How does master's program affect sGPA?

[ibcdude]

---

Members don't see this ad.

I am currently working on my MPH and my school only has honor, high pass, pass , fail system as grades. When I am applying to medical school MD and DO programs, how do these class affect my sGPA and cGPA as no letter grade is given out? (Do they convert it?) And i was interested in both MD and DO gpa's.

 

[Pons Asinorum]

I am currently working on my MPH and my school only has honor, high pass, pass , fail system as grades. When I am applying to medical school MD and DO programs, how do these class affect my sGPA and cGPA as no letter grade is given out? (Do they convert it?) And i was interested in both MD and DO gpa's.

No effect on sGPA or cGPA whatsoever; those are only for undergraduate grades. Graduate programs have their own GPA reporting in AMCAS.

 

[willen101383]

For AMCAS there is no change in ugrad gpa. However on AACOMAS there is a cumulative gpa section where it will change your gpa.

 

[ibcdude]

For AMCAS there is no change in ugrad gpa. However on AACOMAS there is a cumulative gpa section where it will change your gpa.

Do you know how significant it would change the AACOMAS, or how they convert (honor, highpass,pass) to give you a GPA as you are saying that it will change ur GPA?

 

[coreankim]

Graduate classes have no effect on your undergraduate GPA. None.

On my AMCAS application, there is no "cumulative GPA." There are two separate GPAs for my undergraduate classes and my graduate classes.

Most, if not all, med schools "screen" based on your undergraduate GPA. Therefore, your graduate GPA is not too useful, except in showing an upward trend.

 

[Catalystik]

See page 4 of the AMCAS grade conversion guide: http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/2009conversionguide.pdf

 

[willen101383]

Do you know how significant it would change the AACOMAS, or how they convert (honor, highpass,pass) to give you a GPA as you are saying that it will change ur GPA?

grad classes will change your GPA ONLY on aacomas. They will just get averaged in with all your undergrad classes. I do not know how H HP P gets converted however. It will take a significant amount of high grades to move that GPA around much.

As an undergrad I had a 2.5. In graduate school I had a 3.73ish. That only moved my GPA up till about 2.95. Needless to say I had success getting into med school obviously, but its hard as hell to increase a poor GPA...but it will happen