Do these classes count towards the Science GPA?

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futurederm

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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 :cool:

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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 :cool:

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

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Thanks for the reply :)
 
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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.
 

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

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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 :cool:

sorry amcas doesnt allow GPA padding!:sleep:
 

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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.
 
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