Pitt. vs other schools

shades_children
Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:36:12 +0000

My question is, does not med school take into consideration what level of courses u took in undergrad?Like, a 4.0 in intro, and a 3.7 in upper level, which is better?



4.0 is better. Medical school adcoms do not have the time to scrutinize your transcript. Usually, there is no way for them to tell how difficult a course is compared to another, so generally, they don’t care. (Obviously, if your transcript is loaded with clearly lightweight courses like Flatbreads 101 or Winetasting, that’s another story.)

Regardless, you should not be relying on your transcript to make your application stand out. If that is the most interesting thing about you, you are in big trouble.