Future Coursework on AMCAS - whether include on application

[SecondChance84]

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Hey -

2 questions, I was told by a medical school rep that I need to take Biochem at a 4-year after finishing my pre-reqs at a CC. I am finalizing my AMCAS app coursework section now, Do I need to include this class in future coursework? I am hesitant because if, god forbid, I start doing poorly in Biochem this fall, I may drop it (as I don't want to sacrifice my 4.0 postbacc GPA). If its listed on AMCAS then it will look bad if I drop it (I assume - correct me if I'm wrong). If I don't list it on AMCAS, med schools will decide whether they like my app or not based on what I have - and if I get an A, then I can send an update letter in December to those schools, right?

1. Should I include Bio 4820 Biochemistry in Future coursework on my AMCAS? (Taking Fall 2014), or not?

2. I am registered for some CC classes in Fall also -- A&P1, Embryology, yoga, etc. Do I need to list these on future coursework also? Further, if I am registered for them in fall, will they show up on my official transcript that I am requesting right now?

Thanks for your help.
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[familyaerospace]

Hey -

2 questions, I was told by a medical school rep that I need to take Biochem at a 4-year after finishing my pre-reqs at a CC. I am finalizing my AMCAS app coursework section now, Do I need to include this class in future coursework? I am hesitant because if, god forbid, I start doing poorly in Biochem this fall, I may drop it (as I don't want to sacrifice my 4.0 postbacc GPA). If its listed on AMCAS then it will look bad if I drop it (I assume - correct me if I'm wrong). If I don't list it on AMCAS, med schools will decide whether they like my app or not based on what I have - and if I get an A, then I can send an update letter in December to those schools, right?

1. Should I include Bio 4820 Biochemistry in Future coursework on my AMCAS? (Taking Fall 2014), or not?

2. I am registered for some CC classes in Fall also -- A&P1, Embryology, yoga, etc. Do I need to list these on future coursework also? Further, if I am registered for them in fall, will they show up on my official transcript that I am requesting right now?

Thanks for your help.
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I would not include it and save it for an update or a secondary. Please note that if you are submitting now it might take a while to be verified.

Whether the CC courses would be included on your transcript would depend on the CC. I've attended five schools (seven if you want to get really super technical) and some listed classes I was registered for and some did not add them until the semester started. Get a transcript and see.

 

[SecondChance84]

I would not include it and save it for an update or a secondary. Please note that if you are submitting now it might take a while to be verified.

Whether the CC courses would be included on your transcript would depend on the CC. I've attended five schools (seven if you want to get really super technical) and some listed classes I was registered for and some did not add them until the semester started. Get a transcript and see.

Thanks for your reply. I did an "unofficial" transcript online and my future courses are listed. That's weird though, because why would a transcript include future courses, right? Isn't a transcript just supposed to record courses already taken... stupid non-uniform world

 

[familyaerospace]

Thanks for your reply. I did an "unofficial" transcript online and my future courses are listed. That's weird though, because why would a transcript include future courses, right? Isn't a transcript just supposed to record courses already taken... stupid non-uniform world

Trust me I know.... I know.

At my undergrad, they appeared when I registered.

At my most recent CC, I think my classes appeared like two weeks or something before classes started.

At my current school (actually I am in two right now), one appears ONLY when the class starts. The other will list it on the student's end but NOT on the school's end until the class is done.

Personally, I am of the opinion I am not really in a class until the class starts.