Do I need to mark my research course as repeated in AMCAS?

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Hi, in my university I had to enroll in a specific course in order to be able to work in my research lab. I was given a grade and everything at the end of the semester. I've been working on my lab for around 8 semesters. In each semester the same course with the same name, and codification appears in my transcript. I'm going to include the course for each semester on AMCAS but I was wandering if I had to check the "repeated course" box on AMCAS. Thanks

 

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Hi, in my university I had to enroll in a specific course in order to be able to work in my research lab. I was given a grade and everything at the end of the semester. I've been working on my lab for around 8 semesters. In each semester the same course with the same name, and codification appears in my transcript. I'm going to include the course for each semester on AMCAS but I was wandering if I had to check the "repeated course" box on AMCAS. Thanks

AAMC Handbook, page 35:
Repeat (R)
This selection applies to each completed attempt for any course attempted more than once, unless the final grade initially received was Withdrawal or Incomplete.
A course entry must be made for each completed attempt of a repeated course, even if any mention of enrollment in the course has been removed from the transcript. To comply with the needs of medical schools, the AMCAS program requires that the grades from all attempts of repeated courses be included in GPA calculations (along with the original grades given for those courses, even if they are not included in schools’ GPA calculations).
If you take a college-level course for which you already have been granted AP credit by the same institution, the AMCAS program considers the course a Repeat. For example, if you received AP credit for your AP Psychology course and took an Introduction to Psychology course at the same undergraduate institution, you should list Introduction to Psychology as a Repeat.
Do not select Repeat for courses designed to be repeated (e.g., independent study, thesis, chorus).