<p>I'm attending Purdue University and switched majors from Electrical Engineering to Pre-med. At Purdue, they allow you to retake classes that will replace the previous grade. When I was in engineering, I replaced several unsatisfactory grades before I decided to go into Pre-med. When I apply for medical school, most likely through the AMCAS, how will those bad grades that I had in engineering (but replaced with As or Bs) reflect on the reviewers? how does the AMCAS actually calculate my gpa? will reviewers ever see my graduate gpa from my undergraduate university or just look at what AMCAS says is my GPA?</p>
<p>Good question jsilverm. I was thinking the same thing. I got a C in Chemistry I in my freshman year which was a 5 credit hour course. That considerably drops my overall GPA in the early 3.00s....I wish i can retake it but I don't know what the med schools with think about it since I also retook Gen Chem II and got a B. REtaking 2 science courses, i think, is just going to have my application thrownout the window before i even get started.</p>
<p>Medical schools that use AMCAS will use whatever GPA the AMCAS shows. The AMCAS uses whatever transcript(s) you have sent from your college. Whatever is on you college transcript will be shown on your AMCAS and calculated into your GPA. If your college transcript clears/removes (so that it is not visible) the previous grade then AMCAS will naturally not see it and not count it. If both appear on your transcript (the previous and the new) than AMCAS will use both (and naturally they’ll average).</p>