Course Name and Course Number on AMCAS

[jappeach]

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I know that these are supposed to be the easy fields to fill out-- (so sorry if this is a stupid question!)

1. Course Number-- If the course is Chem 1A, do you put "Chem 1A" or just "1A"?

2. Course Name-- In the transcript the name of the course is abbreviated, should I enter the name as it is seen on the transcript or the full name?
For example-- on my transcript a course is written as "Lin Alg & Diff Eqns" but should I write it out as "Linear Algebra & Differential Equations" or keep it exactly as seen on the transcript?

Thanks in advance!

 

[nick_carraway]

1. Either or. SDNers called to check this one with AMCAS and they want "Chem 1A" but if a class is ambiguous in terms of classification and you don't want the dept. throwing them off, just leave it as "1A" -- take with skepticism though since my advisor told me about this one and not AMCAS.

2. I spelled out the real words. I think there's less consensus on this one. Or is there...?

 

[TheRealMD]

Since real people are going to be looking at these things, use whatever is on the transcript, not the full name. Much easier to identify.