gpa calculation

[nismo]

Does anyone know how saba calculates gpa? Do they factor in failed courses (same as amcas) or do they calculate it the same way as most universities---if repeating a course the last grade is used to calculate the gpa (aacom method)?
I failed a few courses and repeated them with better grades, I'm not sure how to determine my gpa. My university gpa is 3.1, but if using the amcas method it's a 2.7. I'm not exactly sure what to write on the application.

[cabrillo]

they average your grades.

[md2be123]

I remember wondering the same thing when I applied. I actually ended up leaving the science GPA field blank on my application. I figured regardless of what I entered there, they were going to recalculate based on their own methods.

[nismo]

they average your grades.

This definately sucks, now that i have calculated my gpa by including all the credits attempted it comes out to a 2.4. Has anyone gotten in with such a low gpa? My gpa for the past 114 credits (2 years) is 3.2, the problem was prior to the last two years. In the past two years I have not failed any classes, only repeated a few failed ones from 3 years ago. Everything else on my application is very good (research, teaching, volunteer, lor's), the only problem is the gpa. Would it even be worth it to apply and hope that they look past my first few years in college, or should I try osteopathic schools since my gpa would come out to be a 3.2 by their method?

[BTH]

Salutations "nismo":

Don't let the GPA thing get you down so much. So you had a rough start to your undergraduate career. At least during the past two years you have improved. I am sure the admissions committee at Saba will look at that and see that you have made some adjustments. I am not exactly sure if you will get accepted with your current GPA. You may or you may not. They will look at your extracurriculars and letters of recommendation so that will work to your advantage. In addition, if you haven't already done so, I would recommend you study for the MCATs and take it (if it's not too late). If you do well on it, that may act as a great equalizer to your low GPA. It never hurts to apply (well, actually it hurts your pocket book by $50.00), especially when you are talking about your career. Good luck. Ciao.

[drmikey]

This definately sucks, now that i have calculated my gpa by including all the credits attempted it comes out to a 2.4. Has anyone gotten in with such a low gpa? My gpa for the past 114 credits (2 years) is 3.2, the problem was prior to the last two years. In the past two years I have not failed any classes, only repeated a few failed ones from 3 years ago. Everything else on my application is very good (research, teaching, volunteer, lor's), the only problem is the gpa. Would it even be worth it to apply and hope that they look past my first few years in college, or should I try osteopathic schools since my gpa would come out to be a 3.2 by their method?

Nobody except admissions committee can guarantee if you will get accepted/rejected, so if you really want to know then apply. When I was applying six years ago I had a gpa very similar to yours, everything else on my application was great, mcat in the lower 30's, and very bad grades from the first few years and then the past 60 credits were A's and B's. Because my gpa was below a 2.7 I didn't even apply to any u.s. schools, I was accepted at sgu (probably a lot easier back then than now) and at the time I was the happiest person in the world. I think I received a good education, and I'm now doing what I love and enjoy. However, if I can go back and change some things I would definately try getting accepted to a u.s. school.

One of my friend's at the time barely graduated college because of his gpa that rounded off to a 2.0 after he convinced one of his professors to give him a C+ rather than a C. He graduated in April, took summer classes, then in the fall and spring he took 23 credits each semester, and then went back to school again during next summer. In one year and two summers he completed 75 credits with almost all A's, took the mcat (I think he had a 27---something in the upper 20's), applied to u.s. schools and was accepted at Temple. He is going to graduate next year, and wants to go into anesthesiology.

Some people who were not good students but changed into good ones should not give up hope. In some situations it might just require to have no life and work extremely hard for one year, but good student's will be able to get good grades and eventually get accepted (maybe even into a u.s. school).