Trying to raise GPA but unclassified studies

[kge250]

I just finished my 1st year of unclassified studies (64%...very poor time management on my part with p/t job, volunteering, family commitments) in order to take some pre-requisites for UBC Med. Unfortunately, I went through some struggles during first two years in undergraduate (in the US) and got a cumulative gpa of 2.64 (before taking the worst year's 30 credits out)(although in 4th year I got several A-'s and B's).

I have one prerequisite to take (BIOC 300) but I obviously need to take more courses to raise my GPA. I understand that UBC frowns upon unclassified students taking courses just to raise GPA but does it only apply if people blatantly take easy courses? I was thinking of taking courses like ANAT 390, an IHHS class...I was also hoping to spend this upcoming year to take around 6 classes during the winter semester (18 credits) to raise my GPA.

1. Would this be my best plan if I discipline myself and produce good grades?
2. Does anyone know how to calculate the percentage I would need from 24
credits to change a 64% to about 80%?
3. Does UBC Med consider graduate GPA from Master's in the cutoff?
4. I found this on UBC MED evaluation criteria:

"Pre-Interview: The first cut-off for invitation to interview is based on a score derived from applicants’ Overall Academic Average or Adjusted Academic Average (if applicable) and a Non-Academic Qualities Score. At this stage the academic and non-academic scores are weighed equally."

Does this mean they could just evaluate me on the adjusted academic average ONLY rather than with the overall average? My undergrad school didn't use A+ in the GPA system so the conversion looks more favorable for me after the adjustment. With a rough look it looks like this conversion plus taking out the worst 30 creds may help my undergrad GPA. (Although my unclassified studies GPA is a different story.)


I would appreciate any advice I can get...Thank you all in advance!