Transferring credits but not gpa?

[Bemeren]

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So I'm in a bit of a predicament. I need to transfer universities for some undisclosed reasons. I'm currently attending Purdue University and I'm transferring to Indiana University next year. When talking to IU's representatives, they told me that my credits will transfer, but grades for these credits will not. I have a 3.6 in the pharmacy school at Purdue and it doesn't mean squat now. So will med schools only see the grades I get at IU? I was told that once my credits went through the CTR system the grades are removed. How does this process work? Thank you for your time and I apologize if this is a repost.. I tried searching but a wide range of subjects popped up.

-Bemeren

 

[jochi1543]

No, everything will come up. You have to submit transcripts for all undergrads attended, regardless of credit transfer. So med schools will see all of your grades.

 

[146233]

👍 AMCAS is the great equalizer.. All of your undergrad courses taken at all of your undergrad institutions will factor together to give you your "AMCAS GPA", which is what medical schools use in admissions decisions. I know it feels like you're losing your 3.6, but you're not. ...at least, not as far as medical schools are concerned. Good luck!

 

[-Goose-]

Yeah, but think of it as motivation to kick ass in all your classes so that your gpa will be great on amcas.

 

[glamqueen]

Why do people keep asking questions like this? You have to report each and every class you take and its grade. Every time. Period. No exceptions. AMCAS sees all of your grades. Maybe this statement should go in big letters on a sticky.

 

[foreverLaur]

The only time I see this as unfair is when you have to use the grades you did during PSEOP.

For those of you that don't have that program it is where I take classes at a local college during high school. The classes I take at the local college count towards my high school GPA and my high school graduation requirements.

However, since they were taken at a local university, I have to report them to AMCAS and then go towards my GPA for medical school. Not so much of an equalizer when my GPA for medical school includes my high school work and most people's don't.

I was a totally different person in high school and at that point in time, I had no idea how things worked and no one told me. I had no idea you had to formally drop a class. I just stopped attending two and took them at my high school - big fat F x2 on my transcript now. Those classes were meant to fulfill my high school requirements - not go towards my medical school GPA cuz I was still a young 16/17 year old high school kid 🙁

ok, thanks for letting me rant - i feel much better now 😛


EDIT: I hope this post below wasn't directed at me, because I am fully aware that all those classes count, I just think it isn't entirely fair, but nothing is. I had a superrr low GPA those years but upon graduating high school I pushed it up to a 3.85 cumulative and my BCMP is the same. The rest of the applicants could have also gotten a horrible GPA in high school, but theirs won't count and no one will know where mine will. :-(. I know the rules and I've read it all... just don't think it is fair.

 

[146233]

Getting upset is an exercise in futility... We have stuff like this in stickies... But the people that would ask these types of questions are typically the ones who refuse to read stickies or the AMCAS Applicant Instruction Book. 🙂

 

[Auron]

I'm transferring too and was wondering: If I have a 3.4 cumulative gpa at my current school, and get straight A's at my new school could I graduate summa cum laude from my new school with a 4.0 - regardless of the gpa I had at my old school...correct?

I do understand that everything counts on amcas, however I feel like I'm starting with a clean slate at my new school, and will do everything in my power to graduate with a 4.0/summa cum laude as its now possible.

Am I correct?

 

[foreverLaur]

I'm transferring too and was wondering: If I have a 3.4 cumulative gpa at my current school, and get straight A's at my new school I could graduate summa cum laude from my new school with a 4.0 - regardless of the gpa I had at my old school...correct?

I do understand that everything counts on amcas, however I feel like I'm starting with a clean slate at my new school, and will do everything to graduate with a 4.0 as its now possible.

Yes, you could graduate summa cum laude. My friend just did it in the May 2007 graduation. She transferred for her senior year, got a 4.0 that year, and graduated summa cum laude.


It can't hurt to put it on your application - it makes it stand out that you have an upward trend and did well in the hard upper level courses... but won't help much if you have a pretty low GPA at your other insitution that can't be brought up to a 3.5+.... but that also depends on your BCMP and MCAT score too.

 

[Auron]

Yes, you could graduate summa cum laude. My friend just did it in the May 2007 graduation. She transferred for her senior year, got a 4.0 that year, and graduated summa cum laude.


It can't hurt to put it on your application - it makes it stand out that you have an upward trend and did well in the hard upper level courses... but won't help much if you have a pretty low GPA at your other insitution that can't be brought up to a 3.5+.... but that also depends on your BCMP and MCAT score too.

yeah, the gpa from my old school sadly wont go away but with solid work this coming year my overall gpa should be 3.5 by the time I apply. I was thinking of even waiting to apply in my senior year after I graduate with a 4.0. Then I'd have a much stronger app grade wise. This would also provide more time study for mcat, more time to do ec's/volunteer etc.

But I really want to start med school right after college...so I want to avoid this scenario.

 

[foreverLaur]

yeah, the gpa from my old school sadly wont go away but with solid work this coming year my overall gpa should be 3.5 by the time I apply. I was thinking of even waiting to apply in my senior year after I graduate with a 4.0. Then I'd have a much stronger app grade wise. More time study for mcat, more time to do ec's/volunteer etc.

But I really want start med school right after college....

I'm waiting - I am applying my senior year of college. With how competitive medical school is, any bruises on your application need to be fixed by the time you apply. You need to get a high MCAT score and more volunteering/research would be good. You can then spend that year off working (in a hospital or a lab) making some people to help offset the costs of schools. It is only a year and you'll have a strong app, a better chance of getting in where you want, and you'll be a year wiser.

 

[h0bbes]

Yes, you could graduate summa cum laude. My friend just did it in the May 2007 graduation. She transferred for her senior year, got a 4.0 that year, and graduated summa cum laude.

How did she transfer into senior year? I thought the latest you could transfer is for junior status.

 

[foreverLaur]

How did she transfer into senior year? I thought the latest you could transfer is for junior status.

She ended up staying a fifth year, the way things transferred... her other school wouldn't let her double major, so that took some extra time too.