For coursework "Year," use calendar year or by credits? Pls Read-

[TheAppleJuice]

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So I have 20 units of AP credit, essentially one semester, so I was thinking about "offsetting" all my semesters when assigning the year (freshman, sophomore etc.) for the courses I took

This is why: I notice that my GPA trend looks better when I offset it. If I did it "regular" (by the calendar) it looks like I had a crummy sophomore and junior year; but when I do it offset it looks like I had a solid freshman and sophomore year, a crummy junior year, but then a good senior "semester" (the spring of my 'junior' year)

So do you think for this benefit, I should off set all my coursework like this:

Freshman: AP + 1st Fall (3.75)
Sophomore: 1st Spring + Summer 1 + 2nd Fall (3.8)
Junior: 2nd Spring + Summer 2 + 3rd Fall (3.1)
Senior: 3rd Spring (3.7)

Otherwise it looks more like: FR 3.85, SO 3.0, JR 3.3

(these numbers are not exact)

AMCAS states the following by the way

If you have a significant amount of AP or college-level coursework credits prior to entering college, you may list your entire first college year as Freshman (FR) status. In doing so, you will most likely exceed the 0-35 credit hour guideline for freshman year, but your AMCAS GPAs will reflect your “true” first year in college; in these cases AMCAS will not change the academic status. However, if you would rather base your academic statuses based only on credit hours, your application will be accepted and verified as such.

 

[TheAppleJuice]

moderators, please delete this post, I have posted it in an AMCAS official discussion. thanks