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In a message dated 7/23/99 2:37:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
user@allmerica.com writes:
> Hi,
> I am going into my junior year of college at Brown University. My
> overall GPA is good, but my science GPA is not great. Does the academic
> prestige of my university add weight to my science GPA, due to the
> difficult academic rigors of Brown.
Reply:
Hi,
The fact that your overall GPA is good will weigh in your favor and at least
it might open more doors to you. Depending on how low your science GPA is and
how well you do on your MCAT, especially on science sections you may get a break
because you go to Brown. For example if your science GPA is 3.3 but your overall
is 3.6 you might be competitive in schools that have average science of 3.5.
So in a nutshell, I think that to some extent you will benefit from your school's
reputation but the question is to what degree. I do not think that going to
Brown will compensate for science GPA of 3.0 at a school that wants 3.5 but
3.4 or 3.3 might fly. --->Of course how well you do on MCAT will also influence
whether and how great will your "Brown compensation" of GPA be.<---
On a different note, if I were you I would stop worrying about your low GPA and tried to get it up and flying. You can hope that going to Brown will help you but it is much better to have both a degree from Brown and a decent GPA. Depending on what your actual science GPA is, it may be well worth it to try to bring your science GPA up. Run some calculations and make some reasonable assumptions about how many science classes you can take and still do well. It might even be beneficial for you to take a year off after college so that you can use your senior year to bring your science GPA up. This means that you will start applying to medical schools immediately after your graduation.
Hope this helps a bit. Best of luck to you.
-Alex
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