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Hello,

I am hoping to get any info.  My cGPA is at a 2.9 with grade replacement so after CASPA it will be at a 2.74.  If minimum GPA is 3.0, but after retaking a few classes post-bach along with 4.0 in science pre-req's GPA should be at 3.75.  My schools of choice allow GPA to be recalculated after re-taking classes.  My question is will CASPA automatically reject my app since initially my GPA will not meet requirement?

I appreciate helpful feedback!

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CASPA does not reject your application, they are just the centralized system which makes it somewhat easier. Even if you have a GPA of 2.0 they'll take your transcripts and money. Rejection occurs when you submit your application to the particular school. They will email you that they have received your application and will contact you once they review it. After that if you do not meet their requirements it is the individual school who will reject you, not CASPA.

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Are you sure your math is correct? If you have completed your undergrad (~120 credit hours), it would take a tremendous number of hours to bring a 2.74 to a 3.75. By my math, something like 400 credit hours of 4.0. For a 3.0 it would be 30 credit hours.

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^^ That.  Your math is not adding up.  Also, CASPA calculates a GPA with classes that are retaken - it just doesn't use grade replacement.  If you got a C in bio the first time and an A the second time, it will use both grades in calculating your GPA.

 

Schools don't typically do another calculation.  

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Are you sure your math is correct? If you have completed your undergrad (~120 credit hours), it would take a tremendous number of hours to bring a 2.74 to a 3.75. By my math, something like 400 credit hours of 4.0. For a 3.0 it would be 30 credit hours.

 

I might be calculating CASPA incorrectly.  I added science pre-req of a 4.0 totaling an extra 26 earned credit to my 2.9 gpa (2.74 caspa).

The 3.75 is after the schools recalculation of re-taken classes.  In other words in CASPA it would probably be closer to the lower end of 3.0's.  

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I was told by one university that no matter how you present your GPA, if your cumulative GPA for all classes does not meet their minimum you are absolutely wasting your time and money by applying to that school. (My CASPA all courses taken GPA is 2.92 and their minimum was 3.0). So I am focusing on "last 60" type schools and have had excellent feedback from those schools.

 

 

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Corollary: if you meet the minimums you will not be automatically rejected.

Mostly.  There have been multiple reports over the years of schools telling applicants something to the effect of "Well, it says 3.0, but we really don't look at anyone under 3.2 no matter what" and I have no reason to believe that multiple independent applicants were just making that up. In other words, as PA school has been getting more competitive, the real requirements have been going up at a rate greater or equal to the theoretical requirements.

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I was told by one university that no matter how you present your GPA, if your cumulative GPA for all classes does not meet their minimum you are absolutely wasting your time and money by applying to that school. (My CASPA all courses taken GPA is 2.92 and their minimum was 3.0). So I am focusing on "last 60" type schools and have had excellent feedback from those schools.

 

 

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May I ask what programs have that 'last 60' that you have been looking at?

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May I ask what programs have that 'last 60' that you have been looking at?

I know in MI both Eastern and Wayne State will look at last-60. Wayne State requires a waiver for it. Schools that use the last 60 credits do exist. I am banking on that as my cumulative is a 3.2 but my last 70 or so credits is a 3.85.

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The ARC-PA gives programs a free hand in determining admissions requirements. The one thing is, once you publish admissions requirements, you MUST adhere to them. If a program says its minimum GPA is 3.0, it becomes almost impossible for them to look at applicants below that.

 

If a program were to admit someone that did not meet their admissions standards and that person did not succeed in the program there could be a reckoning with the ARC...

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