Is the undergraduate GPA permanent?

[868651]

What I mean to say is, if I already have a 3.0 as an undergraduate student, and I take my science at another institution later, would that Science GPA still matter?

Would schools look at that separately from my overall GPA?

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[person777]

It’s permanent. If you take more undergraduate level science courses it just adds on to the original GPA. New gpa is only calculated for grad school/smp.

 

[HomeSkool]

Your old GPA is permanent, but some schools reward reinvention. If you had a low GPA from a previous institution but then kicked it into high gear at your new one, the upward trend would not go unnoticed.

 

[Catalystik]

What I mean to say is, if I already have a 3.0 as an undergraduate student, and I take my science at another institution later, would that Science GPA still matter?

Would schools look at that separately from my overall GPA?

For AMCAS, your undergrad GPAs appear on lines distinguished by year in college (Freshman, So, Jr, Sr). Any undergrad classes taken after that appear on their own line, called Post Baccalaureate Undergraduate. Below that, all undergrad grades taken anywhere are calculated together into Cumulative Undergraduate. Regardless of how your college calculated a GPA, AMCAS uses their own policies and creates application GPAs (BCPM, All Other, and Total GPA) for you. So science classes taken after graduation will definitely have an impact on the GPAs with which you apply to med school. Here is an example of how it will look:

 

[SpoiledMilk]

Not necessarily if you live in Texas 😉

 

[Catalystik]

TMDSAS GPA calculation policies for Texas public schools are found here in item 3: TMDSAS - FAQ - Application Processing at TMDSAS

 

[SpoiledMilk]

As ironic as it is, Texas is pretty progressive regarding GPA 10 years or older for its residents:
College For All Texans: Academic Fresh Start
TMDSAS FAQ - Academic Fresh Start

So old GPA is not necessarily permanent in Texas.

 

[Goro]

What I mean to say is, if I already have a 3.0 as an undergraduate student, and I take my science at another institution later, would that Science GPA still matter?

Would schools look at that separately from my overall GPA?

To follow up what's already mentioned, some schools weight the last 2-3 years more heavily than the entire cGPA.

Read this:
Goro's advice for pre-meds who need reinvention