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Can I take graduate classes, like biology class and not be enrolled in a degree program? Would this fly with adcoms or not?
I am doing this now. Just a class or two a semester in biology and not in a degree seeking program. I dont see why adcoms would care, it prolly wont help you as much as post-bacc classes. Lets be honest , medical schools care about their g.pa. averages, and masters classes dont help that. So they may give masters classes less weight. IMO.stookie said:Can I take graduate classes, like biology class and not be enrolled in a degree program? Would this fly with adcoms or not?
stookie said:Can I take graduate classes, like biology class and not be enrolled in a degree program? Would this fly with adcoms or not?
Sundarban1 said:If you are not in a degree program, what is the sense of taking graduate classes over undergraduate classes? They are not counted in your GPA.
stookie said:That makes sense, but I would like the adcoms to see that I can handle graduate course work. So should I just work on raising my gpa?
Sundarban1 said:If you need to raise your GPA take post bacc classes or if you want you can even take upper level courses at the undergraduate level (genetics, molecular biology etc.) Taking graduate school classes with no intention of getting a degree is not impressive.
If you are in a special masters program that is a different story because you take classes with medical students. So, no I would not just take graduate courses for the hell of it. I would either look into special master's programs or post bacc classes.
stookie said:I do need to raise my GPA. Does anyone know how I can figure out how many credits I need to take to raise my GPA to a 3.5? I have a 2.86 GPA now, and by the time i graduate in May my GPA should close to 3.0. How does one go about calculating their GPA?