Biomed classes count for Science GPA?

[ali2coolwitu]

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I am a Biomedical Engineer major. Do the grades in my biomedical engineering curriculum as far as intro to bioengineering, my core engineering classes, etc.. count for my science GPA?

 

[robbiekins]

Bio in the B, Engineering in the P or M, of BCPM.

 

[ali2coolwitu]

Bio in the B, Engineering in the P or M, of BCPM.

Im sorry i dont understand, is the science GPA known as the BCPM? What does that stand for because i believe i heard of it.

 

[se2131]

I'm going to copy/paste from one of my responses to another thread:

I put down quite a few engineering courses as BCPM

Biomechanics - Physics
ChemE Thermodynamics - Chemistry
Quantitative Physiology I & II - Biology
Physics of the Heart - Physics
ChemE Transport Phenomena - Chemistry
Physics of the Brain - Physics

All of these classes were through the engineering school (and were reflected as such on the AMCAS application, where it asks for course number), not through arts&sciences.

However, I left the following courses as Engineering:

Intro to BME
Electrical Networks
Electromagnetic Principles
Business of BME (probably should have designated this as something else, but it makes no difference)
BME Design

 

[se2131]

To more directly answer your question, if you designate a class as 'engineering', it won't count in your science GPA (a.k.a. BCPM GPA).

 

[rebelsim]

I put all my biomede classes as engineering even if they were very prominently BCPM (biology, chemistry, physics, and math). The only biomede class I listed as a bio was cross listed in a bunch of other departments. This is for the AMCAS so it only affected my AMCAS science GPA, I was still able to use them for secondary prereqs if necessary. I don't know what AMCAS does when they verify transcripts, but I'd imagine that if there was a problem like listing a class they don't believe as a science or not listing sciences as sciences they would fix that, I mean it does take them a while to go through your primary.