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Science GPA Query????
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You have to calculate that yourself. Get your total hours in biology (or bcmp) and then do the math. It's tough but A's help.
On a side note, the one year Masters that we have at my school starts in August. You could take summer classes and do the masters. Or, do a special masters program at a medical school.
Best of luck!
On a side note, the one year Masters that we have at my school starts in August. You could take summer classes and do the masters. Or, do a special masters program at a medical school.
Best of luck!
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Hi, I'm a finance person by training, here's how I calculate my science gpa:
1) total number of semester hours of (science & math) courses with As earned divided by
2) total semester hours (science & math) As + Bs earned. That will give you a percent i.e. .45, add 3.0 to that, and that's your science GPA.
This presumes no C's earned. If any C's earned, i.e. 3 hours C earned, subtract three hours of "A" in the denominator (step 1) and include total hours A, B, C in the denominator.
PS I have a graduate degree. This is not included in science/nonscience GPA on the Amcas form, it is included SEPARATELY. It may be a talking point, but school's I've spoken with look at undergraduate GPA when deciding which candidates to interview; likely because it's too tough to compare my graduate grades in management with another student's sociology master's degree with a PhD in biophysics. Conversely, undergraduate courses completed now CAN increase your undergraduate GPA.
1) total number of semester hours of (science & math) courses with As earned divided by
2) total semester hours (science & math) As + Bs earned. That will give you a percent i.e. .45, add 3.0 to that, and that's your science GPA.
This presumes no C's earned. If any C's earned, i.e. 3 hours C earned, subtract three hours of "A" in the denominator (step 1) and include total hours A, B, C in the denominator.
PS I have a graduate degree. This is not included in science/nonscience GPA on the Amcas form, it is included SEPARATELY. It may be a talking point, but school's I've spoken with look at undergraduate GPA when deciding which candidates to interview; likely because it's too tough to compare my graduate grades in management with another student's sociology master's degree with a PhD in biophysics. Conversely, undergraduate courses completed now CAN increase your undergraduate GPA.
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You may not realize this, but grades earned in a Master's program (or any other grad program) don't help your cumulative undergrad GPA. AMCAS (and the DO equivalent) separates all undergrad work from grad school work. The exception to this is the SMP program.
So if you're trying to raise your undergrad GPA, you need to focus on post-bac coursework, or retaking classes (helps some for MD schools, helps a lot for DO schools).
None of us can calculate what your new GPA would be after taking more post-bac classes because we don't know how many credits you graduated with, nor do we know your undergrad GPA.
But you can do the calculations yourself. For example, if you completed 180 hours with a 3.3 GPA, and then went on to take another 30 hours with a 4.0 GPA, your new GPA would be:
((180 x 3.3) + (30 x 4.0)) / (180 + 30) = 3.4
I hope you can see how we can't just tell you "how many points each "A" in a science class will raise your GPA" since that obviously depends on your undergrad GPA and number of credits earned.
Best of luck.
So if you're trying to raise your undergrad GPA, you need to focus on post-bac coursework, or retaking classes (helps some for MD schools, helps a lot for DO schools).
None of us can calculate what your new GPA would be after taking more post-bac classes because we don't know how many credits you graduated with, nor do we know your undergrad GPA.
But you can do the calculations yourself. For example, if you completed 180 hours with a 3.3 GPA, and then went on to take another 30 hours with a 4.0 GPA, your new GPA would be:
((180 x 3.3) + (30 x 4.0)) / (180 + 30) = 3.4
I hope you can see how we can't just tell you "how many points each "A" in a science class will raise your GPA" since that obviously depends on your undergrad GPA and number of credits earned.
Best of luck.
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But do you see how this depends on how many credits you've earned to date, and what your current GPA is? And do you see how with every additional class you take, the amount of improvement that each A brings diminishes?
Big difference between currently being at a 2.5 GPA with 100 credits versus a 3.3 GPA with 140 credits - in the former case, a few As will make a much bigger difference.
It's a moot point, though, since you figured it out already. 🙂
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