<p>what was your freshman undergrad gpa?</p>
<p>It was a long time ago, but I just so happen to have my transcript in front of me (applying for a medical license is a pain in the ass…) </p>
<p>Looks like it was a 3.433…</p>
<p>4.0, but to answer your underlying question yes many students who get accepted to medical school have a bad freshman year GPA followed by an upward trend.</p>
<p>4.0, 3.98 at graduation (3 “A-” in minor). So, I suppose, it was downward trend. Nobody mentioned grades/GPA at interviews. Freshman GPA is irrelevant as long as your GPA at the time of application is 3.6+, you should be OK.</p>
<p>Overall GPA was 3.818 at graduation according to my transcript, but would’ve been a little bit lower when I applied to medical school. BCMP was slightly lower, I think, but still above 3.7.</p>
<p>Mine was technically an upward trend, but most of the trend happened after I submitted my medical school applications. I think if I’d kept the gpa I had at the end of my sophomore year, which was when it hit its lowest point (I’m still bitter about that Italian grade), my grades still would have been high enough that no one would have called them into question.</p>
<p>I kept a 4.0 until midway through sophomore year, at which point it dropped to a 3.97 and remained there through graduation.</p>
<p>Well to make the underachievers feel a little bit better…I graduated with a 3.495…</p>
<p>My MCAT score was >90th %ile for the year I took it though… which helped.</p>
<p>D1’s numbers were similar to BRM. (Final GPA 3.43 and MCAT >95th %ile.)</p>
<p>3.42 freshman year
3.72 when I graduated</p>
<p>99% percentile for the MCAT</p>
<p>SO graduated with 3.4 and 99.9% MCAT.</p>
<p>Edit: Sucks to spend 3 years making up for a rocky freshman year.</p>
<p>DD does not remember her freshman GPA, she would guess around 3.4-3.5, it is really sad when you realize how an A- or B+ feels pretty good, “Hey an A- is still an A”, but then you see how they drag down your GPA :(</p>
<p>I know she had a 3.3 or 3.4 mid junior year when we were discussing when to apply. That was part of the reason she chose to wait until after senior year, she did not play her sport, did all her pre-med ECs, got all As in senior upper division science classes, and I think ended up with something like a 3.59/3.69 for her total/science GPAs.</p>
<p>4.0 in the fall, 3.0 in the spring with - GASP - a C in orgo, so 3.5 for the 1st year.
Finished/applied (since I took a year off) with a 3.67 and MCAT in the 97th percentile.</p>
<p>3.5 freshman year</p>
<p>3.49 freshman year, 3.69 at graduation</p>
<p>thanks for all the answers guys! appreciate it!</p>