<p>I'm a senior B.S. Bio Major with a current 4.0, but I know med schools look at all transcripts from any colleges attended, I transferred from a community college with a 2.978 GPA and a few W's / C's. Are my chances of med school ruined because of this or does my current University GPA allow them to overlook my low grades in CC?</p>
<p>AMCAS will use all your grades when computing your GPA. It will be the AMCAS GPA that med schools use to auto-screen applicants. If your application gets past the computer screener, then it will be considered on its merits–and that includes the upward trend in grades.</p>
<p>A few med schools (UW, for example) re-weight college grades for GPA calculations by placing less emphasis on freshman grades. </p>
<p>What is the actual cumulative gpa of all your courses if you simply lump them all together (as AMCAS will do)?</p>
<p>I transfered 60 credits from my community college and only have 30 university credits completed, including organic chemistry, physics, some math and bio courses. BUT, in CC I took bio 2130 and got a C in the class / lab, as well as math 1100 and got a C. As I know they take all the grades for a science gpa should I retake these courses at the university? Also I’m not sure where this leaves my current overall GPA but it’s mixing a 2.978 of 60 credits with a 4.0 of 30 credits, but the 30 credits are from my 4 year college in physics chemistry math bio etc.</p>
<p>AMCAS will calculate 2 different kinds of GPA: a cumulative GPA and a science GPA.</p>
<p>The cGPA will include every single class you’ve ever taken at the college level.</p>
<p>The sGPA will include only those grades from classes in biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics.</p>
<p><a href=“AMCAS® Course Classification Guide | Students & Residents”>https://www.aamc.org/students/download/181694/data/amcas_course_classification_guide.pdf</a></p>
<p>You should use an online GPA calculator to find out exactly what your cGPA and sGPA are. </p>
<p>Both of those GPAs will be critical during the screening process since at most med schools the first screen is done by a computer program. No human eyes involved. </p>
<p>Allopathic (MD) medical schools do not permit grade replacement. Any course you retake will simply be averaged into all the other grades in your GPAs.</p>
<p>Osteopathic (DO) medical schools allow for grade replacement and will only include the most recent grade in both your cGPA and sGPA.</p>
<p>Your problem is that the more credits you have completed the harder it becomes to raise your GPA. Once you compute both of your GPAs, you’ll be able to estimate if you will be able to raise your GPA sufficiently to be a viable candidate for MD schools. Or whether you might do better to retake some courses and apply to DO programs.</p>
<p>If I maintain a 4.0 throughout my program through the rest of my classes, (which is only like 18 more credits…) My overall GPA is a 3.5555 repeating according to that GPA calculator.</p>
<p>3.5 is on the low side for MD schools, but not impossible. The average GPA of allopathic matriculants is around 3.65 and has been rising every year.</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.aamc.org/download/321508/data/2013factstable24.pdf”>https://www.aamc.org/download/321508/data/2013factstable24.pdf</a></p>
<p>If you’re willing to apply to DO programs, you’re in the running</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.aacom.org/InfoFor/applicants/becoming/Pages/AdmissionReq.aspx”>http://www.aacom.org/InfoFor/applicants/becoming/Pages/AdmissionReq.aspx</a></p>
<p>Possibly dumb question, but if I am in a DO program am I at any disadvantages? Like not being able to specialize in a field such as neurology </p>
<p>A DO can enter all of the same specialties that a MD can. </p>
<p>And starting in as early as 2015, MD and DO residencies will be merging. (Process will be complete by 2020.)</p>
<p>I think the 3.55 will get past any computerized screens and then an actual person will see the 3.0/4.0 split which I assume will only help?</p>
<p>I know a person in a similar situation. What college do you go to?</p>