AACOMAS Grade Replacement Question

[deleted92121]

I have taken Physics I twice due to being taken a number of years ago.

The first time I earned a B. The second time I earned an A. Each course was a different number of credits, 4 and 3 respectively.

From my understanding, the 3 credit will not replace the 4 credit due to the number of credits being unequal even if the classes are the same. Not sure if I can try to appeal this.

So based on this, both grades count in GPA calculation. But here is my main question...

Say I took a 3 credit course with grade B then took the same course at a different school for 4 credits with grade A. If I don't mark them as a repeat on the application, do they both factor into my GPA or only the 4 credit course? In other words, do they review the application and make it a retake?

Thanks!

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[advair250]

answered below.

 

[advair250]

Why would you not want the recent course to replace the previous one? Your gpa would be higher if the 4 Credit A course replaces the 3 credit B course.

 

[deleted92121]

I am posing hypothetical. If I wanted to not replace a course and have two physics 1 courses, could I?

 

[advair250]

But hypothetically, that would be stupid and not benefit you. It would be to your benefit to replace it.

 

[deleted92121]

But hypothetically, that would be stupid and not benefit you. It would be to your benefit to replace it.

Ok let me rephrase all this because obviously the idea isn't getting across, most likely my fault.

If you take Class X twice, both times they are for equal credit (4 cr) and each time you get an A. If you do not mark it as a repeat on AACOMAS, does it count twice or does AACOMAS turn it into a retake even if you did not mark it as such.

 

[DavetheMD]

Ok let me rephrase all this because obviously the idea isn't getting across, most likely my fault.

If you take Class X twice, both times they are for equal credit (4 cr) and each time you get an A. If you do not mark it as a repeat on AACOMAS, does it count twice or does AACOMAS turn it into a retake even if you did not mark it as such.

It would not benefit you to have two grades in the same class. And as the above poster stated, one A is better for your gpa than one A and one B.

 

[deleted92121]

Please forgive me if I am a bit short here but I didn't ask if it benefits me or not. I have not asked whether it is better to replace courses. I am asking one simple question.

Do I have to mark classes that have been taken more than once as a retake? If I do not mark them as a retake, does AACOMAS mark them as retakes upon review?

Easy example:

I take Physics 1 with an A, then take it at two other universities. Each time I get an A. Do I have to mark it as a retake or can it count three times on the application and count in the GPA. (Please note I did not do this).

 

[advair250]

I see what you mean now, as a way to keep boosting up your gpa by retaking the same class you know you can get an A in.

I'm sure they will notice you retaking the same class and mark it as a retake, but in all honesty if you do it once or twice, and they skim, then they may not notice it. It won't make that significant of a change to your gpa anyway, so sure, go ahead and try it!

 

[deleted92121]

Advair,

Not going to try it just an interesting thought. Thanks for the answer!

 

[Doctor_Strange]

I want to piggy back off this, and hopefully someone can help me that is not a hypothetical: I took course entiteld CHE115: Principles of Chemistry at one school and then I took CHM2046: General Chemistry II at another school with the intention of satisfying the 8 semester hours of inorganic chemistry. However, and this is independent of AACOMAS, my home institution just told me that the Gen Chem 2 course appeared duplicative (they looked at the course description and they judged them to appear similar), and so they will not accept Gen Chem 2 as an additional transfer credit--which is fine, because it's not a big deal. What I am worried about is whether, when I input both courses in AACOMAS, that they will do the same? Does anyone know if they would investigate further in a scenario such as mine? I feel like they only investigate when a student wants to input a retake, but I do not. I earned a B+ in CHE115, and an A in Gen Chem 2. If it counts as a retake, then I will need to take another 4 hrs of inorganic I imagine....

HELP!

 

[Doctor_Strange]

bump!

 

[Doctor_Strange]

Bump.

I would really like someone's input, please and thank you!

 

[Major]

I want to piggy back off this, and hopefully someone can help me that is not a hypothetical: I took course entiteld CHE115: Principles of Chemistry at one school and then I took CHM2046: General Chemistry II at another school with the intention of satisfying the 8 semester hours of inorganic chemistry. However, and this is independent of AACOMAS, my home institution just told me that the Gen Chem 2 course appeared duplicative (they looked at the course description and they judged them to appear similar), and so they will not accept Gen Chem 2 as an additional transfer credit--which is fine, because it's not a big deal. What I am worried about is whether, when I input both courses in AACOMAS, that they will do the same? Does anyone know if they would investigate further in a scenario such as mine? I feel like they only investigate when a student wants to input a retake, but I do not. I earned a B+ in CHE115, and an A in Gen Chem 2. If it counts as a retake, then I will need to take another 4 hrs of inorganic I imagine....

HELP!

Per AACOMAS: While AACOMAS allows applicants to classify similar coursework from separate schools as repeated, the verification staff is not responsible for determining whether the content, course level, and credit hours are equivalent. AACOMAS staff can only correct incorrectly classified repeated coursework from the same school. In order for repeated coursework across institutions to be verified as repeated, the applicant must enter the initial attempts as 0.00 credits and mark each attempt repeated during Transcript Review.



I wont tell you what to do but AACOMAS won't decide whether or not your class is a duplicate. Its basically on the honor policy. But then again AACOMAS has been a pretty big pain in the butt this cycle, so who knows. Best of luck!

 

[Doctor_Strange]

Per AACOMAS: While AACOMAS allows applicants to classify similar coursework from separate schools as repeated, the verification staff is not responsible for determining whether the content, course level, and credit hours are equivalent. AACOMAS staff can only correct incorrectly classified repeated coursework from the same school. In order for repeated coursework across institutions to be verified as repeated, the applicant must enter the initial attempts as 0.00 credits and mark each attempt repeated during Transcript Review.



I wont tell you what to do but AACOMAS won't decide whether or not your class is a duplicate. Its basically on the honor policy. But then again AACOMAS has been a pretty big pain in the butt this cycle, so who knows. Best of luck!

Thanks for the response! I know the courses are different--my school just looked at the course descriptions and they were both very vague. I think it should ultimately be fine. Perhaps if it was the other way around, and I was trying to get a retake, then it would warrant AACOMAS to intervene to verify everything.

 

[IDK22]

For people that have repeated classes and have been verified...if you go to the pdf version of your app on AACOMAS does it say "repeated" in the far right column that is titled "special cases" for those courses? All of my courses just went from "repeated" to "not applicable". Not sure what's going on...

 

[Doctor_Strange]

For people that have repeated classes and have been verified...if you go to the pdf version of your app on AACOMAS does it say "repeated" in the far right column that is titled "special cases" for those courses? All of my courses just went from "repeated" to "not applicable". Not sure what's going on...

That sounds highly peculiar. Do any of those courses share something in common?

 

[swollcat]

For people that have repeated classes and have been verified...if you go to the pdf version of your app on AACOMAS does it say "repeated" in the far right column that is titled "special cases" for those courses? All of my courses just went from "repeated" to "not applicable". Not sure what's going on...

thats normal. all my repeats are now not applicable. the way you determine if your repeats actually went through is if they Zero'd your units or not