<p>How is it different from the grades from your college?</p>
<p>All of your Cornell A+'s are counted as 4.0's. This means your AMCAS GPA will be a little lower than your Cornell GPA.</p>
<p>And it includes any grades you might have received from other institutions.</p>
<p>When the amcas calculates the gpa, do they combine all the grades from all the institutions you've taken classes at?</p>
<p>Yes! Hence the comment, it includes all the grades.</p>
<p>hey!, i was just wondering, in terms of numbers i know that mcat and gpa r most important...but do med schools even care or give a little +s to students who took more credits than necessary to receive a bs/ba and do they even care a little on courseload or difficulty of classes? thanks!!</p>
<p>A little? Sure.</p>
<p>thanks...=/, this all seems to discourage applicants from even taking any challenging courses or harder workload schedules...</p>
<p>how are these grades calculated?</p>
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<p>A+/A= 4.0
A-= 3.9
B+= 3.3
B=3.0
B-= 2.7
C+=2.3
C=2
<a href="http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/2007amcasgradeconversionguide2.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/2007amcasgradeconversionguide2.pdf</a></p>
<p>That A- should be a 3.7</p>
<p>Sorry, typo.</p>