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Enter your courses the way AMCAS will see them. Get your cumulative and science (BCPM) GPA on the AMCAS scale, then see what it takes to reach your target.
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Your GPA for every AMCAS year, your trend, how many hours of A grades reach your target, what your remaining courses can do and the counting rules that catch applicants out.
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How AMCAS calculates your GPA
AMCAS does not take the GPA printed on your transcript. It re-enters every course you took at every college and averages them on one scale.
- Grade weights
- A+ and A are 4.0, A- 3.7, B+ 3.3, B 3.0, B- 2.7, C+ 2.3, C 2.0, C- 1.7, D+ 1.3, D 1.0, D- 0.7 and F 0.0.
- Science (BCPM)
- Biology, chemistry, physics and math courses, averaged on their own.
- All other (AO)
- Every other graded undergraduate course.
- By year
- Freshman, sophomore, junior, senior and postbaccalaureate, each with its own GPA, so readers see your trend.
- Repeated courses
- Both grades are averaged in, even when your college counted only the second one.
Sources: AAMC, U.S. medical schools enroll record number of students in 2025 (Dec. 9, 2025) and the AAMC, AMCAS Applicant Guide. Your official AMCAS GPA comes from your verified transcripts.
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What is the BCPM GPA?
BCPM stands for biology, chemistry, physics and math. AMCAS averages only those courses into a science GPA, alongside an all other (AO) GPA and your cumulative GPA. Medical schools see all three, broken out by year.
Why is my AMCAS GPA different from the GPA on my transcript?
AMCAS recalculates every grade on one standard scale, so an A- is 3.7 and a B+ is 3.3 even if your college uses different weights. It also includes grades your college dropped, such as a course you repeated for grade replacement, and it combines grades from every college you attended.
Which courses count as science?
AMCAS sorts each course by its content, not by the department that offered it. Biochemistry counts as chemistry, statistics counts as math, and a biology lab counts as biology. AMCAS can change a category when it verifies your transcript.
My school uses quarter hours. Does that change the GPA?
No. AMCAS converts quarter hours to semester hours by dividing by 1.5, which changes the hour count but not the average. Choose quarter hours and enter credits as they appear on your transcript.
Are my courses saved or sent anywhere?
Course names and grades stay in your browser. Only the totals for each year are sent to build the result, and they are not stored. We keep your email address only if you choose to unlock the full report.