What is considered a high GPA?

<p>What would be considered a high GPA for a premed at Cornell?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>Premeds tend to do well with medical school admission above a 3.4…(I don’t remember the percentage, but it’s pretty good). A 3.4 is a good solid score, but I wouldn’t say overly high.</p>

<p>3.0-3.4 = doing fine, step it up a bit for premed.</p>

<p>3.4-3.6 = solid score, you have shot</p>

<p>3.6-3.7 = very good! Very good shot.</p>

<p>3.7+ = awesome</p>

<p>4.0+ = absolutely awesome! </p>

<p>Heh, excuse my weird scale of expressions.</p>

<p>Cool thanks. I could shoot for 3.7+ but I have no shot at 4.0+ now haha. Are you referring to overall GPA or science GPA? I think that my overall is higher than my science GPA.</p>

<p>I remember reading somewhere that 3.7+ makes you very competative for the top programs</p>

<p>3.6-3.7 would be a good GPA to shoot for. I’d still be nervous w/ a 3.4-3.6 GPA at Cornell (acceptance rate to med school probably around 65%). Acceptance rates of people w/ 3.6+ GPA’s should be 90%+.</p>

<p>The above figures are for overall GPA’s. Your science GPA will most likely be lower than your overall GPA. Through 6 semesters at Cornell, every A- or lower grade I’ve received has been in a bio or chem class so obviously my non-bio/chem GPA is 4.0+ while my BPCM GPA is only 3.85.</p>

<p>what about if i’m applying to human ecology…PAM major</p>

<p>Acceptance rates for 3.4-3.59 per Cornell data:</p>

<p>2005: 72%
2003: 81%
2002: 79%
2001: 80%
2000: 88%</p>

<p>Looks closer to 80% than 65%.</p>

<p>Edit: 2004 was missing on the site - it had 2003 data in place of 2004 for some reason.</p>

<p>It might just be a coincidence, but your figures suggest to me there’s been a downward trend.</p>

<p>My overall (including science) is about a 3.73 now</p>

<p>Norcalguy, what is your major?</p>

<p>I’m a bio major (MCB concentration).</p>

<p>The downward trend probably coincides with the increasing difficulty of getting into medical school. As the number of applicants fluctuates, so will Cornell’s numbers. If you go all the way back to 1995 when Cornell’s overall acceptance rate to med school was 55%, their 77% acceptance rate last year would actually be an upward trend:)</p>

<p>Also are there science courses (upper-level biology) courses in which most people get A’s?</p>

<p>Answers all your questions.</p>

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<p>Same question, but for going to grad school for MBA after -blank- gpa in ILR (or Cornell in general). This is really important for me so thanks to all that reply!!!</p>

<p>and does your gpa combine with your freshman college is you are a gt?</p>

<p>A good GPA is relative. For an engineer, anything above 3.0 is considered pretty good. For some of the easier majors, I think you at least 3.8 or so to be considered “good.” Pre-med I would say is at least average difficulty, but I couldn’t really be any more specific than that.</p>

<p>I would caution against using upper level bio courses to pad your science GPA. In general, I’ve found upper division courses to be about as tough as intro bio. Intro bio is curved more harshly (mean=B-) as opposed to 200+ level bio courses (mean = B/B+) but you have to remember that:</p>

<p>a) The competition is tougher. I would much rather face first semester freshmen in Bio 101 than the grad students I had to compete against in Bio 440 last sem and in Bio 632 next sem.</p>

<p>b) The material is tougher and more detailed in upper level courses. You’re generally not going to get multiple-choice prelims like you see in Bio101.</p>

<p>Oh okay the reason I was asking about taking upper-level bio classes to bring up my science GPA is because I noticed that some bio classes had a median grade of an A. (Like some BIONB courses.) Is it still very difficult to get an A?</p>

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<p>Most of those are 400-level courses that have rereq’s beyond just intro bio. This means you will most likely have to take an additional bio course (like BioNB222) in order to place into them. If you absolutely hate neurobio, there’s no reason to take two neurobio courses just to improve your GPA.</p>

<p>the median in upper level is higher…but you’re also dealing with people that passed all the prerequisites and have an interest in the subject.</p>