Potential 2018/2019 Applicant Looking for Answers on GPA Rounding

[BWM92]

Hey PreMed folks,

From what I understand from the admissions site, each year that is considered for your GPA calculation must meet a 3.7 cutoff. Assuming that the cutoff stays the same for the 2018/2019 cycle, would a GPA of 3.66 be rounded off to 3.7?

Thanks in advance!

[BernieMac]

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[mew]

No, unfortunately each year needs to be 3.70 or higher.

[nice]

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[rmorelan]

On 10/9/2017 at 7:52 PM, distributed_healthcare said:

I'm fairly certain all medical schools round your GPA to 2 decimal places. So a 3.66 would stay a 3.66

True - although there have been some interesting 3rd decimal rounding up to hit the cut off 3.66 is too far away. 

There is conditional acceptance though - that might be something to check out (one year above the cut off etc....)

[bluepen]

Not to hijack your thread but what if your GPA is something like 3.696? Would the admissions committee round that to a 3.70?

[la marzocco]

1 hour ago, bluepen said:

Not to hijack your thread but what if your GPA is something like 3.696? Would the admissions committee round that to a 3.70?

From what I recall, Western does it to 3 decimal points (i.e., 3.696 would not be rounded). If you want an official answer, your best bet is to call them.