Will 4.0 GPA from dual enrollment help me at all?

<p>I'm a freshman at Duke University, and a premed student. My current midterm grades--3.4 science, 3.5 overall--are making me slightly worried about my med school chances if this trend continues or worsens throughout my University career. I also have a lot of dual enrollment classes from high school, and I'm interested to know what impact this has on my chances (if at all).</p>

<p>NOTE: I understand that this case is hypothetical, as I obviously have no way of knowing what my GPA will be at the time of application. I'm hoping to get it to >3.5, but I'm also well aware that I may not accomplish this and it could be in the 3.3-3.5 range or possibly even lower if I really struggle.</p>

<p>Also, additional advice, comments, and words of wisdom are welcome.</p>

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<p>So, my high school was basically a dual enrollment program connected to the local community college. I ultimately graduated high school with an AS degree and a 4.0 GPA. This included about 25 CC courses total, half in math/science, half in other subject areas; this would result in dual enrollment courses accounting for 40-50% of the courses listed on AMCAS.</p>

<p>Now, I know that my dual enrollment grades could boost a questionable GPA of 3.3-3.5 to something around 3.6 or 3.7, a perfectly acceptable GPA for your average med school; it could even boost a GPA as low as a 3.0 to a 3.4-3.5.</p>

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<p>How would adcoms look at my overall AMCAS GPA in a case like this where the overall GPA has been significantly inflated by dual enrollment classes from high school/CC?</p>

<p>Will they simply not consider it and focus entirely on my grades in University, or will the inflated GPA result in an edge (even if only slight)?</p>

<p>it would probably only help if by chance the computerized screen GPA cutoff is in the range of your Duke GPA but now your CC courses will get you past the screen and a pair of human eyes will actually look at your application and you then get the chance to have someone like you based on the rest of your app. </p>

<p>My 2009 AMCAS calculated and listed GPAs for each year (pre-collge, freshman, sophomore, junior senior, post-bacc UG, cumulative UG, and graduate) so it wouldn’t take much effort to see that your Duke GPA was uplifted by CC courses.</p>