Anyone have any luck having Biological Anthropology/Primatology courses count as BCPM?

[jayhiller21]

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I know there have been threads posted about this topic. I am just getting many mixed answers. I am very interested in Bio Anthro and would like to add it as a minor/ second major (in addition to Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior from UC Davis). However, I am halfway through my 3rd year and I really need my science GPA to increase. My pre health advisor told me that if I believe that the course was more than 50% biology, than it can count as BCPM. She seems tho think that I can count most of these courses as BCPM. I am just not sure if I want to risk adding an anthropology minor and having all of these courses not count towards my science GPA. Has anyone had any luck with counting these courses in BCPM?

 

[BetterTomorrow14]

I was a Physical Anthropology major and I didn't have any problem counting those classes towards my sGPA. I had classes like Anatomy and Human Evolution listed under the anthro department, so when filling out my AMCAS application, I self-reported those to be under BCPM. My pre-med advisor said if anything, they would simply change it during the verification process, and then I would have to complete an appeal and include a course description. But, that didn't even happen and it was accepted the first time around.

 

[CannedPineapple]

Anatomy and Human Evolution, from the above poster, sound like BCPM courses. Bio anthro or medical anthro do not. Unless your courses have a deceptive amount of actual science and biology, I would put good money on betting that AMCAS would change your entry to discount these classes as BCPM.