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[BulletproofMONK]

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Scenario: A student has a rocky record at a unversity and has ups and downs, failing grades here, withrdrawls there, but then ends up with a 3.3 after 3 years time because he/she kicked their own ass and made themself work as hard as a possible. Ok so this student gets cleared for a transfer to a major university say University of Michigan - Ann Arbor for undergrad and graduates with a 4.0.

Question: When this student applys to med school, how will they be looking at his/her grades? And how would someone figure out what gpa they look at? Do the average the 2 together ? Or waht do they do?

 

[Random Access]

Originally posted by BulletproofMONK
Scenario: A student has a rocky record at a unversity and has ups and downs, failing grades here, withrdrawls there, but then ends up with a 3.3 after 3 years time because he/she kicked their own ass and made themself work as hard as a possible. Ok so this student gets cleared for a transfer to a major university say University of Michigan - Ann Arbor for undergrad and graduates with a 4.0.

Question: When this student applys to med school, how will they be looking at his/her grades? And how would someone figure out what gpa they look at? Do the average the 2 together ? Or waht do they do?

Every college grade you've ever had counts. They all get averaged in together.

 

[Mutterkuchen]

Originally posted by Random Access
Every college grade you've ever had counts. They all get averaged in together.

This is true, but many med schools look at upward trends, as well. If you had a lousy freshman year, but got practially all "A"s for the rest of you college experience, you will likely be forgiven for your past poor performance. Just get a solid MCAT score and be prepared to explain why your grades were awful and how you learned from the experience.