why undergrad over grad gpa?

[yadave]

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why do medical schools prefer undergrad gpa vs a graduate school gpa? are grad school gpa's inflated? It just doesn't make much sense because you would think that a graduate gpa would have more weight since you are studying on a higher level.

 

[Krisss17]

why do medical schools prefer undergrad gpa vs a graduate school gpa? are grad school gpa's inflated? It just doesn't make much sense because you would think that a graduate gpa would have more weight since you are studying on a higher level.

Well, I think one big reason is that the majority of students are only going to have an undergraduate degree/gpa...because it is a competitive process, comparing one student's ugpa to another's is more realistic.

I think that is also a big reason why pretty much everyone is required to have the typical prereqs.

Not being in grad school, I can't really comment on the experience or to state whether or not grade's are inflated. I think that the chances of you having a better GPA in grad school might have more to do with the fact that you are hopefully studying something you are really interested in, so motivation will provide better grades.

 

[yadave]

Grad school GPA inflation is only dependent on the type of grad program you are doing.

first let me say Kriss is partially right in that everyone has a ugrad GPA but not all have a grad GPA so that gives a level field for comparison.

Now consider that ugrad GPA requires a lot more competition among students whereas this is not true among grad programs outside of SMP and even there most SMPs are only 20 students outside of the 3 oldest programs so there is not competition. The courses are not graded on a curve against each other in any SMP only against a medical school curve whereas for ugrad you are graded against your peers.

Thirdly, people rarely if ever fail out of their grad programs and if they do they wouldn't have a degree with anything less then 3.0 whereas a 2.0 still grants you a degree for ugrad. So some people feel that they can't gauge an equal comparison.

ahh i see. thanks! yea I suppose it makes sense. still sucks though because your undergrad will always haunt you :-( BUT im working on fixing that now so it shouldn't be too bad soon. thanks for the help guys!