Question about GPA

[HopefulTurnaround]

Let's say somebody has a 1.0 GPA and a 1.0 Science GPA.

They do an informal Post Bacc for roughly a year and a half of all Upper Div Science classes (biochem, immunology, cell bio, etc) and pull a 4.0

Is this considered 3.0+ by ADCOM on the application?

Because I don't see how anything can boost a 1.0 -> 3.0 when you sum everything up.

I don't have these stats. Just curious how the 3.0+ rule plays into this kind of situation.

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[cacajuate]

It's considered whatever the cGPA ends up being. They will notice the upward swing.

 

[HopefulTurnaround]

It's considered whatever the cGPA ends up being. They will notice the upward swing.

But wouldn't he/she/it be cut by the < 2.7 GPA automatic removal?

 

[DentalDoge]

Depending on how many credits hours they have. Normally, it takes about 120 ish to get a bachelors degree.

And if are at 1.0 cGPA with 122 hours .... booooooy, you got a long ways to get climb back up to anywhere respectable, let alone a 3.0.

That's how a formal post-bacc will help out. Since most science masters consists of higher level science classes, which is what admissions look at. If you pull a 4.0 in a master's program, you're doing alright. Might get schools to take another look at ya.

But let's face it, if you went 1.0 in undergrad, you aint pulling 4.0s in biochem and micro.

 

[cacajuate]

But wouldn't he/she/it be cut by the < 2.7 GPA automatic removal?

I would imagine that some schools would, doesn't mean they all do.

 

[HopefulTurnaround]

Depending on how many credits hours they have. Normally, it takes about 120 ish to get a bachelors degree.

And if are at 1.0 cGPA with 122 hours .... booooooy, you got a long ways to get climb back up to anywhere respectable, let alone a 3.0.

That's how a formal post-bacc will help out. Since most science masters consists of higher level science classes, which is what admissions look at. If you pull a 4.0 in a master's program, you're doing alright. Might get schools to take another look at ya.

But let's face it, if you went 1.0 in undergrad, you aint pulling 4.0s in biochem and micro.

Yeah I was just putting extreme numbers in. Thanks for the insight.