Course Classifcation on AMCAS

[elitehacker1337]

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Does anyone have experience listing courses as BCPM despite them not sounding like Math (for example) in their AMCAS?
I have some odd courses that have weird classifications.

Will AMCAS delay verification if I list these courses and they have to correct them?

 

[Xyzcannon18]

They will automatically correct them to how they see fit, and if you choose to challenge, that takes a small amount of time.

I list Abnormal Psych and Developmental psych, as well as medical terminology as BCPM and was granted this. Had I needed to challenge, I would show them my course description which described my classes as more neuroscience heavy than psychology. I also had a few Health-related classes listed as BCPM. If you want to relabel you can, but if you want to challenge you need reasoning.

 

[elitehacker1337]

They will automatically correct them to how they see fit, and if you choose to challenge, that takes a small amount of time.

I list Abnormal Psych and Developmental psych, as well as medical terminology as BCPM and was granted this. Had I needed to challenge, I would show them my course description which described my classes as more neuroscience heavy than psychology. I also had a few Health-related classes listed as BCPM. If you want to relabel you can, but if you want to challenge you need reasoning.

So it is an automated process of verifying and classifying classes? Then further appealing and arguing involves a human to look at? Logically, it would seem that more reclassifying on their part would delay verification.

 

[Xyzcannon18]

So it is an automated process of verifying and classifying classes? Then further appealing and arguing involves a human to look at? Logically, it would seem that more reclassifying on their part would delay verification.

You choose what you want to classify the course as. AMCAS will look at it and decide if needs no action, a change, or straight up wrong (like the course doesn't match your transcript). When you get the report back, they mark what they did such as the 3 things I mentioned. Course classification is based strictly on content of the class, not really the naming.

After, if you choose to challenge, they take a closer look at it and then they send it back (probably extending by less than 7 days). Also, while I'm not 100% sure, I think AMCAS has a human look at every course app, although it'd make sense if it was done by a computer too.