Pharmcas question

[goheel]

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?

 

[ApothRM]

YEp!! They'll take like 3 months to send them back too!Well, maybe not that long. BUt it does take a while..

 

[goheel]

What's the point of them calculating the gpa?

 

[Glycerin]

What's the point of them calculating the gpa?

Just a warning, too: PharmCAS' calculated GPA will more than likely be lower than what your school has calculated.

 

[goheel]

yea, that's what I'm expecting too, since my school uses the A+ scale, and pharmcas doesn't.

 

[sunkiki486]

My PharmCAS GPA was actually higher than my school's GPA ... guess I got lucky 🙂

 

[Oneday_9]

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)

 

[imperial frog]

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.

 

[off2skl]

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

 

[maxell]

YEp!! They'll take like 3 months to send them back too!Well, maybe not that long. BUt it does take a while..

3 months to send your application back to the school?