Can I exclude MED 199 ( Research for Credit Course) from my BCMP Gpa?

[CalBear456]

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Hello Everyone,

I am currently a senior at a public institution in California. I recently took a research for credit course at my school which was 4 units. I had to sign a contract with my PI to get the academic credit.

Overall, on my transcript it's listed as MED 199( short for medicine 199). Can I count this course as part of my overall gpa, BUT not list this as part of BCMP? I didn't do so great in the course, and keeping it as BCMP will actually hurt my science gpa, so can I just count it as a normal non-science?

@Catalystik @gonnif @Goro Your input would be very appreciated!

Thanks Everyone

 

[Goro]

Outside my knowledge base

 

[CalBear456]

Outside my knowledge base

Oh okay no problem!
Hey Goro, you might be able to answer another question that I have:
- What are some examples of leadership activities that you commonly see on one's application besides finding an organization/ holding a board position in a club?

Thanks

 

[ciestar]

You can try, but odds will be AMCAS will reclassify it as BCMP anyway.

 

[CalBear456]

Post the actual description from college course catalog

Here is the description from the catalog:

199. Directed Research in Medicine
Supervised individual research or investigation under guidance of faculty mentor. Culminating paper required. May be repeated for credit. Individual contract required. P/NP or letter grading.

 

[Catalystik]

I am currently a senior at a public institution in California. I recently took a research for credit course at my school which was 4 units. I had to sign a contract with my PI to get the academic credit.

Overall, on my transcript it's listed as MED 199( short for medicine 199). Can I count this course as part of my overall gpa, BUT not list this as part of BCMP? I didn't do so great in the course, and keeping it as BCMP will actually hurt my science gpa, so can I just count it as a normal non-science?

@Catalystik @gonnif @Goro Your input would be very appreciated!

Thanks Everyone

Here is the description from the catalog:

199. Directed Research in Medicine
Supervised individual research or investigation under guidance of faculty mentor. Culminating paper required. May be repeated for credit. Individual contract required. P/NP or letter grading.

You could try categorizing it as a Health Science (HEAL), which , if accepted by AMCAS verifiers, would not be included in the BCPM.

 

[CalBear456]

And the dept is this based in?

It's part of the Medicine department.... MED 199 is the course name.

The reason its medicine is because my Research PI is a cardiologist and so it falls in the medicine category I guess.

 

[CalBear456]

You could try categorizing it as a Health Science (HEAL), which , if accepted by AMCAS verifiers, would not be included in the BCPM.

So on my transcript it's written as MED 199. On AMCAS, am I allowed to list it as anything different from MED 199? Are you suggesting that I list it as Health Science 199? Would that be okay if the title isn't exactly the same as listed on my transcript?

Thanks

 

[ciestar]

So on my transcript it's written as MED 199. On AMCAS, am I allowed to list it as anything different from MED 199? Are you suggesting that I list it as Health Science 199? Would that be okay if the title isn't exactly the same as listed on my transcript?

Thanks

No. It has to match

 

[Catalystik]

So on my transcript it's written as MED 199. On AMCAS, am I allowed to list it as anything different from MED 199? Are you suggesting that I list it as Health Science 199? Would that be okay if the title isn't exactly the same as listed on my transcript?

As @ciestar said, the course number (MED 199) has to match, and so does the course name, but there is another space called course class, where you would enter HEAL.