Bcpm Gpa

[Jezzielin]

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Just curious, this BCPM GPA is hard for me to figure out... this is what I know is included:

Chemistry (orgo and inorganic)
Physics
Biology
Biochemisty

What about if I took an epidemiology class? Does that count? Or kinesiology? Thanks a bunch ya'll 😀

 

[avinash]

Just curious, this BCPM GPA is hard for me to figure out... this is what I know is included:

Chemistry (orgo and inorganic)
Physics
Biology
Biochemisty

What about if I took an epidemiology class? Does that count? Or kinesiology? Thanks a bunch ya'll 😀

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[tinkerbelle]

What about if I took an epidemiology class? Does that count? Or kinesiology? Thanks a bunch ya'll 😀

Hi 🙂 All my public health classes counted as Health Sciences (i.e. not included in your BCPM gpa). If you check the Health Sciences list, you'll see Kinesiology definiely falls under that category. And I would think epi would be classified as PH.

 

[Elpis]

i called amcas and the lady i talked to was nice but not too helpful with my questions. i thought some of the kind folks of sdn might have an idea. 🙂

my current school doesn't offer enough science courses considering my science background. and since it's on a WEIRD term system, i think independent-start correspondence courses are my only option to keep up with my gpa goals.

i'm considering

biostatistics, 3 credits, independent-start from a state school. through the school of public health. undergrad. letter grade.

pathophysiology, 3 credits, independent-start from a state school. through the school of nursing. undergrad. letter grade.

i downloaded the amcas 2005 instructions, read through pages 28-32, and I'm a little confused.

i know that "nursing" and "public health" are subcategories of health sciences (heal) according to page 30 of the amcas instruction book. however, psychology is a subcategory of behavioral and social sciences (bess) and i know that some people have successfully categorized **psychology** courses like "brain and behavior" and "neurobiology of the brain" in their bcpm. so i shouldn't have any problem categorizing biostatistics or pathophysiology into my bcpm, right? the descriptions are very science-based. pathophys requires intro biology, chemistry, physiology, and anatomy. biostatistics sounds like it has a lot of the same stuff as statistics (notation, probability, distribs, estimation, variance analysis, chi-squares, correlation, etc.), which is bcpm.

if anyone can help i'd really really appreciate it! enjoy the rest of superbowl weekend!

 

[MoosePilot]

i called amcas and the lady i talked to was nice but not too helpful with my questions. i thought some of the kind folks of sdn might have an idea. 🙂

my current school doesn't offer enough science courses considering my science background. and since it's on a WEIRD term system, i think independent-start correspondence courses are my only option to keep up with my gpa goals.

i'm considering

biostatistics, 3 credits, independent-start from a state school. through the school of public health. undergrad. letter grade.

pathophysiology, 3 credits, independent-start from a state school. through the school of nursing. undergrad. letter grade.

i downloaded the amcas 2005 instructions, read through pages 28-32, and I'm a little confused.

i know that "nursing" and "public health" are subcategories of health sciences (heal) according to page 30 of the amcas instruction book. however, psychology is a subcategory of behavioral and social sciences (bess) and i know that some people have successfully categorized **psychology** courses like "brain and behavior" and "neurobiology of the brain" in their bcpm. so i shouldn't have any problem categorizing biostatistics or pathophysiology into my bcpm, right? the descriptions are very science-based. pathophys requires intro biology, chemistry, physiology, and anatomy. biostatistics sounds like it has a lot of the same stuff as statistics (notation, probability, distribs, estimation, variance analysis, chi-squares, correlation, etc.), which is bcpm.

if anyone can help i'd really really appreciate it! enjoy the rest of superbowl weekend!

Make a decision. If it was a science course, then list it as that. If it was a math course, then list it as that. If the name is a cross between two fields of study which each count in BPCM (biology and statistics), then I'd probably count that. My phyisology class was BPCM (through the biology department), so I think pathophysiology could easily be, too.

 

[MadameLULU]

And I would think epi would be classified as PH.

Epi is classified under Biology...I originally put it under Health, but they changed it for all of my epi courses

 

[MadameLULU]

biostatistics, 3 credits, independent-start from a state school. through the school of public health. undergrad. letter grade.

They will put biostat under math...