will a few Cs kill my chance of getting into good med schools?

Colleges & Universities University of California - San Diego
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<p>I’m wondering, when applying for graduate schools, do they look at your GPA more or by the number of As, Bs, and Cs more? Because I really screwed up my freshman year (like, around 4 Cs), but now I have a GPA of around 3.8.</p>

<p>Does that kill my chance of getting into good law schools/med schools?</p>

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<p>oh I have another question: how does graduate school calculate GPAs? Is it,</p>

<p>A+: 4.3
A : 4.0
A-: 3.7
B+: 3.3
B : 3.0
B-: 2.7
C+: 2.3
C : 2.0
C-: 1.7</p>

<p>or otherwise?</p>

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<p>Are they looking at the gpa from community college also?</p>

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<p>A/A+:4.0
A-:3.7
B+:3.3
B:3.0 etc</p>

<p>A+ is still a 4.0 in their eyes. </p>

<p>With those few C’s and your GPA is still a 3.8 from the correct scale, it should be fine. Just as long as those C’s weren’t science courses perhaps.</p>

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<p>You mean your quarter GPA is around a 3.8 or your cumulative? o_o</p>

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<p>to radiance, it’s cumulative</p>

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<p>LSAC has their own GPA conversion as well. An A+ is 4.3.</p>

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<p>How the hell do you get a 4.3 in college? There aren’t weighted classes</p>

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<p>Med School does not weight your GPA…</p>

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<p>LSAC cares about A+'s vs. A’s</p>

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<p>Strange. Would’ve thought a sophomore would have made up their mind on going law or going med by now. Law schools definitely do 4.3 for A+ and if you expect to get into the HYS region, you should start collecting them or you’ll be disappointed come admissions time. It’s going to be hard to keep a really high GPA if you’re going to be be on the pre-med track, and the LSAT isn’t exactly a walk in the park. </p>

<p>But then again, it depends on your definition of “good”.</p>