How will Admissions view this?

[stupid9234]

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How will admissions view this? If I went from a C+/B- average here to a B+/A- average. I then took lots of classes at other universities and got a A-/A average there.

I wish I started at a B+/A- average, but I think I'll cap.

 

[kevinus]

Will be difficult applying with 3.5 gpa or lower

 

[tomfools123]

How will admissions view this? If I went from a C+/B- average here to a B+/A- average. I then took lots of classes at other universities and got a A-/A average there.

I wish I started at a B+/A- average, but I think I'll cap.

On a transcript

 

[Catalystik]

How will admissions view this? If I went from a C+/B- average here to a B+/A- average. I then took lots of classes at other universities and got a A-/A average there.

I wish I started at a B+/A- average, but I think I'll cap.

An upward grade trend is generally noticed. Some schools even weight the later years more. Hopefully, the improvement happened in time to result in a generally competitive cGPA.

 

[stupid9234]

Will be difficult applying with 3.5 gpa or lower

That's the average accepted from my university.

 

[stupid9234]

So the school doesn't matter? I know there is some debate, but I'm doing pretty bad here.

 

[Doudline]

If you got poor grades at a 4 years university then transfered to a community college to improve your grades: yes it will be noticed (negatively, because it makes it seem like you cannot handle rigorous coursework).

Otherwise, your school doesn't matter, no.

 

[kevinus]

When I interviewed at JHU, the majority of the interviewees were from Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, etc. Perhaps school does matter.

 

[KindofBlue]

Obviously yes, but only if you're applying to mostly research heavy schools like HMS or JHU etc.

 

[stupid9234]

I won't transfer, but I think the best grades I can get this semester are A-s/B+s, hoping to improve next year.

 

[Doudline]

When I interviewed at JHU, the majority of the interviewees were from Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, etc. Perhaps school does matter.

Self-selection bias, etc.

 

[Psai]

When I interviewed at JHU, the majority of the interviewees were from Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, etc. Perhaps school does matter.

I have a friend at JHU who didn't attend any of these institutions.

 

[chenzt]

When I interviewed at JHU, the majority of the interviewees were from Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, etc. Perhaps school does matter.

Perhaps people from those schools had better MCAT + GPA. They had amazing SAT + GPA to get accepted to those places back in high school, so the track record is certainly there.

 

[darkjedi]

I have a friend at JHU who didn't attend any of these institutions.

he did say majority, not all

 

[Goro]

Doing well and rising trends are always noted. People like underdogs and reinvention. Doing well at a school that's a known feeder school for a med school is especially noted, say, like at the SUNY UG schools for the SUNY and other NY med schools.

In our Adcom discussions, doing "OK" or "avg" at a rigorous school might bump a borderline candidate from wait list to accept. But I'll take a guy with a 3.9 from Kutztown State over a Harvard guy with a 3.01.

How will admissions view this? If I went from a C+/B- average here to a B+/A- average. I then took lots of classes at other universities and got a A-/A average there.

I wish I started at a B+/A- average, but I think I'll cap.

 

[moop]

I have a friend at JHU who didn't attend any of these institutions.

n=1 ≠ a statement of exclusivity

 

[moop]

Doing well and rising trends are always noted. People like underdogs and reinvention. Doing well at a school that's a known feeder school for a med school is especially noted, say, like at the SUNY UG schools for the SUNY and other NY med schools.

In our Adcom discussions, doing "OK" or "avg" at a rigorous school might bump a borderline candidate from wait list to accept. But I'll take a guy with a 3.9 from Kutztown State over a Harvard guy with a 3.01.

@Goro uses "Kutztown." @LizzyM uses "Podunk." What do you use, @gyngyn?

 

[gyngyn]

@Goro uses "Kutztown." @LizzyM uses "Podunk." What do you use, @gyngyn?

It would end my anonymity, sorry.

 

[moop]

It would end my anonymity, sorry.

Oh, so you actually use the name of an actual place? I thought it would be something like "Awkcity" lol