Assigning years to classes/GPA

[907914]

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My first two/three years are difficult to assign which year they should be in...

First off, I have 35 SH of AP credits that all go under FR. Next, I have 35 SH between Fall 2013 and Spring 2014. That makes my freshmen year as 70 credits...

Second year is where it gets confusing - 10 credits during Summer 2014 and 10 Credits during Fall 2014 I know should go under my Sophomore year. However, I then had a leave of absence from this school until 9 credits Fall of 2015. Additionally, I took 3 credits in Spring of 2016 at this same school, however I was simultaneously enrolled in my current university for Winter quarter 2016 for 12 credits and Spring quarter for another 12 credits. After that, I took another leave of absence from my current university until Fall of 2017.

My primary question: Should I include all of those credits just mentioned in my SO year? That would make my SO year the equivalent of 50 SH credits, which sounds like too many.

When I returned in Fall 2017, I took 50 qh (so, 33 SH equivalent) and I feel as though that should be a year all its own. If I don't include all of those SO classes together, where should I draw the line to include in my Junior year with the 17-18 school year?

Thank you for any help!

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

I just followed the instructions in the applicant guide and classified everything according to credit hours.

0-30 FR
31-60 SO
61-90 JR
90+ SR

I had like 100 credits for my senior “year” but they didn’t change anything.

 

[907914]

I just followed the instructions in the applicant guide and classified everything according to credit hours.

0-30 FR
31-60 SO
61-90 JR
90+ SR

I had like 100 credits for my senior “year” but they didn’t change anything.

If that is the case, then my freshman year would be all AP credits.

Hi, do you know how to classify if our credits don't align to those guidelines precisely? For example, if I had one semester with 14 credits that would put me at say 94 credits overall, do I classify every class in that semester as part of JR year?

Also, would dual enrollment courses be counted into the 0-32 for Freshman year?

Thanks!

they have a separate High School section. And they say to use those credits as a general guideline not set-in-stone. The AAMC says that a year of classes is generally between 24 and 25 credits and starts in the Summer/ends in the spring. They also say to put AP credits in you Fr year. Those credit guidelines really are only supposed to be used by students who went to school part time.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

Hi, do you know how to classify if our credits don't align to those guidelines precisely? For example, if I had one semester with 14 credits that would put me at say 94 credits overall, do I classify every class in that semester as part of JR year?

Also, would dual enrollment courses be counted into the 0-32 for Freshman year?

Thanks!

Yes that is what I did based on guidance from aamc. Follow the credits breakdown, but keep classes in the same semester in the same class year.

This really only applies if you’re non-trad. If it’s just AP credits, just add them into whatever year you got them and continue on like normal.

 

[LizzyM]

My first two/three years are difficult to assign which year they should be in...

First off, I have 35 SH of AP credits that all go under FR.

Nope AP doesn't go into GPA at all. AMCAS will put it at the bottom of the grid as a number of credits earned. Same with CLEP.

Next, I have 35 SH between Fall 2013 and Spring 2014. That makes my freshmen year as 70 credits...

Nope, that's 35 credits for freshman year.

Second year is where it gets confusing - 10 credits during Summer 2014 and 10 Credits during Fall 2014 I know should go under my Sophomore year. However, I then had a leave of absence from this school until 9 credits Fall of 2015.

Not confusing. 10 + 10+ 9 makes 29 which is close enough to 30. That's sophomore year.

Additionally, I took 3 credits in Spring of 2016 at this same school, however I was simultaneously enrolled in my current university for Winter quarter 2016 for 12 credits and Spring quarter for another 12 credits. After that, I took another leave of absence from my current university until Fall of 2017.

3+12+12 = 27 which is close enough to 30 to call it junior year.

When I returned in Fall 2017, I took 50 qh (so, 33 SH equivalent) and I feel as though that should be a year all its own. If I don't include all of those SO classes together, where should I draw the line to include in my Junior year with the 17-18 school year?

Thank you for any help!

Everything else until you earned your bachelor's degree is senior year. After the degree, it gets lumped into "post-bac".

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

If that is the case, then my freshman year would be all AP credits.

I added my AP credits into my freshman year and kept the rest of my freshman courses as freshman as well. AAMC said that was fine.

they have a separate High School section. And they say to use those credits as a general guideline not set-in-stone. The AAMC says that a year of classes is generally between 24 and 25 credits and starts in the Summer/ends in the spring. They also say to put AP credits in you Fr year. Those credit guidelines really are only supposed to be used by students who went to school part time.

Exactly. And using those credit guidelines is more appropriate for a non-trad applicant who may have multiple transcripts or breaks between semesters and stuff.

 

[907914]

Nope AP doesn't go into GPA at all. AMCAS will put it at the bottom of the grid as a number of credits earned. Same with CLEP.


Nope, that's 35 credits for freshman year.



Not confusing. 10 + 10+ 9 makes 29 which is close enough to 30. That's sophomore year.

3+12+12 = 27 which is close enough to 30 to call it junior year.


Everything else until you earned your bachelor's degree is senior year. After the degree, it gets lumped into "post-bac".

Those two final 12s transition to quarter hours as opposed to semester hours making that Junior year only 21 SH. should I pull the Fall of 2017 classes (14 quarter hours) in with them or just have a 21 credit junior year with, as @Matthew9Thirtyfive has stated, a very large senior year?

 

[LizzyM]

You could put 35 quarter hours together. That would work. AMCAS will correct it if you are incorrect.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

Those two final 12s transition to quarter hours as opposed to semester hours making that Junior year only 21 SH. should I pull the Fall of 2017 classes (14 quarter hours) in with them or just have a 21 credit junior year with, as @Matthew9Thirtyfive has stated, a very large senior year?

Since you had a leave of absence there, and it wasn't like you went right from JR to SR, I would put those fall courses into your JR year. I had almost the same thing (I took a semester in the fall, took a year off, then did more courses the following fall) and did that per the AAMC (I called them a lot lol).

 

[907914]

Since you had a leave of absence there, and it wasn't like you went right from JR to SR, I would put those fall courses into your JR year. I had almost the same thing (I took a semester in the fall, took a year off, then did more courses the following fall) and did that per the AAMC (I called them a lot lol).

Right on. I was just trying to get my overall upward trend to show across junior and senior year, but it looks like I’m going to have junior year GPA of 3.2 and senior here GPA of 3.98. Granted, senior year will have something like 60 credits

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

Right on. I was just trying to get my overall upward trend to show across junior and senior year, but it looks like I’m going to have junior year GPA of 3.2 and senior here GPA of 3.98. Granted, senior year will have something like 60 credits

That certainly is an upward trend.

 

[907914]

That certainly is an upward trend.

It is because the first two years were all in a military setting, the time In between the 2 LOA was my employer requiring completion of the AS with 6 months of employment while I had the reserves, a 2 month old and a barely-year old marriage and full time school on top of 45 hours a week of work.

Fall 2017 was the first time I actually wanted to be a student in higher education. I have gotten one 3.7 since then due to a 4 day drill weekend right before a Monday Ochem final...I have no excuses and no regrets as the military and my family have provided far more opportunities than I ever would have had if I went straight in to school.

It is just hard -and makes you paranoid- knowing you are an A+ student but the GPA does not show through.