How do med schools combine GPA from different undergrad schools?

[gluon999]

I have attended two schools. I took 32 credits at the school A and my GPA there is pretty low whereas I have taken about 80 credits at another school (B) where my GPA is very high. I took sciences classes at both these schools. So my question is, when med schools ask for overall science and non science GPAs, how would they/I calculate it? BTW, after doing poorly one semester at the school A, I have had an upward grade trend.

Should I add the credit hours and quality points for sciences classes from both these schools and determine the GPA from that?

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[DrHopeless]

Yeah I think all your college grades will be count, but you just have to explain it to the medschool. You might have a problem if school B is "easier" than school A.

I have attended two schools. I took 32 credits at the school A and my GPA there is pretty low whereas I have taken about 80 credits at another school (B) where my GPA is very high. I took sciences classes at both these schools. So my question is, when med schools ask for overall science and non science GPAs, how would they/I calculate it? BTW, after doing poorly one semester at the school A, I have had an upward grade trend.

Should I add the credit hours and quality points for sciences classes from both these schools and determine the GPA from that?

 

[gluon999]

You might have a problem if school B is "easier" than school A.

I could explain that to the adcoms if they can look past that on my inital application and call me for an interview. Anyway, I am counting on a solid MCAT score to effectively bail me out of this predicament.

 

[MoosePilot]

If they're AAMC schools, the app calculates it. Look at the website www.aamc.org for details on how it is calculated. Get away from the thought that the numbers written on your transcript are more than an approximation - if your school doesn't do it the same way, it won't be the same GPA.