Health Advising Professions Office


GPA Calculator

The common applications for medical (AMCAS) and dental (AADSAS) schools require that you calculate your GPA in the fashion requested on the Pre-Health Packet.  It is used to look at trends in performance over time and specific strength in the prerequisite courses.

  • List all grades for classes to be included in GPA calculator: 
    • Total GPA: list all classes attempted regardless of the grade received.
    • Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Math GPA: list all science and math courses. (dental applicants should omit math courses as they are not part of the AADSAS calculation)
    • Post Baccalaureate GPA: list classes taken after you finished your 1st undergraduate degree. Do not include Masters or Ph.D. program course work.
    • Graduate GPA: list classes that have counted towards a Masters or Ph.D. program.
  • Professional and graduate schools, and the application services they use, expect you to include ALL attempted classes (although not “W” withdrawals).  Even if UMD has let you retake the course and counts only the higher grade in your GPA, professional schools require that you use both grades in your GPA calculation.  This means that your calculated GPA may be different from the one that appears on your transcript.
  • Next to each grade, indicate its “grade value”:

    Example:


    Grade

    Grade Value

    Credits

    Quality Points

    A+

    4 points

    3

    12

    A-

    3.7 points

    4

    14.8

    B

    3.0 points

    3

    9

    B-

    2.7 points

    4

    10.8

    C+

    2.3 points

    3

    6.9

    D

    1 point

    3

    3

    F

    0 point

    3

    0

     

     

    TOTAL: 23

    TOTAL: 56.5

                                              Your GPA is your total quality points:                 56.5
                                              Divided by total credits attempted                       23
                                                    Total:                                                              2.4565217      

Additional Resources

CHECK WEBSITES IN THE LATE SPRING FOR 2010 APPLICANT INFORMATION RESOURCES

AMCAS worksheet:
http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/2009appworksheet.pdf

Grade conversion guide to calculate AMCAS GPA:
http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/2009conversionguide.pdf

AMCAS tips and hints:
http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/2009apptips.pdf

 

 

Updated January 28, 2009