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Amcas will classify the class however your institution does. I.E. if you take an environmental science class but your institution classifies it as biology, then it counts as a biology class towards your sGPA. Hope this helps.
 
Well, yeah it’s a bio class. Does your school not count it as an upper division elective? What is the course number (ex. 2000, 4000?)
Also, it will count towards your sGPA btw
 
eaglebaseball4 said:
Amcas will classify the class however your institution does. I.E. if you take an environmental science class but your institution classifies it as biology, then it counts as a biology class towards your sGPA. Hope this helps.
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Really? So if there’s a Psych course, and one didn’t do well in it but there’s so much Bio, couldn’t an applicant use that towards their advantage?
 
chemdoctor said:
Really? So if there’s a Psych course, and one didn’t do well in it but there’s so much Bio, couldn’t an applicant use that towards their advantage?
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Not sure if I understand your question but using the example I used before... My institution required us to take environmental science as a freshman. Super easy class. Made an A in the lab and lecture, and yet it counted as a bio class because it was listed as “Bio 1111” or something like that. However your institution classifies it, amcas will do the same.
 
eaglebaseball4 said:
Not sure if I understand your question but using the example I used before... My institution required us to take environmental science as a freshman. Super easy class. Made an A in the lab and lecture, and yet it counted as a bio class because it was listed as “Bio 1111” or something like that. However your institution classifies it, amcas will do the same.
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There was a stats class I didn’t do well in. Had a bad semester but my school classifies it under PSY (psychology) but it was literally all math. Would it count towards my sGPA? My school classifies it as Psych so I guess I lucked out?
 
chemdoctor said:
There was a stats class I didn’t do well in. Had a bad semester but my school classifies it under PSY (psychology) but it was literally all math. Would it count towards my sGPA? My school classifies it as Psych so I guess I lucked out?
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Seems like it. I would list it as psych when filling out amcas, and I can’t imagine they would change the listing. Congrats!
 
eaglebaseball4 said:
Amcas will classify the class however your institution does. I.E. if you take an environmental science class but your institution classifies it as biology, then it counts as a biology class towards your sGPA. Hope this helps.
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This isn't necessarily true...you are supposed to classify your own courses based on content, not name. Usually if your institution calls it bio, AMCAS will be fine with it being bio, but in the reverse situation if you take a class in the psych department that is heavily biology based, you can and should classify it as such.
 
XOXO123 said:
This isn't necessarily true...you are supposed to classify your own courses based on content, not name. Usually if your institution calls it bio, AMCAS will be fine with it being bio, but in the reverse situation if you take a class in the psych department that is heavily biology based, you can and should classify it as such.
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Ugh. Guess I’ll take the B+ then :’(

I mean there was some psych but it was very Bio Bases
 
Goro said:
Pemdas, if you have to ask this, I can't recommend medical school.
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lol I admit I was imagining your response to be something like this

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pemdas said:
Upper level human anatomy course being categorized by the school under its own "anatomy" category rather than just biology.

I'm being given very mixed messages and need to take upper level bios since I used ap creds -- is it safe to assume this counts?
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Anatomy definitely counts as upper level biology. I think some schools even recommend it in their prereqs but I'd get the MSAR to verify.
 
XOXO123 said:
This isn't necessarily true...you are supposed to classify your own courses based on content, not name. Usually if your institution calls it bio, AMCAS will be fine with it being bio, but in the reverse situation if you take a class in the psych department that is heavily biology based, you can and should classify it as such.
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When I applied with the environemental science class I mentioned earlier, I classified it as an “environmental science” course, but AMCAS changed it to match the institutional classification “Biol 1111” and listed it as a biology class. I know this from experience, I’m not just blowing smoke!
 
eaglebaseball4 said:
When I applied with the environemental science class I mentioned earlier, I classified it as an “environmental science” course, but AMCAS changed it to match the institutional classification “Biol 1111” and listed it as a biology class. I know this from experience, I’m not just blowing smoke!
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Really weird.. I thought it goes by course departmental schedule? Bc this class is under PSY
 
chemdoctor said:
care to answer mine?
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chemdoctor said:
Really? So if there’s a Psych course, and one didn’t do well in it but there’s so much Bio, couldn’t an applicant use that towards their advantage?
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The psych one? Psych courses by default are nonscience but you can reclassify them as science based on course content. I don't recall AMCAS automatically changing psych courses from nonscience to science.
 
Lawper said:
The psych one? Psych courses by default are nonscience but you can reclassify them as science based on course content. I don't recall AMCAS automatically changing psych courses from nonscience to science.
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So I can use this to my advantage then. Bc I got a B+ in this course but it’s classified as Psychology
 
Lawper said:
Yes I believe you can
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AMCAS won’t change it tho? I’m so confused. I thought classes go based on departmental course schedule course description and not the course code?
 
chemdoctor said:
Even tho it’s all math. I mean hey, if AMCAS doesn’t wanna classify it as science, I ain’t complainin’
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From personal experiences, I know several people across few cycles who took economic statistics and psychological statistics and managed to get them classified as non-science (since these courses are offered by economics and psychology departments).

I don't work in AMCAS but I don't see why they would change since by default, psychology courses are listed as non-science by the instruction manual. It's inefficient for AMCAS reviewer to reclassify such courses to science for thousands of applications.

chemdoctor said:
AMCAS won’t change it tho? I’m so confused. I thought classes go based on departmental course schedule course description and not the course code?
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My suspicions are course code is what's used because Under Review (when reviewer begins looking into transcripts and AMCAS grades) to Application is Complete (when reviewer is done) time is usually within an hour at most for many applicants. Course codes are a lot more efficient and quicker to verify than schedule descriptions, but I don't know the complete logistics.
 
Lawper said:
From personal experiences, I know several people across few cycles who took economic statistics and psychological statistics and managed to get them classified as non-science (since these courses are offered by economics and psychology departments).

I don't work in AMCAS but I don't see why they would change since by default, psychology courses are listed as non-science by the instruction manual. It's inefficient for AMCAS reviewer to reclassify such courses to science for thousands of applications.



My suspicions are course code is what's used because Under Review (when reviewer begins looking into transcripts and AMCAS grades) to Application is Complete (when reviewer is done) time is usually within an hour at most for many applicants. Course codes are a lot more efficient and quicker to verify than schedule descriptions, but I don't know the complete logistics.
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So I lucked out essentially then. Bc I won’t have to use the B+ towards anything then...
 
Lawper said:
From personal experiences, I know several people across few cycles who took economic statistics and psychological statistics and managed to get them classified as non-science (since these courses are offered by economics and psychology departments).

I don't work in AMCAS but I don't see why they would change since by default, psychology courses are listed as non-science by the instruction manual. It's inefficient for AMCAS reviewer to reclassify such courses to science for thousands of applications.



My suspicions are course code is what's used because Under Review (when reviewer begins looking into transcripts and AMCAS grades) to Application is Complete (when reviewer is done) time is usually within an hour at most for many applicants. Course codes are a lot more efficient and quicker to verify than schedule descriptions, but I don't know the complete logistics.
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So I lucked out essentially then. Bc I won’t have to use the B+ towards anything then... besides cGPA of course. Bc then this won’t go towards sGPA. Will I get in trouble tho?
 
chemdoctor said:
So I lucked out essentially then. Bc I won’t have to use the B+ towards anything then... besides cGPA of course. Bc then this won’t go towards sGPA. Will I get in trouble tho?
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No because that course is offered by the psychology department and psychology is nonscience according to AMCAS. So by default, it would be assigned as nonscience and the grade will only be included in cGPA and not sGPA.

AMCAS reclassifying that course to science is extremely rare. I don't even recall it happening it personally.
 
pemdas said:
Upper level human anatomy course being categorized by the school under its own "anatomy" category rather than just biology.

I'm being given very mixed messages and need to take upper level bios since I used ap creds -- is it safe to assume this counts?
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Give him a break. He brings up a good point. Some schools and programs discriminate against anatomy for some reason like it's not a "tough" course and/or you only play with plastic bones. My school will not give you a bio elective credit for one A&P course unless you take A&P I and II which you can then use to substitute for one bio elective.

Undergraduate A&P falls into the "medical terminology" or "nutrition" category IMO. I wouldn't put A&P in the same category as a cell bio or microbiology so I understand where the OP is coming from and why my school is stingy with giving bio credit.
 
Lawper said:
No because that course is offered by the psychology department and psychology is nonscience according to AMCAS. So by default, it would be assigned as nonscience and the grade will only be included in cGPA and not sGPA.

AMCAS reclassifying that course to science is extremely rare. I don't even recall it happening it personally.
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Wow... So... Thanks for clearing that up!
 
People are mocking this guy like he should know better, but you never can assume.

I took Zoo 251 and 253 (A+P 1,2)at my previous college, and LSU doesn't even consider it as anatomy because their anatomy is under kinesiology. None of it makes sense.
 
I think you have to be careful. Definitely deferring to the ADCOMS here, but they've mentioned on here that some bio isn't viewed the same. I love horticulture, but I'm not sure it will be a part of my sGPA, somewhere they said that a reinventing student should avoid taking these and take only human relating bio.
 
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