later submission to raise bcpGPA above 3.0?

[CANgnome]

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My bcp GPA is currently barely under 3, 2.95 to be precise. I have the option to wait until the first half of the summer's grades are out to raise my GPA slightly:

oGPA = 3.24 --> 3.26
sGPA = 3.05 --> 3.08
bcpGPA = 2.95 --> 3.00

I have heard a lot of people saying how you should have a science GPA above 3, but what about bcpGPA?

If I wait for the marks to come out, however, I will need to wait until the middle of July to send in my marks. Which means schools will receive it early august at the earliest?


What does everyone think?


I have a year of Master's Biology too. Grrrrrr why can't graduate courses contribute to science and bcp GPAs!!!

 

[MrBeans]

My bcp GPA is currently barely under 3, 2.95 to be precise. I have the option to wait until the first half of the summer's grades are out to raise my GPA slightly:

oGPA = 3.24 --> 3.26
sGPA = 3.05 --> 3.08
bcpGPA = 2.95 --> 3.00

I have heard a lot of people saying how you should have a science GPA above 3, but what about bcpGPA?

If I wait for the marks to come out, however, I will need to wait until the middle of July to send in my marks. Which means schools will receive it early august at the earliest?


What does everyone think?


I have a year of Master's Biology too. Grrrrrr why can't graduate courses contribute to science and bcp GPAs!!!

In comparison to a .05 increase in GPA, and submitting your application early, I would advise submitting early!

.05 is not enough to make that big of a difference, and submitting late may hurt your application more. Just my opinion.

 

[shyboy]

My bcp GPA is currently barely under 3, 2.95 to be precise. I have the option to wait until the first half of the summer's grades are out to raise my GPA slightly:

oGPA = 3.24 --> 3.26
sGPA = 3.05 --> 3.08
bcpGPA = 2.95 --> 3.00

I have heard a lot of people saying how you should have a science GPA above 3, but what about bcpGPA?

If I wait for the marks to come out, however, I will need to wait until the middle of July to send in my marks. Which means schools will receive it early august at the earliest?


What does everyone think?


I have a year of Master's Biology too. Grrrrrr why can't graduate courses contribute to science and bcp GPAs!!!

Where did you here this?
I thought graduate levels courses do contirbute to overall, science, and bcp GPAs. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[MrBeans]

Where did you here this?
I thought graduate levels courses do contirbute to overall, science, and bcp GPAs. Correct me if I'm wrong.

THEY DO COUNT!

The idea that graduate level credits don't count toward GPA and sGPA is a fallacy.

 

[CANgnome]

from the manual on GPA calculations o_o

of course i would be ecstatic if it did, as i did not include it into my science of BCP!

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BCP GPA: All undergraduate courses identified on your transcript as Biology, Chemistry and Physics are used in computing this GPA.
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Science GPA: All undergraduate courses identified on your transcript as Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Math and Other Science is used in computing this GPA.
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Non-science GPA: All undergraduate courses not used in calculating the Science GPA are used to compute this GPA.
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Undergraduate GPA: All courses for which undergraduate credit is received are used in computing this GPA.
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Graduate GPA: All courses for which graduate credit is received are used in computing this GPA.
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Overall GPA: All courses-both undergraduate and graduate- are used to compute this GPA. (For most dental school applicants who have not completed graduate courses, the overall GPA is the same as the Undergraduate GPA).
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College/University GPA's: GPA's are reported for each college/university you have attended.

any graduate students with graduate BCP/Sci courses can confirm or deny this?

 

[MrBeans]

from the manual on GPA calculations o_o

of course i would be ecstatic if it did, as i did not include it into my science of BCP!

•
BCP GPA: All undergraduate courses identified on your transcript as Biology, Chemistry and Physics are used in computing this GPA.
•
Science GPA: All undergraduate courses identified on your transcript as Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Math and Other Science is used in computing this GPA.
•
Non-science GPA: All undergraduate courses not used in calculating the Science GPA are used to compute this GPA.
•
Undergraduate GPA: All courses for which undergraduate credit is received are used in computing this GPA.
•
Graduate GPA: All courses for which graduate credit is received are used in computing this GPA.
•
Overall GPA: All courses-both undergraduate and graduate- are used to compute this GPA. (For most dental school applicants who have not completed graduate courses, the overall GPA is the same as the Undergraduate GPA).
•
College/University GPA's: GPA's are reported for each college/university you have attended.

If you took a series of graduate level science classes, I cannot see how the admissions committee would not take this into account when reviewing your application.

I think you'll be in better shape than you think.

 

[CANgnome]

yeah, i am thinking that since i got a bunch of grad 4.0's they will overlook it, but if it does go into the 2 gpas it would be awesome.

 

[sfoksn]

From the manual, I thought that graduate school classes are in completely separate category as well.

No?

 

[drdru]

From my understanding, classes taken as postbacc are calculated into undergraduate GPAs but graduate courses are NOT. Instead, graduate courses are calculated in a separate column by themselves. I don't see how this is bad though as OP seems to be implying.