My declining GPA trend, does this look really bad?

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Below is my GPA trendline from all four years. I will be applying this cycle and am worried that adcoms might ask about the decline in my gpa. My cGPA is 3.849 and sGPA is 3.853. Basically, I was getting a 3.9 for the first three years of college and my last semester of senior year was very hectic so my semester GPA was a 3.4 for that semester.

I'm not worried about my GPA but worried about the trend that it shows because it may be interpreted as a student with "senioritis." My high school GPA has a similar trend, I always do bad my last semester for some reason (wondering if it looks like I stopped caring towards the end🙁)

Any input about the graphs would be great (ignore the Post bacc GPA):

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in all seriousness, you're totally fine, that's not a drop in GPA, no one will ask about it, it won't affect your chances at any schools, there is nothing to worry about
 
0/10 troll.

As a teaching moment, if not a troll, anyone this neurotic will get killed by the pressure of med school.

Below is my GPA trendline from all four years. I will be applying this cycle and am worried that adcoms might ask about the decline in my gpa. My cGPA is 3.849 and sGPA is 3.853. Basically, I was holding a 3.9 for the first three years of college and my last semester of senior year was very hectic and caused my GPA to drop to a 3.849.

I'm not worried about my GPA but worried about the trend that it shows because it may be interpreted as a student with "senioritis." My high school GPA has a similar trend, I always do bad my last semester for some reason (I know it looks like I stopped caring towards the end🙁)

Any input about the graphs would be great (ignore the Post bacc GPA):

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Geesh I thought the first two graphs said you had a 0.0 GPA for post-bac stuff. OP - go have a beer (or something stiffer), you'll be completely fine.
 
I don't think trends matter if your overall is good.
 
med schools need cadavers too
How is that funny dude? The people that donate their bodies to medical schools deserve to be treated with respect. They shouldn't be the butt end of any joke.

I hate the endless talk of "professionalism" just as much as anyone else, but your comment disgusted me.
 
How is that funny dude? The people that donate their bodies to medical schools deserve to be treated with respect. They shouldn't be the butt end of any joke.

I hate the endless talk of "professionalism" just as much as anyone else, but your comment disgusted me.
Are you asking him to check his "being alive privilege"?
 
it was in context of @Goro comment on med school killing him. And if it does then cadaver would fit now wouldnt it? dont be so stressed in this process I think is the point that I am trying to make. Its called humor
"It's just a prank bro"
 
I love this thread.

Please continue.
 
I would assume declining meant a drop in every consecutive semester.

But to OP's point, yes it does look bad. I suggest Caribbean schools.
 
Well I guess my stress about all this is over now for sure
 
So I probably shouldn't link you the thread of the guy who took the head of a cadaver and pretended to wear it like a mask during anatomy lab? It's on sdn somewhere and probably top 10 most rediculous things I've read

Link please


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Maybe you can send the graphs to your med schools for their opinion? If this doesn't get their attention nothing will. 😉
 
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