Getting a low grade and pre-med

WayOutWestMom
Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:15:03 +0000

Your sGPA will be computed using every BCPM (biology, chemistry, math and physics) class you’ve ever taken at the college level*, including any co-enrollment credits from high school.

Medical schools do their initial screening by looking at your GPA, sGPA and MCAT score. Your pre-reqs will not be broken out and looked out separately. Only those main numbers.

If you get to the interview stage, then your year-by-year grades are broken out and scrutinized.


Some classes (i.e. statistics) will be included in your sGPA no matter what course designator they have. (IOW, stats will be counted as a math class by AMCAS and AACOM even if it’s listed under PSYCH or ECON on your transcript.)