BCPM and engineering

[Fp02c]

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Some of my engineering classes have titles that include microbiology and chemistry ( EX: wastewater microbiology and Freshwater systems chemistry). I am wondering if AAMC will calculate those into mhy bcpm depsite the fact that they are upper level engineering courses. The titles are actually very misleading. For example in my wastewater microbiology lab we cover some microbiological factors but only those relevant to wastewater treatment. It is very narrowed down. The class itslef did not require any biology prereqs. Will they classify my classes based on the class prefix (EES= Environmental Engineering Sciences) or the course title wich is misleading. I was told by an advisor that they only take BCMP courses to be those that are taken through those specific departments ( such as biology department or chem department) and that its the course prefix's such as CHM which will designate where the gpa is calculated. What do you guys think?

 

[chickenlittle84]

Keep them if you want, exclude them if you don't want them in your BCPM. Either way, AMCAS is going to do what they want to do. You can challenge them later if you want. And whoever told you the designation is done by course department or prefix, they are totally wrong. The AMCAS rules clearly state it is done by course content, and even then they seem to change whatever they feel like. I got my verified AMCAS back and a course that has the prefix BIO was taken out of my BCPM and reclassified....

 

[Fp02c]

just curious... what course with bio prefix did they not count??

 

[sillydoc2230]

I had classes like surface and colloidal chem which were upper level engineering classes. I labeled them as ENGI and they did not change a thing.

 

[kidthor]

Last year I made an engineering class a bio one (because it arguably was) and after verification they kept it that way. Others I kept as engineering classes (e.g. Bioengineering Physiology). Anyway if you want to keep an engineering class that actually comes from the engineering department labeled as such, I highly doubt amcas will change it!

 

[Fp02c]

So nobody has put classes under engineering and have them change it to BCPM right? Thats all that worries me since even the B+'s i have in engineering bring my BCMP gpa down.