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low science gpa advice
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It depends how you do. An A will make it go up more than a B, and of course, a C will make it go down. It also depends on how many credits you already have. If you only have 12 credits of science and add another 12 of 4.0's, well that really helps. If you have 60 credits of science and add 12, it won't make that drastic of a change. So, you will have to look at your transcript and do some math to figure out the possibilities.
Do well this semester and bump that GPA up.
Do well this semester and bump that GPA up.
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We can't tell you anything because we have no clue what your grades are. It is all averages.
Not to be mean, but honestly you are wasting your time and money applying. Optometry is heavily focused in science and having such a low science GPA does not lend much credence to you. You need at least half a point to even have a chance. It is going to be incredibly hard to do such a thing. Besides, this is simple statistics- if you can't figure out simple statistics, it makes me not only question if you have taken statistics (which is a requirement), but it makes me question how you will do well on the QR section of the OATs (and the OATs in general for that matter).
I'm sorry if I come off as mean, cruel, etc. but this is the harsh reality. You don't have a chance of getting in and taking a few classes at a community college will not help your GPA enough.
Not to be mean, but honestly you are wasting your time and money applying. Optometry is heavily focused in science and having such a low science GPA does not lend much credence to you. You need at least half a point to even have a chance. It is going to be incredibly hard to do such a thing. Besides, this is simple statistics- if you can't figure out simple statistics, it makes me not only question if you have taken statistics (which is a requirement), but it makes me question how you will do well on the QR section of the OATs (and the OATs in general for that matter).
I'm sorry if I come off as mean, cruel, etc. but this is the harsh reality. You don't have a chance of getting in and taking a few classes at a community college will not help your GPA enough.
There is a pretty easy equation to figure that out, but here is a online GPA calculator: http://www.sfsu.edu/~gradstdy/gpa-calculator-sfsu.htm It even lets you put in your current credits/GPA at the bottom and then add the classes you want to take and what grade you think you'll receive. Hope this helps.
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I have to agree somewhat with this user's comments. Besides, even if you are going to be doing 5 quarter credits in each of those classes, for a total of 15 quarter credits, and you got a 4.0 in them all, your cumulative science GPA would not go up by a lot, unfortunately. This is the sad reality. The GPA is very easy to screw up, but very hard to repair once a good amount of damage has been inflicted -- which often can occur in relatively short amounts of time.
I think the only way that your app would get a second look is if you did VERY well in your OAT scores, high 300s everywhere. But even that does not guarantee anything because a high GPA is much more valuable than a high OAT score, in my opinion. I think that a committee would much rather interview/admit a student with a 3.8 GPA and a 300 OAT score, vs. a 2.4 GPA and a 370 OAT score, but this is just a general thing, not a rule, and just my own opinion.
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OP is saying their science is a 2.48. We don't know what their cumulative GPA or their OAT score. They might still have a chance.
The class is 4 credits.
