Professional school GPA
Calculate the GPA your application service will report — law, medicine, PA, pharmacy, dental, optometry, veterinary, physical and occupational therapy, and nursing.
LSAC CAS GPA
Law (J.D.) — 4.33 scale — A+ rewarded above 4.0
ProfessionalAMCAS GPA
Medicine (M.D.) — 4.0 cap + separate BCPM science GPA
ProfessionalCASPA GPA
Physician assistant (PA) — Science / Non-Science and BCP, by CASPA’s own subject list
ProfessionalAACOMAS GPA
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) — Science / Non-Science GPA, by AACOMAS’s subject list
ProfessionalPharmCAS GPA
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) — Overall and category GPAs, by PharmCAS’s subject list
ProfessionalADEA AADSAS GPA
Dental school (D.D.S. / D.M.D.) — Science and Biology/Biochemistry/Chemistry/Physics GPAs
ProfessionalOptomCAS GPA
Optometry (O.D.) — BCP and category GPAs, by OptomCAS’s subject list
ProfessionalVMCAS GPA
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) — Overall and Science GPA, by VMCAS’s subject list
ProfessionalPTCAS GPA
Physical therapy (D.P.T.) — Science, Science and Math and category GPAs
ProfessionalOTCAS GPA
Occupational therapy (OTD / MOT / MSOT) — Overall and category GPAs, by OTCAS’s subject list
ProfessionalNursingCAS GPA
Nursing (BSN, MSN, DNP) — Overall and category GPAs, by NursingCAS’s subject list
ProfessionalWhy your application GPA isn't your transcript GPA
Law and health-profession application services recalculate your GPA with their own rules — and that recalculated number, not the one on your transcript, is what admissions committees see.
- LSAC (law) uses a 4.33 scale where A+ = 4.33, so a transcript full of A+ grades can exceed 4.0. Every attempt counts — including repeats and failures — with no grade forgiveness.
- AMCAS (M.D.) caps A+ at 4.0 (same as A), counts all repeat attempts, and reports a separate BCPM science GPA that med schools scrutinize closely.
- The Liaison services — CASPA, AACOMAS, PharmCAS, ADEA AADSAS, OptomCAS, VMCAS, PTCAS, OTCAS and NursingCAS — share one grade value chart (A+ and A are both 4.0), count every attempt of a repeated course, leave pass/fail and AP credit out, and convert quarter hours at 0.667. What differs is the course-subject list, and with it which courses land in the science GPA: CASPA and AACOMAS put Mathematics on the non-science side, ADEA AADSAS counts it as Other Science, and PTCAS has a separate Science and Math GPA. Each calculator here uses its own service’s list, checked on 2026-10-01.
These are unofficial estimates. The official figure comes only from the service's own verification of your transcripts; always confirm against your Academic Summary Report or verified application.