5th year on AMCAs

[HristosKaran]

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I was verified by AMCAs yesterday, and I noticed on my GPA they clumped my 4th and 5th year together under my senior year. I think that is kind of stupid b/c I have like 60 hours underneath my senior year (not very representative of my trends). Shouldn't my 5th year (double-majored) go under "post bacc" instead? When I talked to my counsler earlier in the year, she told me that it would go under the "post bacc" section. Did this happen to any one else? I was wondering whether I should call AMCAs about this or not.

 

[neuro1617]

I would think it'd be clumped together under senior year. If you haven't finished the degree then how can it be post-bacc? I'm not sure though...I'd be interested to hear everyone's experiences/information about this.

 

[mindquick]

how would amcas know whether you finished your degree or not? say you finish all your coursework, but choose not to graduate and take more courses. it would not count as post-bacc right?

 

[neuro1617]

Well the OP knows whether they finished their degree so I was wondering how he/she can say it's post-bacc when they didn't finish. But you're right, I'm guessing amcas wouldn't know if you're done or not & I don't think it'd be post-bacc if you just decided to take more courses.

 

[HristosKaran]

Well I had finished one degree, but I continued for the fifth year to finish the second degree. I guess I automatically assumed everything after the fourth year would go under post bacc. It kinda sucks b/c I had a very high GPA for the last two years and I wish it showed up in two places instead of one. 😳

 

[Dr_Dan_the_man]

Well I had finished one degree, but I continued for the fifth year to finish the second degree. I guess I automatically assumed everything after the fourth year would go under post bacc. It kinda sucks b/c I had a very high GPA for the last two years and I wish it showed up in two places instead of one. 😳

lol stop being a greedy little premed.

the courses you took were undergrad, not post-bacc. deal with it.

... actually I'd like to hear the reaction when you call AMCAS and tell them exactly what you wrote above

 

[Ashers]

I had 3 years that counted as senior years (Jr, Sr1, Sr2). They all went under Senior, so I had LOTS of credits for senior year. I didn't double major, but I triple minored.

 

[HristosKaran]

I had 3 years that counted as senior years (Jr, Sr1, Sr2). They all went under Senior, so I had LOTS of credits for senior year. I didn't double major, but I triple minored.

Cool, that's what I wanted to know. Have you already applied or are you applying this year? Did med schools mention anything about this? You gotta do what you gotta do, so congrats on the three majors 🙂.

 

[Ashers]

Cool, that's what I wanted to know. Have you already applied or are you applying this year? Did med schools mention anything about this? You gotta do what you gotta do, so congrats on the three majors 🙂.

I'm an M3 (I applied for admission in 2005). Not 3 majors... 3 minors. I wasn't that much of an overachiever. 😉

I think they liked the fact that I had taken so many random classes -- that whole well rounded thing. (I minored in German, Spanish, and Chem.) I also spent a lot of time taking music classes (marching band, symphonic band, theory classes) and some religion classes. Those were to fill up my schedule while waiting to take the required classes (which were hard to get into, so I could stay full time and on the Dean's list (at least 15 units/semester).