Can Medical Schools see if you have audited a course?

[Padfoot]

I want to audit an organic chem course this summer to help prepare for taking organic chem this fall, but I don't want the medical schools to know about it. I heard that you have to list all the college courses ever taken, so will they have to find out that I audited a class? Thanks.

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[BABSstudent]

Why can't you just attend the lectures and then not show up for the tests? You would never have to sign up for the class so they would never know.

I did that my junior year with geology 101. My girlfriend was in it so I went to lecture every day and just told the professor that I wasn't enrolled and asked if it was okay if I came anyways. He didn't care and even offered to supply the slides to me if I came into office hours. Medical schools will never know about it.

 

[gettheleadout]

Yes, an audited course listed on your transcript will be listed on AMCAS and designated such. If you attend a smaller school or the course in question is small, attending without formally auditing may not be possible in accordance with school policy, but if it is possible for you to simply "unofficially" audit the class by attending lecture it might be less of a hassle, and of course it would not be listed on your transcript if this is a concern for you.

 

[sector9]

If it's on your transcript, then yes, they'll know you audited the class. There is a special course type for audited classes so the class will be flagged as such in your coursework section

ETA: Beat by GTLO!

 

[Padfoot]

Yeah I totally would if the lectures were big, but I noticed that summer courses are classroom-sized.
I guess I could try going anyway. Do they take attendance?

 

[mimelim]

What is up with people constantly trying to hide things on their applications? I understand trying to produce the best application possible, but a lot of these things just seem plain dishonest. Trying to hide things like accommodations, DWI, and auditing a course span a considerable range, but they are still things that are likely relevant to your time spent in undergrad.

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Why do you want to audit the class? Why do you feel so ashamed about it that you don't want schools to know that you did it?

In the end.... ask the professor if its okay if you listen to his lectures and just show up. No reasonable undergrad professor would ever turn away someone from his lectures. Given the size of this kind of class, it may even be appropriate to just show up and sit in the back. Or you could just audit the course because its not going to make a difference on your medical school application.

Why not instead of trying to deceive admissions committees you spend your hours doing something to put on your application that people will ask you about and hey, maybe you will learn from and make you a better applicant and future physician?

 

[dmf2682]

I believe that if you audited the class and it shows up as such on your transcript you omit it from amcas. I remember reading this in the instructions because I audited general chemistry 2. Turns out I found out it wouldn't transfer to my undergrad and it was too late to drop, so I audited it to not get a w

Probably want to double check, but I think they don't see it on the amcas.

 

[gettheleadout]

I believe that if you audited the class and it shows up as such on your transcript you omit it from amcas. I remember reading this in the instructions because I audited general chemistry 2. Turns out I found out it wouldn't transfer to my undergrad and it was too late to drop, so I audited it to not get a w

Probably want to double check, but I think they don't see it on the amcas.

The 2013 AMCAS instructions say to enter info or every course you have ever been enrolled in regardless of whether credit was earned. In addition, transcripts are required from schools where you only audited courses and never earned a grade or a credit.

 

[dmf2682]

The 2013 AMCAS instructions say to enter info or every course you have ever been enrolled in regardless of whether credit was earned. In addition, transcripts are required from schools where you only audited courses and never earned a grade or a credit.

I guess I stand corrected. Must be a change from 2012.

 

[gettheleadout]

I guess I stand corrected. Must be a change from 2012.

The 2012 Instruction book says the same thing...

 

[dmf2682]

The 2012 Instruction book says the same thing...

Wonder where I saw it then. I guess I could be wrong. Better get an umbrella for when it starts raining locusts!