Do these classes count towards the Science GPA?

[futurederm]

Geology and Geography? just curious. I just finished taking these two classes as part of my upper division general ed. If it counts, cool, if not...oh well

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[calvinhobbes]

Geology and Geography? just curious. I just finished taking these two classes as part of my upper division general ed. If it counts, cool, if not...oh well

Geology might for DO applications, does not for MD - Geography does not for either.

 

[futurederm]

Thanks for the reply

 

[Lorienne7]

Geology does, Geography does not.

Well, although geography definitely does not, I'm don't think that geology does either. AMCAS doesn't calculate a "science GPA" but a BCPM (biology, chemistry, physics, and math) and since geology, though it is a science, doesn't fall into any of those categories, it doesn't get included in your BCPM.

 

[tdd340]

Lorienne is correct. From the AMCAS instrustion booklet it lists both geology and geography as natural/physical sciences and not a part of BCPM.

 

[MedvacMoney]

Geology and Geography? just curious. I just finished taking these two classes as part of my upper division general ed. If it counts, cool, if not...oh well

sorry amcas doesnt allow GPA padding!

 

[cdarnay]

Geography = NO
Geology = NO

For DO application, geology might count but both definitely don't for AMCAS. Geography isn't anything close to science related.