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I am in a master's program to repair my poor undergraduate science GPA. This past semester, I took a pharmacokinetics course and got an A, but I recently learned that the AAMC excludes pharmacology courses in calculating BCPM GPA (see red box in the top-right):
This is worrisome because I need a minimum number of post-bacc BCPM credits to be eligible to apply to my in-state MD program with some forgiveness for my undergraduate science GPA, and this pharmacokinetics course not counting as BCPM would put me below that BCPM credits threshold. I have a 4.0 master's GPA with 24 credits over two semesters. I really wanted to apply by early June because I know that my GPA history will be an uphill battle, but I'm now thinking I have to apply in mid-August after I take another science course in the summer semester and meet the BCPM credits threshold. That late of a submission would obviously put me at an enormous disadvantage.
If I still want to apply by early June, is there any way I could mark this pharmacokinetics course as BCPM, and if AAMC reverts it to non-BCPM, then appeal? I couldn't find much information online about the BCPM classification appeals process. And truthfully, the pharmacokinetics course did cover a lot of biology, physiology, and formulas/chemistry, although I'm not sure how strongly the AAMC could conclude that from the syllabus alone. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
This is worrisome because I need a minimum number of post-bacc BCPM credits to be eligible to apply to my in-state MD program with some forgiveness for my undergraduate science GPA, and this pharmacokinetics course not counting as BCPM would put me below that BCPM credits threshold. I have a 4.0 master's GPA with 24 credits over two semesters. I really wanted to apply by early June because I know that my GPA history will be an uphill battle, but I'm now thinking I have to apply in mid-August after I take another science course in the summer semester and meet the BCPM credits threshold. That late of a submission would obviously put me at an enormous disadvantage.
If I still want to apply by early June, is there any way I could mark this pharmacokinetics course as BCPM, and if AAMC reverts it to non-BCPM, then appeal? I couldn't find much information online about the BCPM classification appeals process. And truthfully, the pharmacokinetics course did cover a lot of biology, physiology, and formulas/chemistry, although I'm not sure how strongly the AAMC could conclude that from the syllabus alone. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
