Wait to Submit?

[274631]

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Yes another submit or don't submit thread...

I should be finished with my Primary in the next week or 2, once I get back my PS from being critiqued and my final grades from two of my Spring classes are entered. However, I am currently retaking Biochem (I got a C- first time). I am debating whether or not to submit my application early to mid-June or wait until the first week or so in July after I get back my Biochem grade.

As for my stats:
Undergrad cGPA- 3.6
Undergrad sGPA- 3.1
Grad GPA- 3.7/3.8 (depending on those last 2 Spring grades)
FYI- my grad is in public health but I have taken some hard science courses also to supplement it.

The Biochem (if I get an A) will only bump my Undergrad sGPA up to 3.2 so it really isn't a huge increase. However, I would like schools to see that I retook the course and did well. I may also be able to get in some shadowing with a primary care doc (which I haven't done as yet) in that time.

Opinions? Wait or submit without the biochem grade?

 

[JackyLin]

I don't think your grad GPA gets accounted into your AMCAS GPA...unless it's a SMP? So it really wouldn't affect your sGPA, but some schools may have biochem as requirement and in that case you may want to show that you have completed it?

either way I think submitting early is fine, correct me if I'm wrong though.

 

[gyngyn]

I don't think your grad GPA gets accounted into your AMCAS GPA...unless it's a SMP? So it really wouldn't affect your sGPA, but some schools may have biochem as requirement and in that case you may want to show that you have completed it?

either way I think submitting early is fine, correct me if I'm wrong though.

Submit ASAP. Your graduate grades are separate and of much less importance than a later ap.

 

[Aerus]

Submit early. Graduate grades tend to be grade inflated anyways, so adcoms won't really put much weight into it. The slight increase is not worth it.

Give yourself as early of a head start as possible since your undergrad GPA isn't super stellar.

 

[274631]

Thanks for the responses.

Just to clarify- the Biochem grade I am waiting on is a post-Bacc grade. I thought that would be factored into the undergrad GPA.