Intersection of post bacc and ugrad grades

[AA242]

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Hi, are there any guidelines on how post bacc and ugrad grades are treated by med schools? I had a 3.88 in 1.5 years at community college, followed by a 3.25 (1 particularly weak yr) at a top 50 in finance, for a combined ugrad gpa of 3.41. I am now getting acceptances from post bacc programs- assuming I do very well there, is my weak ugrad a big deciding factor? Thanks for any insight- looking at the applicant/acceptance tables has not been encouraging!

 

[ZedsDed]

Your ugrad gpa and your grad gpa are treated separately, and your ugrad gpa and mcat are always going to be the biggest deciding factors. A superb performance in a postbacc may help, depending on how rigorous the material being covered is. Have you taken the med school prereqs yet? If so, I would strongly consider a true smp such as Georgetown, it will be more helpful than a postbacc. If not, you are going to have to take the pre reqs some how; and you may still end up having to do an smp afterwards anyway. If you don't know what DO is, I suggest you find out; it will be the quickest path to med school for you.

 

[deleted248403]

grad gpa is only treated differently if it is a masters level work - if its more undergrad classes then its lumped in your current uGPA.

I think a bigger red flag is you failed to demonstrate effectively that you can handle the step in course work from CC to 4-year, and thus it creates significant doubt about your ability to step up again to medical school level work.

 

[ZedsDed]

grad gpa is only treated differently if it is a masters level work - if its more undergrad classes then its lumped in your current uGPA.

I think a bigger red flag is you failed to demonstrate effectively that you can handle the step in course work from CC to 4-year, and thus it creates significant doubt about your ability to step up again to medical school level work.

Agreed. Again OP, I strongly recommend an SMP before applying to med school.