•••quote:•••Originally posted by MedQuest:
•Do grads earned in grad school count on your overall gpa for the amscas? I will be graduating this august and i intend to go to grad school for a year during the application process. The grad school does not mine that if i get accepted i could leave their program. Will starting a program and finishing look bad? What about if in my LOR state that its all right with them?•••••Whoops! Medquest, I think you were typing a bit too fast when you posted this question! If I understand you, you plan on going to grad school for 1 year; The program doesn't mind if you leave for med school without finishing, and you wonder if you don't finish your grad degree will it "look bad"...Is that right? If so, read on:
1) your GPA from grad school will be presented SEPARATELY on your AMCAS application. Your Ugrad GPA will remain the same once you get your Ugrad GPA.
2) BEWARE!!!! Med Schools DO NOT like to "cherry -pick" students from grad programs!!! Thus, if you start a Masters or whatever, your chances of med school acceptance will be MUCH better if you make it clear you will finish that degree before you matriculate to med school. So yes, leaving the grad program without finishing will "look bad"!!!