Mediocre post bacc GPA. Advice

[z122]

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[Magilacutty]

It's an interesting question because there are a lot of posts about low cGPA and high post bacc GPA. If I had to guess, applying broadly with a 3.5 post bacc GPA and your overall high GPA would still give you a decent chance at MD schools. However if you couple these stats with a mediocre MCAT score, especially in the sciences sections, you might be in trouble.

I'm kind of in the same boat with a 3.6ish post bacc GPA after one year, and I'm going to do everything in my effort to pull it up to 3.7 before applying.

 

[z122]

Thanks. I realize there's probably not much anybody can tell me, and I just need to suck it up and do better.

 

[johnnyscans]

What are your thoughts as to how much the post bacc GPA matters? Is a 3.5 dooming to an application? My post bacc is known for being stingy with grades, but a 3.5 is a 3.5, and not all adcoms will know about grade reputation.

I have one more year to pull up my post bacc GPA into the 3.6 range, but even if I make straight A's, my post bacc GPA will pale in comparison to undergrad. My cGPA from undergrad was 3.84 and I have strong ECs. How worried should I be? I haven't taken the MCAT yet. Assuming I did end up with a 3.5 post bacc/science GPA, would it be advisable to wait to apply MD provided there were a way to pull up the GPA?

You have a great uGPA. You'll be fine.

 

[deleted248403]

Provided you get a decent MCAT you will be fine

 

[z122]

Thanks all. I was reading some posts on what makes a competitive post bacc GPA, and people on SDN were saying their advisors told them 3.8. I figure it can't possibly be the case that everybody who does a post bacc and applies MD has a GPA that high. Certainly not where I'm taking my prereqs. I guess I was just looking for some confirmation that I wasn't crazy, or better yet actual accounts of people getting in with less than stellar post bacc grades. I've been trying to search MDapps, and so far no luck.

 

[deleted248403]

If you were hanging out in preallo and read that, then that was your first mistake. Even rate my chances is a bit ridic these days