Bio at Two Different Schools?

[prairiemusic]

Hello all,

I finished Bio I at my home institution a few years ago now and I tried to finish Bio II this semester (at the same time as Biochem and Genetics, not my best call) and I'll most likely have to withdraw from the class due to poor grades. My school has given me the option to finish the points at another institution (likely my state school) this summer in order to graduate. Based on the course descriptions, it seems like Bio I at the state school is the cell/molecular stuff and Bio II is mostly ecology/evolution stuff. At my home institution, both semesters are cell/molecular.

Can I count Bio I from my home institution and Bio I at my state school as my 8 Biology hours? Or would that be counted as retaking a course? I don't have the syllabus for my state school courses yet so I don't know how much is repeated from when I took it at my home school. I've already taken the MCAT so preparing for that isn't a factor here. Any advice is appreciated.

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[chaim123]

Hello all,

I finished Bio I at my home institution a few years ago now and I tried to finish Bio II this semester (at the same time as Biochem and Genetics, not my best call) and I'll most likely have to withdraw from the class due to poor grades. My school has given me the option to finish the points at another institution (likely my state school) this summer in order to graduate. Based on the course descriptions, it seems like Bio I at the state school is the cell/molecular stuff and Bio II is mostly ecology/evolution stuff. At my home institution, both semesters are cell/molecular.

Can I count Bio I from my home institution and Bio I at my state school as my 8 Biology hours? Or would that be counted as retaking a course? I don't have the syllabus for my state school courses yet so I don't know how much is repeated from when I took it at my home school. I've already taken the MCAT so preparing for that isn't a factor here. Any advice is appreciated.

Are there qualifiers in the name that differentiate them?

 

[prairiemusic]

Are there qualifiers in the name that differentiate them?

Yes! My school's has a subheading on my transcript and the state school's doesn't. Do you think that's enough?

 

[maplecookie]

Are they different course numbers?

 

[prairiemusic]

Are they different course numbers?

Yeah, my home school is 2006 and the state school is 1450.

 

[maplecookie]

This sounds very school dependent and up to the discretion of the school of how they interpret your transcripts; the most sure thing would be to ask each school individually how they would view your situation

 

[prairiemusic]

Thank you all for your advice! I'll reach out to my target schools and see what they have to say, but from what you've all said this should work.