Which GPA do schools look at?

[Stephanopolous]

Advertisement - Members don't see this ad

I know it varies by school but does anyone have an idea?

Is it the overall science/overall cumulative or just undergrad and then any post bacc is separate?

 

[gyngyn]

I know it varies by school but does anyone have an idea?

Is it the overall science/overall cumulative or just undergrad and then any post bacc is separate?

In AMCAS each category is shown by year of schooling. The post bac is a separate, itemized line as well. I have never seen AACOMAS...

 

[Stephanopolous]

In AMCAS each category is shown by year of schooling. The post bac is a separate, itemized line as well. I have never seen AACOMAS...

So there's probably not one set gpa they use but instead a mix of overall and undergraduate?

 

[gyngyn]

So there's probably not one set gpa they use but instead a mix of overall and undergraduate?

We get every combination of gpa's in columns and rows.
Post bac grades are added into the total undergrad scores.
Graduate level courses appear in a separate line and are not averaged into undergrad grades in AMCAS reporting.

 

[Stephanopolous]

We get every combination af gpa's in columns and rows.
Post bac grades are added into the total undergrad scores.
Graduate level courses appear in a separate line and are not averaged into undergrad grades in AMCAS reporting.

Perfect, that answers my question. Thanks so much!

 

[AlbinoHawk DO]

If I recall correctly, you can download the application file that's sent to each school. That is what they see.

 

[mathnerd88]

I were to imagine that schools look at cGPA and sGPA for your cumulative undergraduate, including your postbacc. There's a location that says cumulative undergraduate science and cumulative undergraduate GPA.

Reading what most schools report, they report cGPA and sGPA and average MCAT.

 

[Gandyy]

In AMCAS each category is shown by year of schooling. The post bac is a separate, itemized line as well. I have never seen AACOMAS...

Hey, gyngyn, I was curious as to whether there was a cutoff for gpa? What I mean to say is that is there a certain gpa (3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9) that is pretty much diminishing returns on your overall application's value?

For example, if it was a 3.8 for a certain adcom committee, then a 3.8, 3.9 and 4.0 would be treated approximately the same. Or is this not a thing?

 

[gyngyn]

For example, if it was a 3.8 for a certain adcom committee, then a 3.8, 3.9 and 4.0 would be treated approximately the same. Or is this not a thing?

At my school they are all about the same.

 

[Grace184]

At my school they are all about the same.

Take that gunners...

 

[mathnerd88]

Take that gunners...

Does that mean 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 are all the same? lol...

 

[Goro]

We look at all of them. The least important in "AO". The most important is your sGPA, and cGPA. pbGPA is important if you've got reinvention and/or GPA repair going on. We want to know that the you of now is not the you of then.

Upwards trends are always good, downward trends are not good, and can be lethal.

We also see your transcripts.

I know it varies by school but does anyone have an idea?

Is it the overall science/overall cumulative or just undergrad and then any post bacc is separate?

 

[Gandyy]

Does that mean 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 are all the same? lol...

I wouldnt say they think that. @gyngyn can correct me if I"m wrong but the reason they treat 3.8+ all the same is because after a 3.7 the difference between the 3.7+ and 4.0 is the difference between

having a 90 percent and a 93 percent in all of your classes on average. Difference between 3.5 and 3.7 is the 3.5 could have had several B's and some C's as well. The 3.7 probably has mostly A's and A-'s with very few

B's and probably no C's. Thus the transcript of a 3.8 and 4.0 is still splattered with with all A's regardless of whether or not they are A-'s or straight A's.

Plus the lower you get on the gpa scale just like the MCAT scale each gradation gets larger and larger.

Difference between 39 MCAT and and 36 MCAT? Not very large. Difference between a 32 and a 29? 15 percentile difference.

 

[Grace184]

I wouldnt say they think that. @gyngyn can correct me if I"m wrong but the reason they treat 3.8+ all the same is because after a 3.7 the difference between the 3.7+ and 4.0 is the difference between

having a 90 percent and a 93 percent in all of your classes on average. Difference between 3.5 and 3.7 is the 3.5 could have had several B's and some C's as well. The 3.7 probably has mostly A's and A-'s with very few

B's and probably no C's. Thus the transcript of a 3.8 and 4.0 is still splattered with with all A's regardless of whether or not they are A-'s or straight A's.

Plus the lower you get on the gpa scale just like the MCAT scale each gradation gets larger and larger.

Difference between 39 MCAT and and 36 MCAT? Not very large. Difference between a 32 and a 29? 15 percentile difference.

I believe he was making a joke...lol

But thanks Gandy aka Rainman 😉

 

[Gandyy]

I believe he was making a joke...lol

But thanks Gandy aka Rainman 😉

Sorry I'm writing secondaries and on SDN. 😀