Pharmcas GPA ..HOW?

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Can Someone Please Tell Me How This Company Calculate The Gpa..my Major (microbiology Gpa Is 3.12) ...how It Can Be Different From My Current Gpa...please Advise Thanks
 
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manutdmax said:
Can Someone Please Tell Me How This Company Calculate The Gpa..my Major (microbiology Gpa Is 3.12) ...how It Can Be Different From My Current Gpa...please Advise Thanks
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The pharmcas service calculates all grades ever taken (even if your school offers forgiveness credits for courses you need to retake) So if you took a class and got a D the first time and got a B the second time, it averages out to a C for double the units.
 
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binghamkid said:
The pharmcas service calculates all grades ever taken (even if your school offers forgiveness credits for courses you need to retake) So if you took a class and got a D the first time and got a B the second time, it averages out to a C for double the units.
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ooh this is bad...so they take average of retaken courses..this is it?
 
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binghamkid said:
All retaken courses are counted both times. But it's better to retake those bad courses than not. It's not that they average it, but they calculate each grade individually.
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dude i still dont get it...for example i got a D then B for 5 hours credit how they do it...and what about other courses...what is science and math GPA?
 
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manutdmax said:
dude i still dont get it...for example i got a D then B for 5 hours credit how they do it...and what about other courses...what is science and math GPA?
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They would then calculate a D as a 1.0 for 5 units, and then a B as a 3.0 for 5 units and calculate that into your GPA.

Science and math GPA is the GPA for biology/chemistry/math/physics courses you've taken. It doesn't take into account economics, english, etc. etc.
 
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What about health science GPA?
Like nursing courses... Medical surgical Nursing.... Mental Health...

Are they counted as sciences? Or "other courses"?

It's kind of unclear to me.
 
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RNtoPharmD said:
What about health science GPA?
Like nursing courses... Medical surgical Nursing.... Mental Health...

Are they counted as sciences? Or "other courses"?

It's kind of unclear to me.
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If your school/institution counts them as fullfilling a biology/chemistry/math/physics component, then it is part of the science GPA.
 
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binghamkid said:
If your school/institution counts them as fullfilling a biology/chemistry/math/physics component, then it is part of the science GPA.
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No, they used the course prefix "NURS" instead of BIOL or PHYS... cool..I hope they don't count it... . coz I got straight B on these boring nursing classes anyway... they shouldn't be counted .... Nursing is just partly science... In my opinion, it's not science....

Thanks for info
 
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RNtoPharmD said:
No, they used the course prefix "NURS" instead of BIOL or PHYS... cool..I hope they don't count it... . coz I didn't get straight B on these boring nursing classes anyway... they shouldn't be counted .... Nursing is just partly science... In my opinion, it's not science....

Thanks for info
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I put my nursing classes in as other courses. They are not science, or they weren't where I went
 
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