AP classes on AMCAS?

[Richter915]

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I know that AMCAS says to put AP credit as something received during freshman year but what actual year and semester do I put? Right now I have my AP classes under Freshman year, fall semester, 2004 and, along with my actual college classes taken at the time, I have about 10 classes listed for that semester. It just looks wrong to me. How did you guys input your AP credits? Did you indicate in the course title if it was AP or not? For grade, I'm putting T since that's how it's listed on my transcript.

 

[MassTransport]

Yes, put AP classes as fall of freshman year because that's when the credit was awarded. You do not need to indicate that it's an AP class in your course title, just check the AP box. Put whatever grade is on your transcript.

 

[Dr. Josh]

Yes, put AP classes as fall of freshman year because that's when the credit was awarded. You do not need to indicate that it's an AP class in your course title, just check the AP box. Put whatever grade is on your transcript.

how do you use a grade for it, and do the grades average in? I mean mine aren't even listed on my transcript; it's just grouped into a category of "credits not averaged into cum" and some of that also includes summer school stuff that I have to send transcripts from another university. I honestly don't even remember which AP credits they accepted.

 

[Richter915]

how do you use a grade for it, and do the grades average in? I mean mine aren't even listed on my transcript; it's just grouped into a category of "credits not averaged into cum" and some of that also includes summer school stuff that I have to send transcripts from another university. I honestly don't even remember which AP credits they accepted.

I dunno how your college works (ask ur premed advisor) but at my school AP credits are listed as transfer credits so that's a "T" on our transcripts and thus what I'm putting on my AMCAS.

 

[MassTransport]

how do you use a grade for it, and do the grades average in? I mean mine aren't even listed on my transcript; it's just grouped into a category of "credits not averaged into cum" and some of that also includes summer school stuff that I have to send transcripts from another university. I honestly don't even remember which AP credits they accepted.

Whether or not AP grades count is wholly dependent on the school. Some universities award AP credit with a grade that impacts GPA, others just award the credit with no impact on GPA. At my school, AP classes have the grade "AP," so that's what I entered into AMCAS.

Somebody asked the question about cumulative credits before. I think the answer was that you should break down the "credits not averaged" into individual classes, especially if you're claiming AP credit to satisfy a pre-req. The AMCAS reviewers will be happy with it as long as the individual credits sum up to the lumped "credits not averaged."

 

[Dr. Josh]

Whether or not AP grades count is wholly dependent on the school. Some universities award AP credit with a grade that impacts GPA, others just award the credit with no impact on GPA. At my school, AP classes have the grade "AP," so that's what I entered into AMCAS.

Somebody asked the question about cumulative credits before. I think the answer was that you should break down the "credits not averaged" into individual classes, especially if you're claiming AP credit to satisfy a pre-req. The AMCAS reviewers will be happy with it as long as the individual credits sum up to the lumped "credits not averaged."

So can AP credits count as pre-reqs? (I can't even remember what I took AP credits in); and if there are science ones, can I get a science LOR from my AP teacher?😀

 

[MassTransport]

So can AP credits count as pre-reqs? (I can't even remember what I took AP credits in); and if there are science ones, can I get a science LOR from my AP teacher?😀

Yeah, most med schools will accept them, but it sounds like you don't need them. 😉 And I think you already know the answer to your second question.

 

[Dr. Josh]

Yeah, most med schools will accept them, but it sounds like you don't need them. 😉 And I think you already know the answer to your second question.

Probably any of them I have won't mean much. Sadly I know the answer to the last question but actually i don't think I even took any AP science classes.

 

[MedRower]

What about this variation:

In high school I took some AP classes that were registered with a local university, so they appear on that universities' transcript. I also took some other classes there during the summer. However, where I ended up going to college didn't give me credit for all of those classes, only some of them.

So, for all the AP credit granted by my undergrad, I list those as frosh year. But what about the other AP classes? Can I list those anywhere?

 

[CTtarheel]

So can AP credits count as pre-reqs? (I can't even remember what I took AP credits in); and if there are science ones, can I get a science LOR from my AP teacher?😀

yes but key word here is MOST. This is something you definitely need to check on before applying to schools. I know that the CA schools and Ivy's tend to be the ones that don't allow you to use them for pre-reqs.

Also, no school will allow you use an AP class for a pre-req if credit was not awarded by you UG school for them.