How is my upward trend?

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axel345

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Hello everyone,


My community college cGPA/sGPA was 3.2/3.1 before transferring to a top10 public school. I managed to graduate with a 3.84 as a Biology major. This brought up my sGPA/cGPA to a 3.5/3.4. I then took several community college bio classes while working full time as a research associate. This brought my sGPA/cGPA to a 3.6/3.6.

Is this trend good enough to overcome my sub-par past (3.2 ->3.6/3.1 ->3.6)? I had some family/financial issues while in community college which forced me to work various jobs. I'm a first generation college student and Mexican
 
When looking at an upward trend, you should consider what your average GPA was in your last 60 hours as an undergraduate student. In general, I believe that you're in a good place in that your GPA is competitive and also you're likely to be considered a URM.

Keep in mind that the MCAT is another large factor that may affect where apply.
 
When looking at an upward trend, you should consider what your average GPA was in your last 60 hours as an undergraduate student. In general, I believe that you're in a good place in that your GPA is competitive and also you're likely to be considered a URM.

Keep in mind that the MCAT is another large factor that may affect where apply.

Ah, so the schools will consider me to be more of a 3.8-3.9 type of student since my last 60 units were a 3.9? I understand that the MCAT also plays a huge role in all of this
 
Ah, so the schools will consider me to be more of a 3.8-3.9 type of student since my last 60 units were a 3.9? I understand that the MCAT also plays a huge role in all of this

No, they're going to consider you a 3.6 student who, over the past two years, has developed a work ethic that has allowed him to succeed in school. Plus it's common to see lower grades in the 1st/2nd year of college due to adjusting to college, the 'weed-out' courses like organic chemistry and physics that people typically do worse in.
 
Sounds like a convincing trend to me. You need an MCAT before you can even begin to assess where you are competitive.
 
Hello everyone,


My community college cGPA/sGPA was 3.2/3.1 before transferring to a top10 public school. I managed to graduate with a 3.84 as a Biology major. This brought up my sGPA/cGPA to a 3.5/3.4. I then took several community college bio classes while working full time as a research associate. This brought my sGPA/cGPA to a 3.6/3.6.

Is this trend good enough to overcome my sub-par past (3.2 ->3.6/3.1 ->3.6)? I had some family/financial issues while in community college which forced me to work various jobs. I'm a first generation college student and Mexican

See here. Even ignoring your upward trend, you're in good shape was a 3.6 if you break 500 on the MCAT.
 
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