How do adcoms view grades?

[bae2017]

Is it basically a checklist item where if you have a good sGPA/cGPA you're all set, or do they look at each academic term and pick apart how well you did in each class? And is it true that a sGPA and cGPA above ~3.85 is essentially viewed as "very good," and as long as that line is crossed, there's not much difference in the eyes of adcoms?

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[chemist16]

Depends on the adcom, depends on the school. The most important things are probably that your GPA is high (in context - where you go to school matters for some schools and not for others) and what trend your GPA shows.

 

[EthylMethylMan]

Is it basically a checklist item where if you have a good sGPA/cGPA you're all set, or do they look at each academic term and pick apart how well you did in each class? And is it true that a sGPA and cGPA above ~3.85 is essentially viewed as "very good," and as long as that line is crossed, there's not much difference in the eyes of adcoms?

I know you want yes-or-no, cut-and-dry answers, but the truth is that no two adcoms are exactly alike. What's more, the coursework you took in college can also be taken into consideration; an A in intro to philosophy isn't as impressive an an A- in advanced biochemistry. Just get good grades. That's the only advice on this matter that you should be following.

 

[Doudline]

No adcom has the time -nevermind the interest- to look at each and every class you took and analyse it.
They certainly wouldn't have the competence/knowledge to do so anyway.

Big patterns are the most important, as always.

 

[bunnyg]

I was told by my school's medical admissions dean (a UC school) that "we look at your transcript with a magnifying glass"