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Tips for Bringing Your GPA up
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uhh...work hard? tutors? good study habits? bribe professors?
that's basically all you can do
that's basically all you can do
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sarahjth said:
I took a few Health electives (at the 300 level and up) my junior and senior years of college. I figured that Health courses would be pretty easy after taking some seriously tough bio and chem courses. Plus, health classes are at least in the same healthcare "field" so it will look better than taking some random elective (like a theater class or something that has nothing to do with healthcare/pharmacy). Of course, thats not going to help your pre-req. GPA for pharmacy school but it will help boost your cumulative GPA.
I took Intro to Pharmacology last semester. This year I'm taking Medical Pharmacy I and II. Easy A's 👍
If you already finish most of your classes and have one or two semester left then it will be hard to bring up the GPA by a large margin, but it's not impossible. I have a 3.0 GPA as a freshman(thought that i was still in high school) and now it's 3.45 and going up as i am taking easy subjects like A&P I and Organic I. Love Organic. Sit down and ask yourself what you want to do, Work hard and get all A's and have a GPA around 3.6 and higher or have 3.2 gpa and score 99% on the PCAT. Either way it works to get into pharmacy college. I am trying to achieve both High GPA and Pcat score.
Main Idea: Show improvement as you move along your pre pharmacy career(get A's in main pre pharmacy courses) and use old formula one night show(study) before the test to get the boost for the GPA.Works for me. 😀
Main Idea: Show improvement as you move along your pre pharmacy career(get A's in main pre pharmacy courses) and use old formula one night show(study) before the test to get the boost for the GPA.Works for me. 😀
fenil2005 said:
see, this is encouraging to me, cause i started out the same way you did. i think im already on the right track to improving as im doing better in chem then i was in bio last year
I was asking more of. . . experiences. So thanks who gave me some of their experiences.. and I have my ABCs down. I just have a few semesters left and right now running on free tuition from a scholarship.. It would be amazing if I could boost it a few points though.
Take some classes that you are interested in, sound somewhat challenging, but that you can do well in, such as any nursing or other health prof class, astronomy, most computer science classes, performing arts, some upper division business.
There is nothing wrong with taking a "random" class just because your interested in it.
There is nothing wrong with taking a "random" class just because your interested in it.
Sometimes, other students can clue you in as to what professor is best at teaching a class. Is no secret that some professors will make some classes harder that others. I am not advocating to take easy classes, but within reason, you want to avoid infamous teachers.
You may also want to try some research. This looks good in your application, is hands on, so if you do the work you are pretty much guaranteed a good grade w/o tests. 😉
You may also want to try some research. This looks good in your application, is hands on, so if you do the work you are pretty much guaranteed a good grade w/o tests. 😉
sarahjth said:
what i always ended up doing for each class is finding how the tests are structured. once you know that, the rest of the tests become significantly easier just because you know as to what direction the prof is going.
and also, time management (not sure if this is considered 'experience'). when i study, i think to myself, 'this will be the only 2 hours of the entire day im going to study'. sometimes ill get so much done, that it would REALLY be the only 2 hours i study that day.
hope any of this helped. good luck 👍
Well...I already have my BS and I'm almost done with prereqs so if I don't get in because of my GPA I plan to take more health type classes to bring it up and try again.
Retaking classes you did poorly in can help.
