Science vs Non-Science GPA

[footballcraze]

My first post 🙂 sorry if this has been asked before

Whenever I look at stats for incoming med students I usually see that the average science GPA is lower than the overall GPA and the non-science GPA is much higher.

I, on the other hand, have a much higher science GPA (3.8) than non-science (3.41) and overall (3.67). I was wondering if this is a good or bad thing for me when I apply to med school. Do med schools care a lot about the non-science GPA? Should I take more non-science class to boost my non-science GPA?

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[Catalystik]

Cumulative and BCPM GPA are most important. Don't worry about bumping up the AO (all other).

 

[Quadle]

I'm in the same boat. When it comes to science, exams are cake, but writing papers....I often just can't get into the professor's head, and so my humanities course grades suffer.

 

[Mute98]

haha my AO, BCPM and overall are all within .01 from each other

 

[Corpsman Up]

Im in the exact opposite boat. My non-science GPA is a 4.0, while my science gpa is only about a 3.3

 

[med17]

My first post 🙂 sorry if this has been asked before

Whenever I look at stats for incoming med students I usually see that the average science GPA is lower than the overall GPA and the non-science GPA is much higher.

I, on the other hand, have a much higher science GPA (3.8) than non-science (3.41) and overall (3.67). I was wondering if this is a good or bad thing for me when I apply to med school. Do med schools care a lot about the non-science GPA? Should I take more non-science class to boost my non-science GPA?

I don't think its that big of a deal... on a side note, just remember they want their doctors to be able to communicate effectively..

 

[Holy Frans]

Typically your cGPA should be a bit higher than your sGPA. People expect you to rock AO courses.