Why does pharmcas only calculate your GPA after you submit your fee? I assume that you pay your fee when you submit the application, so pharmcas only calculate your gpa after you're done with the application?
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Pharmcas question
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What's the point of them calculating the gpa?
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goheel said:
Just a warning, too: PharmCAS' calculated GPA will more than likely be lower than what your school has calculated.
yea, that's what I'm expecting too, since my school uses the A+ scale, and pharmcas doesn't.
My PharmCAS GPA was actually higher than my school's GPA ... guess I got lucky 🙂
Yea, I assume they calc after you pay bc they have to factor in all your courses. Mine was also greater than what I grad with, so I was very happy about this!
U of A was even higher when they calc mine (but they are not in pharmCAs, I believe)
U of A was even higher when they calc mine (but they are not in pharmCAs, I believe)
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Probably because it requires a person to enter the transcript info into the Pharmcas system and that means money lost if someone decides to start an app but never finish it.
This year they actually tell you how they calculate your GPA. I don't remember thsi from last year, but maybe it was there.
http://www.pharmcas.org/applicants/gpa.htm
http://www.pharmcas.org/applicants/gpa.htm
