Ugrad gpa

[pickel]

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How do I raise my ugrad gpa if I already have my BS? Or is that not possible anymore. Does every ugrad class I've taken count towards my gpa or just the classes I took as a ugrad? Thanks

 

[njbmd]

How do I raise my ugrad gpa if I already have my BS? Or is that not possible anymore. Does every ugrad class I've taken count towards my gpa or just the classes I took as a ugrad? Thanks

Courses taken after your first bachelors degree (and not graduate courses)are considered post bacc and will add to uGPA. If the grades are higher than B+, they will raise your uGPA. The more hours that you have, the slower the rise.

Every undergraduate level course will contribute to the uGPA but again, if you have over 100 hours with a cum of 3.0, you are not going to see much of a rise with 4 hours of A coursework.

Sit down and make an Excel spreadsheet and see how much your uGPA rises with your coursework. There is also a projected uGPA calculator (do a Google search) where you can input your numbers and get an idea of what you have to do to get into a competitive range. The process is slow but uGPA is what counts for entry into medical school.

 

[pickel]

Thanks for responding. Half of the courses required for my MS degree are ugrad courses. Do I calculate my grad GPA by only the grad courses or do I also include the ugrad courses?

 

[DrMidlife]

Thanks for responding. Half of the courses required for my MS degree are ugrad courses. Do I calculate my grad GPA by only the grad courses or do I also include the ugrad courses?

Undergrad classes taken as part of a grad program are sometimes counted as grad classes. Pick some med schools you like and check on their specific policies. We have at least one nontrad around here (was it law2doc?) who got burned by this.

And in general, there's nothing you can do at the graduate level to "undo" a low undergrad GPA. Med schools get 5000 to 10,000 apps each year, and they have to compare apples to apples - undergrad GPAs and the MCAT - and grad work is an orange. There are high-risk, high-cost, one-year medical masters programs (called SMPs) that are an exception: these are designed to improve your med school app credentials. (See the postbac forum for more info on SMPs.)

Best of luck to you.

 

[Travisgee]

Here are some links to online gpa calculators:
Gpa Calculator
Single point Gpa calculator
Another gpa Calculator