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how does your college transcript look like?

Buttzilla

Buttzilla

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I'm gonna apply for dental school in a year or two, after i finish my post bacc. i'm faxing my transcript out to some advisors at colleges i'd like to attend and man...my transcript looks like crap. i didn't do to well in undergrad and it's embarrassing looking at it.

well, i hope i can redeem myself the next year or so.

how did you guys do? was there a like a progression of some sort like bad the first year and gradually gotten better?
 
Originally posted by: Buttzilla
my transcript looks like crap. i didn't do to well in undergrad and it's embarrassing looking at it.
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Well, given your 'leet english skills, i.e. "how does your college transcript look like", I'm not surprised..
 
1st year: Pretty good. B+ average or so.
2nd year: Sh!te. Like, really bad.
3rd year: Much better. Got really good marks in a few important classes.
4th year: Coming up. Gonna be really good. I'll make sure of it.

For grad school they mainly like to see an upward trend in your marks, and doing really well in the core upper level classes in your degree. Letters of recommendation go much farther than grades.
 
Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Originally posted by: Buttzilla
my transcript looks like crap. i didn't do to well in undergrad and it's embarrassing looking at it.
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Well, given your 'leet english skills, i.e. "how does your college transcript look like", I'm not surprised..
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:thumbsdown:
 
A's in all my major-related undergrad courses. B's in all other courses. 3.7 overall, much much better then my 2.9 high school gpa.
 
Fortunately I've done pretty well every semester. I got C's in some classes when I was a sophmore, but those credits didn't transfer. C is the lowest grade I've gotten in college. 😀


: ) Amanda
 
Originally posted by: DAGTA
I took college seriously so my transcript is pretty good.
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i didn't take college seriously till last year and a half. by then it was too late so i had to finish. but i'm so excited about going back to school this sept, especially cause i feel so much more focus.
 
year 1: 3.9
year 2: 3.8
year 3: 3.4
year 4: 3.6

post-bach
year 1: 3.97
year 2: 3.90
year 3: 4.00

needed to bust ass to make it into med school
 
Originally posted by: iliopsoas
year 1: 3.9
year 2: 3.8
year 3: 3.4
year 4: 3.6

post-bach
year 1: 3.97
year 2: 3.90
year 3: 4.00

needed to bust ass to make it into med school
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eegad...how come you didn't apply after undergrad? what was your mcat score? i'm shooting for dental school in the boston area, Tuft Unvieristy or Boston University to be exact.
 
Originally posted by: silverpig

For grad school they mainly like to see an upward trend in your marks, and doing really well in the core upper level classes in your degree. Letters of recommendation go much farther than grades.
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I disagree, I think grades are just as important (if not more important) than letters of recommendation. A lot of law schools for example look mainly at GPA and LSATs. A good letter of recommendation isn't going to increase the school's average GPA.
 
Originally posted by: fyleow
Originally posted by: silverpig

For grad school they mainly like to see an upward trend in your marks, and doing really well in the core upper level classes in your degree. Letters of recommendation go much farther than grades.
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I disagree, I think grades are just as important (if not more important) than letters of recommendation. A lot of law schools for example look mainly at GPA and LSATs. A good letter of recommendation isn't going to increase the school's average GPA.
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Agreed. Letters of recommendation are important, yes...but not moreso than grades. If nothing else, they're about equal, depending on the program you're applying to. However, for schools that receive a lot of applications, GRE/LSAT/MCAT/GMAT scores and GPA are the first things used in the screening process. Pass a set of general requirements and THEN they'll begin to look at the other areas.

Even then, in many programs your "fit" with the program and the professor(s) you plan on working with are at least as important as recommendation letters.
 
LOL, i was JUST looking at my transcripts:

ASTR 3 NATURE OF UNIVERSE A 5.0
PHYSICS 10 PHYSICS B- 4.0
HIST 3A INTRO HIST SCIENCE A- 5.0
Term 03W
ANTHRO 7 HUMAN EVOLUTION A 5.0 N1
GRADE CHANGED
LING M10 STRCTR-ENGLSH WORDS P 5.0 PN
HIST 123B BYZANTINE HISTORY A- 4.0
Term 03S
POL SCI 50 INTRO-COMPRTV PLTCS A 5.0
POL SCI 20 WORLD POLITICS B+ 5.0
PHY SCI 5 HMN PHYS-DIET&EXRCS A 5.0
Term 03F
POL SCI 156A POST-COMUNST RUSSIA A- 4.0
POL SCI 159B CHINA-AGE OF REFORM A 4.0
POL SCI 40 INTRO-AMERICN PLTCS A 5.0
Term 04W
POL SCI 135 INTL RLTNS-CHINA A 4.0
CLASSIC 51A ART&ARCL-ANC GREECE A- 5.0
HIST 169 LATIN AM ELITELORE A 4.0
HIST 135A MARXIST THEORY&HIST A 4.0 N3
GRADE CHANGED FROM NR
Term 04S
POL SCI 30 POLITICS & STRATEGY A- 5.0
HIST 173 MODERN BRAZIL B+ 4.0
POL SCI C197D POLITICAL LANGUAGE A 4.0
 
Originally posted by: Whisper
Originally posted by: fyleow
Originally posted by: silverpig

For grad school they mainly like to see an upward trend in your marks, and doing really well in the core upper level classes in your degree. Letters of recommendation go much farther than grades.
Click to expand...

I disagree, I think grades are just as important (if not more important) than letters of recommendation. A lot of law schools for example look mainly at GPA and LSATs. A good letter of recommendation isn't going to increase the school's average GPA.
Click to expand...

Agreed. Letters of recommendation are important, yes...but not moreso than grades. If nothing else, they're about equal, depending on the program you're applying to. However, for schools that receive a lot of applications, GRE/LSAT/MCAT/GMAT scores and GPA are the first things used in the screening process. Pass a set of general requirements and THEN they'll begin to look at the other areas.

Even then, in many programs your "fit" with the program and the professor(s) you plan on working with are at least as important as recommendation letters.
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Tip: Don't apply to a school. Apply to a professor. Get to know some profs in your undergrad department. Find out who their buddies are at other universities. Find one of them whose work you are interested in. Start a dialogue. Get your undergrad profs to write you letters of recommendation to this new prof. Let him know you want to work with him. Put in your application and make sure he knows about it. If he goes to the graduate admissions and says he knows you, and he wants you to work for him, you'll be in. Have decent grades and you're golden.
 
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