| Not really ethancc2, med and grad schools look at GPA very FIRST. In fact, they use GPA and test scores to screen out the the qualified applicant from the unqualified. I have went to lots of medical school admissions panels and such, and they all emphasize the importance of GPA. In fact, one such discussion meeting even went so far as to say that GPA was worth about 1/3 of the entire student's application when medical schools looked at the potential students. The fact is, GPA is extremely important and everything else (interview, extracurricular, etc) come second. |