AACOMAS course order keeps shifting! What's going on?

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When I entered all my courses, I followed the same order on my transcript. But each time I log in to review/edit my coursework, the course order changes! The terms stay in chronological order, but all the courses within each term/semester shift their orders randomly! And when I view my application, the order changes yet again!

For Example:
The order on my transcript and the order I entered my courses:
Math 101
Math 102
Chem 101 Lecture
Chem 101 Lab
Bio 34
Hist 101

The order (which changes randomly) each time I revisit my courses:
Chem 101 Lecture
Math 101
Math 102
Chem 101 Lab
Hist 101
Bio 34

Anyone having similar problems? This is beyond frustrating! How can they verify my app if the order is all off?
 
Sean,
I had the same trouble, but it seems like it ended up just fine. My bigger problem was after entering about 14 EC's I noticed that those not only switched order, but the hours, descriptions, and dates somehow were interchanged. Thankfully I double and triple checked every part before my final submission. And after my submission. It was really unnerving to see that happen, but thankfully, upon submission, it was correct. I think the order doesn't necessarily need to match what is in your transcript, as long as the course names, numbers and associated info does. As long as the courses are in the correct terms/semesters, you should be fine.
My application is still processing, but if there appears to be an issue upon it's verification, I can come back here to let you know.

All the best!
 
I don't think it really matters if the order matches your transcript. It's only the course names and grades that need to match.
 
nontrad78 said:
Sean,
I had the same trouble, but it seems like it ended up just fine. My bigger problem was after entering about 14 EC's I noticed that those not only switched order, but the hours, descriptions, and dates somehow were interchanged. Thankfully I double and triple checked every part before my final submission. And after my submission. It was really unnerving to see that happen, but thankfully, upon submission, it was correct. I think the order doesn't necessarily need to match what is in your transcript, as long as the course names, numbers and associated info does. As long as the courses are in the correct terms/semesters, you should be fine.
My application is still processing, but if there appears to be an issue upon it's verification, I can come back here to let you know.

All the best!
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Thank you!

You were saying that your ECs also had messed up hours? Wow, and people say AACOMAS is better than AMCAS?
 
I think your severe anxiety is making AACOMAS seem a lot worse than it really is. I found it to be exceptionally easy and user friendly. This may seem harsh, but you are going to have to figure out how to handle stress more effectively or you will have a mental breakdown during medical school.
 
I know the ECs change based on the date of your EC. The newest EC start date becomes the first EC. Not sure about the course work.
 
keels99 said:
I don't think it really matters if the order matches your transcript. It's only the course names and grades that need to match.
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I can understand that. But a lot of my prereqs have two entries; one lecture and the other lab. I entered them in order one after the other, but the order keeps changing and breaks up the order. During big semester where I have close to 10 entries, it can be confusing for med school to see one entry for lecture and then 4 entries later the entry for lab. Or even worse, sometimes the lab section will appear before the lecture section.

There is no rhyme or reason to the changes in class order - is it a glitch?
 
Fedxup said:
I know the ECs change based on the date of your EC. The newest EC start date becomes the first EC. Not sure about the course work.
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Let's say you have 6 course entries for a particular semester.

You enter them based on the order on your transcript, for example:

A
B
C
D
E
F

But after you enter them, AACOMAS randomly changes the order everytime you log in, check/review/edit your course, view your overall application:

B
D
E
A
C
F

And later the order changes again
 
It will not matter. They are all there. That is all that matters.
 
keels99 said:
I think your severe anxiety is making AACOMAS seem a lot worse than it really is. I found it to be exceptionally easy and user friendly. This may seem harsh, but you are going to have to figure out how to handle stress more effectively or you will have a mental breakdown during medical school.
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I meant to include that I think the switching of hours on my ECs could have been a result of my not noticing their order changing as I was adding new ones at the bottom. I think that so long as you just double (and triple) check your application one final time right at submission, you'll be fine. It is a nerve wracking process, for sure, but sounds like you're almost there. Keep at it, and try to take it easy.

And really, the order of the courses in a given semester won't matter. They can't know what order they come up on your transcript, until they receive it, so they must have some rubric or algorithm that determines the order they pop up in.
 
Sean Lee said:
Thank you!

You were saying that your ECs also had messed up hours? Wow, and people say AACOMAS is better than AMCAS?
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It was for me. I never experienced any of these problems. Also, the order doesn't matter as long as you put them in the appropriate semester and year.
 
nontrad78 said:
I meant to include that I think the switching of hours on my ECs could have been a result of my not noticing their order changing as I was adding new ones at the bottom. I think that so long as you just double (and triple) check your application one final time right at submission, you'll be fine. It is a nerve wracking process, for sure, but sounds like you're almost there. Keep at it, and try to take it easy.

And really, the order of the courses in a given semester won't matter. They can't know what order they come up on your transcript, until they receive it, so they must have some rubric or algorithm that determines the order they pop up in.
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I think you replied to the wrong person.
 
nontrad78 said:
I meant to include that I think the switching of hours on my ECs could have been a result of my not noticing their order changing as I was adding new ones at the bottom. I think that so long as you just double (and triple) check your application one final time right at submission, you'll be fine. It is a nerve wracking process, for sure, but sounds like you're almost there. Keep at it, and try to take it easy.

And really, the order of the courses in a given semester won't matter. They can't know what order they come up on your transcript, until they receive it, so they must have some rubric or algorithm that determines the order they pop up in.
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AACOMAS received all my transcripts nearly a month ago.

As to hours of EC changing, are you saying that your activity A has 100 hours and activity B has 200 hours, but on AACOMAS, activity has 200 hours and activity B has 100 hours?
 
Sean Lee said:
I can understand that. But a lot of my prereqs have two entries; one lecture and the other lab. I entered them in order one after the other, but the order keeps changing and breaks up the order. During big semester where I have close to 10 entries, it can be confusing for med school to see one entry for lecture and then 4 entries later the entry for lab. Or even worse, sometimes the lab section will appear before the lecture section.[\b]

There is no rhyme or reason to the changes in class order - is it a glitch?
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You're insulting their intelligence.

Admissions has gone through tons of applications and they know how to interpret them pretty efficiently.

Anyone who has interviewed at SOMA knows that during file review they mark off your pre-reqs. Doesn't matter what order they are in.

My classes were all rearranged within the semester and I got plenty of interviews.


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chizledfrmstone said:

You're insulting their intelligence.

Admissions has gone through tons of applications and they know how to interpret them pretty efficiently.

Anyone who has interviewed at SOMA knows that during file review they mark off your pre-reqs. Doesn't matter what order they are in.

My classes were all rearranged within the semester and I got plenty of interviews.

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Fur shurr. They did a file review in which they verified all of my pre reqs were there.
 
The problem is that for bio and physics, I completed these prereqs at different schools.

I did the equivalent of bio 1 at one school and the equivalent of bio 2 at another school. Same for physics.
 
Wait...taking the two halves at different schools (where the courses are numbered differently, but the contents are largely the same) is not prohibited, right?

Basically, school A's year-long physics sequence is phys 101 and phys 102. School B's equivalent sequence is phys 221 and phys 222. I took phys 101 at school A and phys 222 at school B.
 
keels99 said:
YES.
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Got it. Is it okay if the titles are somewhat different for equivalent sequences?
School A calls physics "general physics", while school B calls physics "intro to physics" - they both cover the same material at the same depth
Similar deal for bio, but the names are more distinct.
 
Okay, so here's the deal. You took Physics 1. You took Physics II. It does not matter what the names are. That is completely irrelevant. The only thing that matters is that you have all the pre-reqs. You could have taken them from 50 different schools and it wouldn't matter. Obviously the school you transferred to took your Physics I as a Physics I credit, so why would you think the medical school wouldn't count it?
 
keels99 said:
Okay, so here's the deal. You took Physics 1. You took Physics II. It does not matter what the names are. That is completely irrelevant. The only thing that matters is that you have all the pre-reqs. You could have taken them from 50 different schools and it wouldn't matter. Obviously the school you transferred to took your Physics I as a Physics I credit, so why would you think the medical school wouldn't count it?
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I never transferred. I took physics 1 and bio 1 at my alma mater. After graduation, I took physics 2 and bio 2 at other universities via informal postbacc
 
Yes, but the college you went to obviously took the class as Physics I since you did not have to retake it.
 
keels99 said:
Yes, but the college you went to obviously took the class as Physics I since you did not have to retake it.
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Actually, the college didn't care. I just paid for physics 2 and was able to take it.
 
Colleges do not allow you to take a class without the pre-reqs. So I'm pretty sure they took the other class as your Pre-Req for Physics II or else they wouldn't have let you take it. General Physics and Intro to Physics are essentially the same name for the same course of classes. One was I. One was II. You are fine.
 
Didn't Confucius say "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference"?
 
I heard AACOMAS is a hot mess this year, where they change A's to B's and mess up your GPA.
 
On a brighter note, I just got back together with my ex girlfriend. And we are spending the day together.

Should be enough to get my mind off AACOMAS for a while...
 
Dude you need to relax. You're gonna develop an aneurysm before you even get an interview.
 
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