Strengthening GPA

[sarahjth]

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Does anyone else feel like no matter what they do... their GPA is at a standstill? I feel like I keep getting the A's but the GPA just sits there teasing me. I am starting to re-take some classes that I previously got C's in.. but does any else just feel flustrated about this. Are there any words of encouragement or stories? Anyone with a lower GPA keep applying until they got in??

Has anyone else encountered this thought:

I wonder if I keep applying and applying someone is bound to take me? I wonder what the most years a person that has been denied admission re-applied?

 

[csa78]

many schools replace the higher grade in the factor of your GPA, so let's say you have 6 C's on your transcript and retake all those classes and get all A's, the C's wont factor into your GPA, thus they will have calculated a higher GPA, so you can still have a 4.0 factored GPA if you retook all those classes and recieved A's. USN also won't look at grades past 5 years if you mark it on your application; in sum, there is hope!

 

[TommyCPharmD]

That's nice to know...that they wont look at grades past five years b/c freshman year was a year of zero motivation...but how does that work?

 

[sarahjth]

that's my problem... I was so homesick my freshmen year that I did so poorly.. and now I am still paying for it. EEEK... My GPA does not represent me at all.

 

[Mongoos150]

many schools replace the higher grade in the factor of your GPA, so let's say you have 6 C's on your transcript and retake all those classes and get all A's, the C's wont factor into your GPA, thus they will have calculated a higher GPA, so you can still have a 4.0 factored GPA if you retook all those classes and recieved A's. USN also won't look at grades past 5 years if you mark it on your application; in sum, there is hope!

This is true, but PharmCAS will take both grades into factoring your GPA. Ugh.

 

[klebsiella]

many schools replace the higher grade in the factor of your GPA, so let's say you have 6 C's on your transcript and retake all those classes and get all A's, the C's wont factor into your GPA,

Im not sure how true this is. I had to retake two courses and both the original and the retake grades appear on my transcript. A friend of mine got a F in biochem, retook it and got an A and both still appear on her transcript.

As for pharm schools, it sounds like it depends on where you apply. Every school I applied to took both grades into account when determining my gpa, or they only looked at the last 60 hrs.

 

[sarahjth]

the last 60 hours, is this a common practice or only at selective schools???