Based on what I could find in last year's "hopefuls" thread, it looks like the cutoff was speculated to be a 2.95 (based on the gpa of people who didn't meet the cutoff vs people who did). I think this was for prerequisite science gpa, but I'm not 100% sure about that.
Thank you for this info.
Of course! I've been so anxious I keep going back and combing through past few years' threads. Definitely not healthy, hehe.Thank you for this info.
I get it. So much of this is challenging in so many ways. Fingers crossed for a good outcome and payoff for all your efforts !!!! 💕
Thanks so much. And to you as well!
Yes! This is what they said on the website!
How do you think they would handle a "W" to take a lower level biochem instead in the Spring...I'm struggling with the upper-level course.
I’m honestly not sure how they would calculate that when they update after fall grades, I do know that if you get accepted in February or even just waitlisted, then you only need to get a C or better to keep your acceptance. You could reach out to them and ask how W’s are calculated!
for sure!
I don’t think you should be concerned
. Mine still says “in academic review” and my gpa’s haven’t populated yet. I did submit after you thoughYeah I'm just concerned because I think I saw people who submitted at my time have theirs pass academic review :/ hopefully there's some randomnessI don’t think you should be concerned
There’s total randomness I submitted before u and nothing is up yet. They do it by hand so it’s all random and just as they go
This whole thing is just so stressful! All we can do is be patient, which is incredibly hard. Lol.
Iowa sends out every year Feb 15th
For sure but I also appreciate knowing a definite date !
It’s because they recalculate everything with fall grades and don’t do interviews (at least for out of state!)
Yes they need to be sent by January 20th i believe
how do you send them? my school used the website parchment for vmcas so how are you guys sending them in?
You have to order them through your school and instead of the destination being VMCAS it has to be Iowa state
I believe they update GPAs as they receive transcripts but it does take a while for your grade to be updated once they receive it since they do everything manually.
There should be a portion between the "Supplemental Application" status section and the "Signature Page" portion that should be titled "Grade Point Averages" that shows both your required science GPA and your last 45 credit GPA
This doesn't exist for me.
Mine also never updated. I had emailed earlier in the cycle and they said sometimes since theh do everything by hand they don’t post some by mistake. I’d email and recheck
I would message them through the portal. Everything should be uploaded by this point so its odd its not there for you
they are very responsive if you are able to send a message through the portal, as said above.
ISU calculates your required science GPA. VMCAS just calculates your overall science GPA I believe
ISU's required science is calculated from the courses on their website that they outline as their pre-reqs, where VMCAS is like your overall science GPA which is generally quite a bit more science courses/more credit hours. You could look on Iowa's website for which courses specifically and do a rough calculation yourself to see if it's accurate. If you think something is wrong then you can definitely reach out to them for clarification!
If your status went to “In Review” from “In Academic Review”, you made it past preliminary academic screening to file review as far as I know. GPA is still worth a certain percentage though, I think it’s like 45% with last 45 and science equally weighted
