is this correct @Goro?

Yes.

 

[BoneBroCO]

Yes.

Got it, thanks!