<p>I heard from a friend that medical schools calculate your GPA by including your University classes and Community College classes. I go to UCSD and took two classes at a CC over the summer. Does this mean they will also take into account these classes when calculating my GPA? If so, isn't this a little unfair because transfer students will have 2 years of their University GPA plus 2 years from a CC and boost their GPA? Could somebody elaborate please? Also, is a scientific GPA more important than a cumulative? THANKS!</p>
<p>AMCAS includes all "college-level" courses in your GPA. Yes, this does give a boost to community college transfers - but of course, it is absurd to suggest that they are at an "advantage" in the process overall unless the grades disparity is very dramatic.</p>
<p>Your BCPM GPA is calculated, as is your overall GPA. Both are very important. Which is MORE important? I don't think there's an answer for this. Medical schools see and use both measures - but generally the advice we receive is in terms of BCPM GPA.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, that is not true. And unfortunately (for me), all of my A+'s are in science classes and all of my A-'s, B+'s, and B's are in science classes also. After the recalculation, my BPCM GPA will be taking quite a hit.</p>
<p>If it weren't for this damn double standard, I could get an A- in a science class later on and my BCPM wouldn't take a hit...though I do suppose all regular A's might look a tad better than a few +'s and a few -'s. Or maybe not. :/</p>
<p>All grades are standard grades except for A+s. A B+ is a 3.3; an A- is a 3.7.</p>
<p>The only weird one is an A+, which is counted (like an A) as a 4.0.</p>
<p>This is because grading standards in giving out A+'s vary wildly. Some professors just don't give them; some professors give as many A+'s as A's. For whatever reason, our college culture has an inconsistent paradigm regarding A+'s. For that reason, I believe it's fair (although to my detriment) that A+'s are counted simply as 4.0's.</p>