Non-science grad school GPA

[AcademicMamaBear]

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I'm finding some mixed info on this so I'm asking here.

Will my grad school coursework matter when I apply for med school? I have two graduate degrees, neither in anything science related, and am currently working on prerequs for med school. I anticipate being finished with these by the end of the 2018-19 school year. I'm doing fine (above a 3.0), but not excelling (full-time job, three kids...). Before I had a full-time job and kids, I did excel as a student. I fully believe if I could ditch the full-time job (not the kids; I like the kids ), I'd excel as a student again (which would happen if I get accepted to med school) since work would not be competing for my attention.I guess part of what I'm wondering is how much of this stuff will be taken into consideration as an applicant?

 

[Forever Geebs]

Your undergrad and grad GPAs are separate entities. Your non-science GPA does matter, but your science GPA matters the most. What will raise eyebrows is a large gap between the two.


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[Goro]

I'm finding some mixed info on this so I'm asking here.

Will my grad school coursework matter when I apply for med school? I have two graduate degrees, neither in anything science related, and am currently working on prerequs for med school. I anticipate being finished with these by the end of the 2018-19 school year. I'm doing fine (above a 3.0), but not excelling (full-time job, three kids...). Before I had a full-time job and kids, I did excel as a student. I fully believe if I could ditch the full-time job (not the kids; I like the kids ), I'd excel as a student again (which would happen if I get accepted to med school) since work would not be competing for my attention.I guess part of what I'm wondering is how much of this stuff will be taken into consideration as an applicant?

Ignored for MD and DO. You need to demonstrate that you can handle rigorous science coursework