How much does an upward GPA trend help?

[DJChemmyChem]

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511 MCAT with and 3.6 cgpa. I feel my ECs are pretty good, but who knows lol. I know my gpas are on the low side for MD programs given the average is around 3.7x, but I have an upward trend going from 3.3x->3.6x ->3.7x ->3.8x. I know @Goro always says that upwards trends count for something, but is this enough to compensate for my below average totals for cgpa and sgpa?

 

[bluepeony]

Yes! You're not that far off from the matriculant averages anyways.

 

[Goro]

511 MCAT with and 3.6 cgpa. I feel my ECs are pretty good, but who knows lol. I know my gpas are on the low side for MD programs given the average is around 3.7x, but I have an upward trend going from 3.3x->3.6x ->3.7x ->3.8x. I know @Goro always says that upwards trends count for something, but is this enough to compensate for my below average totals for cgpa and sgpa?

Your are competitive for medical school.

I suggest:
Rochester
Albert Einstein (maybe )
Emory
UCF (maybe )
Pitt (maybe )
U Toledo
U VM
Miami
Tufts
George Washington
Georgetown
SLU
Albany
Rush
Rosy Franklin
NYMC
MCW
VCU
EVMS
Wayne State
Wake Forest
Netter
Jefferson
Temple
Drexel
Creighton
Tulane
Loyola
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
Oakland-B
Seton Hall
Nova MD
CUSM IF you're from CA
Kaiser if you’re from CA
TCU/UNT
Your state school.

Any DO program. I can't recommend Touro-NY, Nova, Wm Carey, LUCOM, for different reasons. MSUCOM? Read up on Larry Nasser and you decide. LMU has an accreditation warning, which concerns me. CalHS is too new and has a too small a rotations base, it seems.

 

[AegonTargaryenVI]

Your are competitive for medical school.

I suggest:
Rochester
Albert Einstein (maybe )
Emory
UCF (maybe )
Pitt (maybe )
U Toledo
U VM
Miami
Tufts
George Washington
Georgetown
SLU
Albany
Rush
Rosy Franklin
NYMC
MCW
VCU
EVMS
Wayne State
Wake Forest
Netter
Jefferson
Temple
Drexel
Creighton
Tulane
Loyola
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
Oakland-B
Seton Hall
Nova MD
CUSM IF you're from CA
Kaiser if you’re from CA
TCU/UNT
Your state school.

Any DO program. I can't recommend Touro-NY, Nova, Wm Carey, LUCOM, for different reasons. MSUCOM? Read up on Larry Nasser and you decide. LMU has an accreditation warning, which concerns me. CalHS is too new and has a too small a rotations base, it seems.

are the reach schools you included (Emory, Pitt, Rochester, Einstein) particularly fond of upward trends? Asking for myself as well since OP and I have similar stats w/ an upward trend