Nontraditional Student Question

[swillis1]

So I am 26 years old finishing my Bachelor's Degree and I have a question about medical school.

I went to community college after high school and graduated with my Associate's Degree. I had a GPA of 3.1 while I was there. I wasn't overly committed to college then. Now after taking several years off from school I decided to return to finish my degree and go to medical school. In the past 18 months that I have been back I have a 4.0 GPA at Hofstra University. How will medical schools consider my GPA? Will they average everything together or take my GPA at Hofstra more seriously? Especially if I do really well on the MCAT?

Thanks for any advice!

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[DocJanItor]

GPA will be an average of all college courses you ever took. Doesn't matter where or when. If your credits are evenly balanced between the two, you'll graduate with a 3.55 cGPA, which is good enough to get into med school. Pair that with a good MCAT, ECs, and good interview and you'll be gold.