Academic Year and Term
[FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]These fields show the academic year and term during which you took the course. The AMCAS year begins with summer and ends with spring. Courses taken in the summer should be entered with the next academic year, even if your institution considers them in the previous year. For example, if you took a course in the first summer session of 2009, you should enter it as 2009–2010 academic year, even if your school considers it in the 2008–2009 academic year. .
.Year in School
[FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]The guidelines below will help you determine your Year in School for AMCAS. Note that AMCAS is not responsible for any delays in processing and/or incorrect GPA calculations that might result from incorrect Year in School assignments. If the Year in School selected greatly exceeds the ranges specified below, AMCAS may reassign statuses. .
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Each undergraduate status should consist of approximately 27-35 semester hours. Applicants with undergraduate, ..[FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]full-time, continuous ..[FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]enrollment at an institution should usually change their Year in School after every 2 semesters, 3-4 quarters, or 2-3 trimesters. .
.[FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]Applicants who have been enrolled part-time, or who have had interrupted attendance, should use these ranges to determine their appropriate status for each term: ..High School (HS)
[FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]College-level course work taken while in high school ..
Freshman (FR)
[FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]0-32 semester hours ..
Sophomore (SO)
[FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]31-64 semester hours ..
Junior (JR)
[FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]61-96 semester hours ..
Senior (SR)
[FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]91 or more semester hours ..
The following rules will help you determine the appropriate AMCAS Year in School for all of your course work (including foreign course work):
Do not assign more than one status to an academic term.
Assign High School (HS) status to college-level courses taken while you were in high school, regardless of the physical location of the college-level course. This does not include AP, Exempt, or CLEP credit.
Assign Freshman (FR) status to Advanced Placement, Exempt, or CLEP credit awarded when you first entered college.
Once your undergraduate Year in School (FR, SO, JR, SR) has advanced (e.g., FR to SO), do not assign the previous status (e.g., FR) to course work completed after this point.
Junior/Community College courses (e.g., associate degree course work) should usually be listed as FR or SO if you took them before you attended a four-year institution. For attendance longer than two years at the same school refer back to the Year in School section.
Courses for a Bachelor's degree earned in three years should be assigned statuses of Freshman (FR), Sophomore (SO), and Senior (SR).
Courses for a Bachelor's degree earned in more than four years should be assigned statuses of Freshman (FR), Sophomore (SO), Junior (JR), Senior (SR), Senior (SR), etc.
Assign Post Baccalaureate (PB) status to any undergraduate level course work you enrolled in:
[FONT=Courier New,Courier New][FONT=Courier New,Courier New]o ..After receipt of your initial BA/BS degree.
[FONT=Courier New,Courier New][FONT=Courier New,Courier New]o ..While enrolled in a graduate program, if course work is not applied to a graduate degree.
Assign Graduate (GR) status to any professional or graduate-level course work that is not applied to an undergraduate degree.
Do [FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]not ..assign Graduate (GR) status to any professional or graduate-level course work applied to an undergraduate degree.
