AMCAS help for an engineer...

[lmc_76]

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Calling all engineering majors...

when you filled in your coursework, did you add the words "and lab" or "with lab" to your other non-BCP engineering classes with lab?

i figure writing "IC Devices" (as reported on the transcript) should be sufficient rather than "IC Devices with Lab."

sorry for the rather nit-picky question...just don't want AMCAS to take forever with the processing.

thanks

 

[tinkerbelle]

Write it the way it is listed on your transcript (i.e. "IC devices").

 

[Blade28]

I didn't add extra words (e.g. "with lab") on my list of classes.

 

[chopper]

Won't they be able to tell because you have to add that bubble below the class name that describes what type of class it is? That is, if they even care or know what the hell the EE stuff is anyway.

 

[Hersey]

I seem to remember the instructions being very explicit: if there was a lab component, we were to add "and lab" or "with lab" (can't remember which) to the course name. I did this for any engineering courses that had a lab component. In the final analysis, though, it probably isn't that important, since the dropdown box (lecture only, lab only, lecture/lab) indicates the makeup of each course.

I definitely remember having to do some serious abbreviating of course titles. What do they give you, 30 characters? I think my longest course, "High Performance Computing for Scientific and Engineering Applications," became "High Perf Comp Sci Eng Appl." I guess AAMC/AMCAS are so low on dough that they can't afford hard drives to hold up to 128 or 256 characters per field. . .

Bottom line: as long as they can match it to your transcript, you'll be fine.

 

[TX_Longhorn]

I seem to remember the instructions being very explicit: if there was a lab component, we were to add "and lab" or "with lab" (can't remember which) to the course name. I did this for any engineering courses that had a lab component. In the final analysis, though, it probably isn't that important, since the dropdown box (lecture only, lab only, lecture/lab) indicates the makeup of each course.

I definitely remember having to do some serious abbreviating of course titles. What do they give you, 30 characters? I think my longest course, "High Performance Computing for Scientific and Engineering Applications," became "High Perf Comp Sci Eng Appl." I guess AAMC/AMCAS are so low on dough that they can't afford hard drives to hold up to 128 or 256 characters per field. . .

Bottom line: as long as they can match it to your transcript, you'll be fine.

I agree with Hersey.

good luck with the whole process 👍