Post grad vs undergrad gpa

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Hi
I am suppose to graduate in fall 2014 and was suppose to take classes elsewhere for the spring semester to boost my science gpa, however my advisor told me not to do that and instead delay a semester and take those classes at my 4 year because if I were not to do so then all those classes I take would be considered post grad / post Bach and not included into my science gpa that I got from undergrad
He says after you get a degree my gpa is sealed and that to aamcas it shows a seperate line that shows my new post grad gpa and since I will only be doing a semester it's better to include it into my pre Bach gpa
What are your thoughts? I need to improve my gpa so I don't want it to affect me even if I have to delay a semester

 

[theseeker4]

Hi
I am suppose to graduate in fall 2014 and was suppose to take classes elsewhere for the spring semester to boost my science gpa, however my advisor told me not to do that and instead delay a semester and take those classes at my 4 year because if I were not to do so then all those classes I take would be considered post grad / post Bach and not included into my science gpa that I got from undergrad
He says after you get a degree my gpa is sealed and that to aamcas it shows a seperate line that shows my new post grad gpa and since I will only be doing a semester it's better to include it into my pre Bach gpa
What are your thoughts? I need to improve my gpa so I don't want it to affect me even if I have to delay a semester

Your advisor is wrong. All undergraduate-level work, whether before or after you earn your degree, is combined for the overall cGPA and sGPA reported by AMCAS to med schools. The application does also break it down by year, but the overall stat will include the courses you take after graduating.

It might be a better idea for you to take the courses before you graduate, if you can delay graduation, for financial aid reasons. It tends to be a lot easier to get funding for courses while you are still a "degree-seeking" student than if you were taking them as a non-degree seeking student. You also can run into scheduling conflicts, where non-degree seeking students have to wait for everyone else to register before they are allowed to do so (this of course depends on the school).

TL,DR: Post-bach work will count just as much toward your AMCAS GPA as work done before you graduate, so don't worry about that. There might be other advantages to delaying graduation, however, so you can consider it for those reasons.

 

[Catalystik]

Screen shot of AMCAS Verified Grade Point Averages summary: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?p=11226358