Large discrepancy in GPA between AMCAS and school

[mikhail1945]

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Hi, I'm a junior at an top 10 undergrad, and was wondering what you all think med adcoms would think of a large discrepancy in GPA between the AMCAS gpa and my undergrad GPA. My undergrad GPA is currently about 3.5 (with a slight upward trend), but my AMCAS GPA as I've calculated is greater than 3.7. The reason for this difference is that in high school, i took a lot of community college classes that I aced, and in college, I'm enrolled in ROTC which I get grades for (all As) but my undergrad doesnt give me credit for. What do you think med school adcoms will think about this? Thanks!

 

[Zephyrus]

Hi, I'm a junior at an top 10 undergrad, and was wondering what you all think med adcoms would think of a large discrepancy in GPA between the AMCAS gpa and my undergrad GPA. My undergrad GPA is currently about 3.5 (with a slight upward trend), but my AMCAS GPA as I've calculated is greater than 3.7. The reason for this difference is that in high school, i took a lot of community college classes that I aced, and in college, I'm enrolled in ROTC which I get grades for (all As) but my undergrad doesnt give me credit for. What do you think med school adcoms will think about this? Thanks!

med schools could care less about junior college courses, especially if a stellar performance in junior college was followed by a decline in the "real deal," but if you took so many extra classes that your GPA was boosted by two tenths of a point, I think they might give you a slight bump. maybe. i highly doubt that such a bump would be significant, so consider yourself a 3.5 candidate right now.

Z

 

[USCTex]

med schools could care less about junior college courses

I took more than half my prereq classes at a CC and got interviews out of it. I know someone who did their entire postbac work at a CC and got into med school...I think it'll give him a little bit of a boost.

 

[Will Ferrell]

med schools could care less about junior college courses, especially if a stellar performance in junior college was followed by a decline in the "real deal," but if you took so many extra classes that your GPA was boosted by two tenths of a point, I think they might give you a slight bump. maybe. i highly doubt that such a bump would be significant, so consider yourself a 3.5 candidate right now.

Z

I don't know what goes on in the admissions office, but a 3.7 is a 3.7. Even if it looks a little dirtier, it still gives them a reason to take the OP over someone with a 3.5. Numbers are real important to adcoms.

 

[Fermata]

Let me get this straight.....the OP is complaining because her GPA on AMCAS is higher than he/she would have hoped........? 😀

 

[Zephyrus]

Let me get this straight.....the OP is complaining because her GPA on AMCAS is higher than he/she would have hoped........? 😀

interesting. perhaps it varies from school to school, but i'm positive that junior college (but maybe not ROTC) courses are weighted less or not at all. they care about how you perform in college, not the classes that got you there. so maybe saying they will treat you as a 3.5 is a little misleading, but I don't think your bump will be huge. if it is, though, more power to you.

 

[Supernova]

ADCOM processes thousands of applications every year. I am very curious to know the exact process for putting different weights b/t jc and regular Univ or college of different prestige. ADCOMs get the breakdown of gpa by school year like all the students. But they still need to differentiate whether a certain college is JC or not. I suppose this can be done but just wondering if they really make such database software to do pre-screening.