BCPM Class Issue

[ed*26]

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Hey everyone,

So I've currently taken 6 credits of Pharmacology classes. I've enjoyed them a lot, but the reason I took them in the first place was to give my sGPA a boost. It wasn't until a couple weeks ago that I found the course classification guide and saw that Pharmacology is listed under health science and, thus, not BCPM.

Any word on how strict these guidelines are? I guess I just thought that a course taught within the medical school building, by school of medicine faculty, and which requires biology, organic chemistry, and physiology as prereqs would definitely be BCPM material. The GPA dip isn't much but I'm already close to the 10th % for some schools.

 

[GrapesofRath]

Course designation is based on course content not course dept. I have seen many many people I know and on here with psych dept courses with a clear science/medical focus(ie clinicalneuropsych, clinicalneurocog etc) liste their courses under BCPM and let it stand.

Ill defer to @gonnif to specific about Pharm courses as Ive seen very little anecdotally with them.All Ill say is I had two old roomates who applied last cycle who had 3 courses under Pharm dept with a clear medical focus. They both listed all 3 of those courses under BCPM. For one, AMCAS let it stand. For the other they changed it. YMMV, but it's worth a shot if you have realistic expectations there's a good chance AMCAS will change it for you. There's nothing to lose.