AACOMAS sGPA

[artist27]

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If a course is crosslisted as biology and pyschology, but on my transcript is listed as "psyc 300" can I still count this as part of my science gpa?

 

[bears1992]

AACOMAS has stated that they leave it up to the student to catagorize their classes and AACOMAS will make changes if nessasary. With borderline classes like yours, I would catagorize it as a science class if it helps your sGPA.

 

[gudday012]

AACOMAS has stated that they leave it up to the student to catagorize their classes and AACOMAS will make changes if nessasary. With borderline classes like yours, I would catagorize it as a science class if it helps your sGPA.

Hey bears1992,
Just to clarify, do you mean any non-BCP science courses can be included/excluded from science gpa at the preference of the applicant? (e.g. astronomy)

 

[kamakazi5]

Hey bears1992,
Just to clarify, do you mean any non-BCP science courses can be included/excluded from science gpa at the preference of the applicant? (e.g. astronomy)

From my understanding, you can label pretty much anything as a science course but if AACOMAS disagrees they can and will change it after submission. Use your best guess on courses you're uncertain with and you should be fine.

 

[gudday012]

From my understanding, you can label pretty much anything as a science course but if AACOMAS disagrees they can and will change it after submission. Use your best guess on courses you're uncertain with and you should be fine.

How about excluding those ambiguous courses though? (not counting an intro to (xyz) into sGPA)

sorry for hitchhiking, OP!

 

[bears1992]

Hey bears1992,
Just to clarify, do you mean any non-BCP science courses can be included/excluded from science gpa at the preference of the applicant? (e.g. astronomy)

Well I wouldn't try that with courses that a very obviously categorized in the non-science list (English 101, College Algebra, General Psychology) but with courses such as OP's, AACOMAS says it's up to the applicant to classify the course as science or non-science. I've seen many posts about this topic and rarely does anyone say that AACOMAS manually changed the course from a science to a non-science or vice versa. In borderline cases, I would go the route the nets you the highest sGPA.

 

[ill be a doc soon]

There was a class I took called "Neurobiology of Bias and Discrimination". There was a little bit of neuroscience in there, but alot of it was psychology and sociology as well. Should I include this in my sGPA? I got a B- in the class and it would probably lower my sGPA a bit.

 

[darkeon]

There was a class I took called "Neurobiology of Bias and Discrimination". There was a little bit of neuroscience in there, but alot of it was psychology and sociology as well. Should I include this in my sGPA? I got a B- in the class and it would probably lower my sGPA a bit.

just don't classify it a science course