Touro-CA Rumor

[guylewis]

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I heard an interesting rumor on some various old posts and whatnot about TUCOM-CA and how they calculate the GPA...is it true that they are interested at the total GPA from both graduate and undergraduate? Apparently that is the rumor. If that rumor is true, then I would be happier than a monkey in a mango tree since my GPA from my master's degree (biology research) would be a big boon and put me well above their average.

Before people start stating the usual remarks, please know that I am fully aware that many medical schools consider graduate GPAs to be inflated. However, please do let me know if you have any info on this rumor. Are there any other schools you know of that do this? or any schools that have a healthy respect for graduate GPAs/degrees at least?

Thanks again everyone!

 

[milosavljevic]

You could try calling the school's admissions office. It seems like a reasonable question to ask them. I'm not sure why they would keep this information a big secret?

 

[HopefulReapp]

I would hope not. High grad gpa's are a given as long as you don't fail out... Seems like an easy way to inflate a GPA.

 

[Bill Brasky]

I would hope not. High grad gpa's are a given as long as you don't fail out... Seems like an easy way to inflate a GPA.

Tell that to the people running the grad program I was in last year. Way harder than any undergrad course I ever took. Grad GPAs that aren't true SMPs shouldn't be added to uGrad GPA because they aren't all consistent with each other.

 

[TriagePreMed]

I think that's not the case for tucom, but I think it is for azcom.

 

[milosavljevic]

Way harder than any undergrad course I ever took. Grad GPAs that aren't true SMPs shouldn't be added to uGrad GPA because they aren't all consistent with each other.

I sat in on an information session webinar for a medical school recently, and asked them about SMPs. They basically said that since graduate/SMP programs are often different in terms of structure and classes taken, they can't really tell just by looking at your transcripts whether or not it was a difficult program (i.e. to prepare you for med school).

They emphasized the fact that if you've attended a master's program, you should try to explain somewhere in your application the specifics of your program so they know the details besides just your grades. The admission committees don't have time to go looking up details for every master program out there, so it's up to the applicant to explain why it might have helped you prepare for medical school and/or challenged you to explore some field of interest.