Does a second degree count in postbac gpa or ugpa?

[polyploidy516]

---

Members do not see this ad.

Hi, as I plan on getting a second degree before I matriculate to med school, I would like to know if when filing for amcas, do the classes that I took for my second degree count in my postbac gpa or in my senior year ugpa?

Your thoughts would be appreciated!

 

[lazyindy]

senior year ugpa if you haven't already graduated with the first degree (correct me if I'm wrong someone). If you have already graduated then the second degree is a post-bacc which still factors into your TOTAL undergrad gpa when filing out the AMCAS.

hope this helped.

 

[polyploidy516]

senior year ugpa if you haven't already graduated with the first degree (correct me if I'm wrong someone). If you have already graduated then the second degree is a post-bacc which still factors into your TOTAL undergrad gpa when filing out the AMCAS.

hope this helped.

I just graduated and will be going for another degree. I will classify this 2nd degree gpa as postbac.. Thank you!

 

[Catalystik]

senior year ugpa if you haven't already graduated with the first degree (correct me if I'm wrong someone). If you have already graduated then the second degree is a post-bacc which still factors into your TOTAL undergrad gpa when filing out the AMCAS..

You are correct.

 

[polyploidy516]

I appreciate your clarification.

Another question that I have is that I am interested in taking a graduate science course and applying it to my second undergraduate degree; I would like to know if this graduate course will also count for my postbac undergraduate gpa or if it will count as a grad gpa course as it was after my first degree?

 

[Catalystik]

2013 AMCAS Instruction Manual page 38

• Assign Post Baccalaureate (PB) status to any undergraduate level coursework you enrolled in:
o After receipt of your initial BA/BS degree.
o While enrolled in a graduate program, if coursework is not applied to a graduate degree.

• Assign Graduate (GR) status to any professional or graduate-level coursework that is not applied to an undergraduate degree.

• Do not assign Graduate (GR) status to any professional or graduate-level coursework applied to an undergraduate degree. Assign the appropriate undergraduate status (FR, SO, JR, SR) for courses of this type.

Unusual Circumstances
If you have attempted graduate-level coursework while formally enrolled in an undergraduate program, credit for the graduate coursework is counted toward the undergraduate degree requirements:
• The graduate level coursework should be listed under the appropriate undergraduate status (usually JR or SR) at the time the courses were attempted. This coursework should not be listed under the GR status.

While the answer to your question is not overtly stated in this quoted material, my interpretation is that since you are a candidate for a bachelors degree, albeit a second one, a grad level course taken toward the second degree would be listed under the Postbac category, as would all the undergrad classes you take after the first degree.