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AACOMAS Prerequisite matching

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On the part of your application where you match your prerequisites with the DO program's requirements, are you only supposed to select the minimum number of courses that fulfill the requirements, or can you choose as many as you want?

For example, if a school says to choose a science elective, minimum credits 3, minimum grades 2, are you only supposed to pick one class that fulfills that requirement, even if you have many that do, or can you select them all?
 
I don't think you're actually matching your courses to these? I think you're just entering your classes as they appear on your transcript, making sure that you have the courses to satisfy the requirement, so you're not applying to a program you don't qualify for.
 
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I just matched the minimum and found ones with As in them. Interested to know if this is correct as I haven't quite hit the submit button yet.


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On the part of your application where you match your prerequisites with the DO program's requirements, are you only supposed to select the minimum number of courses that fulfill the requirements, or can you choose as many as you want?

For example, if a school says to choose a science elective, minimum credits 3, minimum grades 2, are you only supposed to pick one class that fulfills that requirement, even if you have many that do, or can you select them all?
You can select more than the minimum. However, there's really no upside to selecting additional classes unless you earned A's in them.
 
Now I'm confused lol. Where do you actually choose classes to fulfill the prereq requirements? Or is this a secondary application?
 
I just put down all the classes which I thought met their requirements. I figure they'll see your transcript entry anyways.