90 Credit Hours

[mccarty7]

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I have asked this question before...sort of. But here is my situation: at the end of Spring 2010 semester I had 89 hours. The reason I am a bit behind is because I am graduating in three years instead of four. Therefore, my transcripts that AMCAS received has that I have 89 hours. But I just completed 6 hours of summer classes. Some med schools require 90 hours to be completed at the time of application. Should I send new transcripts to the schools or do you think they will assume that I have over 90 hours since I indicated that I was taking summer courses this summer?

 

[IRpremed]

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[mccarty7]

Great! I was sort of thinking that... but I wasn't sure. I sure that's the case.

 

[mvenus929]

What schools require 90 credit hours to be done by the time of application? I mean, it makes sense in some ways, but I've never seen a requirement spelled out like that.

 

[mccarty7]

That's what I'm trying to figure out. If they require it at the time of application or by matriculation. But some of the ones I have seen are University of TN Health Science Cntr Coll. of Med., University of Virginia, and others. For instance, on U of VA website it says, "All applicants must have completed a minimum of 90 semester hours of course work in an accredited U.S. or Canadian college or university."

 

[Total180]

I've seen this in a lot of places too, and I really do think it is by the time of application. Almost all schools want you to be done with a degree by the time you matriculate (usually ~120 credit hours), not just 90 credit hours, so that statement would have to refer to the time that you are applying. Applying with 89 probably wouldn't be a problem if you put in your planned coursework and it showed you would finish on time, but 76 might be. I would call a couple schools and just double check with them, but the requirement is probably there because they think that number is a sufficient amount of coursework to evaluate you on. If you still have half your undergraduate coursework left by the time they get your application, and your gpa and everything is good, and then they accept you and you still have a ton of classes to finish, how do they know you will keep your grades up? You can apply without graduating because you have a good trend in your coursework, but if you don't have enough coursework to be considered a good trend, then you probably are out of luck. I really would check with schools before you apply and waste your money.