Consortium - GPA question

[interesteddad]

<p>The grade would not be figured in your Swarthmore-only GPA. Courses taken in study abroad and exchange programs are included in your Swarthmore transcript as credit/no credit only. I strongly recommend going directly to the registrar at Swarthmore with questions like these. This is territory that treads very close to getting ruling on federal tax code. The registrar’s office is the expert opinion!</p>

<p>In general, Swarthmore is very uppity when it comes to studies that take place anywhere but Swarthmore. They are not usually going to “sully” the Swarthmore brand with grades earned elsewhere. I’m being a little facetious, but not really.</p>

<p>Here’s a relevant section of the pre-med guide that will give you some sense of the various versions of GPA:</p>

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There are three GPAs that are important in applying to medical school: your Swarthmore-only GPA, and your AMCAS Total GPA and BCPM GPA. Your Swarthmore-only GPA includes only those courses that were taken on the Swarthmore campus. The Health Sciences Advisory Committee uses that average to see how you performed academically in comparison to your classmates and that is an important factor in determining your Committee rating.

AMCAS (American Medical College Application Service) is the application service you must use to apply to nearly all the U.S. allopathic medical schools. AMCAS computes your Total GPA using all college-level courses you’ve taken through any U.S. or Canadian college or university, including summer school courses, exchange and cross-registration programs, most study abroad programs, and college courses that you took in high school. Because medical schools are particularly interested in applicants’ abilities in the sciences, your BCPM GPA is also computed by AMCAS and includes all courses you’ve taken in biology, chemistry, physics, and math.

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<p>[Swarthmore</a> College :: Health Sciences Office :: Guide for Applying to Medical School for Swarthmore Undergraduates and Alumni/ae](<a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/x8889.xml]Swarthmore”>Guide for Applying to Medical School for Swarthmore Undergraduates and Alumni/ae :: Health Sciences Office :: Swarthmore College)</p>