genetics - upper division, right?

[mlle]

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so I took genetics at a university where it was a 200 level course. I am thinking of putting it down as an upper division class nonetheless, what do you guys think?

my anatomy and zoology classes are also designated 200 level, but they were challenging....

any thoughts much appreciated.

 

[golfmontpoker]

so I took genetics at a university where it was a 200 level course. I am thinking of putting it down as an upper division class nonetheless, what do you guys think?

my anatomy and zoology classes are also designated 200 level, but they were challenging....

any thoughts much appreciated.

I feel you completely... Genetics and some of my zoology classes were designated as lvl 200, but they were pretty damn hard. Im curious about this to

 

[Uracil]

I think you can put them down as Upper Division courses... my Genetics, Zoology and Anatamy classes at my school were upper division..but I guess they would still be considered upper division in your case.

 

[beastly115]

Physics is hard but is 100 lvl at my school. I think i'll put that as upper division. Also my Ecology and Evolution class was 200 lvl but it was hard so i'll put that as upper division also. This game is fun!

 

[mlle]

This game is fun!

i hope they don't stall our applications just because of discrepencies in these designations....

thanks guys.

 

[whiskeysour]

i think you're better off just marking it as lower level. schools don't care which it is, genetics is genetics. 100-200 lower level, 300-400 upper level. BCP gpa will be the same either way.

 

[PeteBook Pro]

Genetics at my school, University of California Irvine, is definitely a lower division course.

 

[food4thots]

it seems to vary at each undergrad school.. i'd go by what your transcript says.

 

[beannaithe]

i thought upper level was everything above 100?

 

[food4thots]

i thought upper level was everything above 100?

schools may have different course numbering system.

 

[mlle]

I think I've decided to consider anything beyond the one or two portions of a course that generally don't require prereqs as upper division.

It still leaves a little space for ambiguity, but not as much.

Example: I'm saying 200 level physics I and II are lower, but 200 level calc III is upper. Also, a 200-level philosophy class is lower if it has no prereqs.

What do you guys think?

 

[Yellow Snow]

I don't understand. 100/200 level are lower division and 300/400 are upper division.

At some schools 1000/2000 level are lower division and 3000/4000 are upper division.

Is it not really this simple?

 

[whiskeysour]

I don't understand. 100/200 level are lower division and 300/400 are upper division.

At some schools 1000/2000 level are lower division and 3000/4000 are upper division.

Is it not really this simple?

it really is that simple!! dunno why these other clowns can't see that

100 (or 1000) to 200 (or 2000) is lower level
300 (or 3000) to 400 (or 4000) is upper level

it's not going to affect admission, so why the stress?

 

[DIRTIE]

it really is that simple!! dunno why these other clowns can't see that

100 (or 1000) to 200 (or 2000) is lower level
300 (or 3000) to 400 (or 4000) is upper level

it's not going to affect admission, so why the stress?

You are right about what constitutes lower and upper it is very simple, we are in college right, can't be that hard to figure out.

I beg to differ about the affect it could have on admissions. Many schools want to see that that you have taken a bunch of biology upper division (above 3000 level, or 300 depending if you are on semesters or quarters) for those of you that are majoring in something other than a biological science or are applying early.

 

[whiskeysour]

You are right about what constitutes lower and upper it is very simple, we are in college right, can't be that hard to figure out.

I beg to differ about the affect it could have on admissions. Many schools want to see that that you have taken a bunch of biology upper division (above 3000 level, or 300 depending if you are on semesters or quarters) for those of you that are majoring in something other than a biological science or are applying early.

point is, schools will see genetics on your transcript and think "upper division"....they know that every school is different on how they classify things; therefore, it is doubtful they will hold it against student A b/c it's classified as lower division, but student B's is classified as upper division.

stick to the 100-200 lower div, 300-400 upper div and there is no confusion or hold up with you application.

 

[cba]

i thought upper level was everything above 100?

I actually called AADSAS about this last year and they said the everything under 200 is lower and everything over 200 is upper.

 

[amartins02]

I actually called AADSAS about this last year and they said the everything under 100 is lower and everything over 100 is upper.

What? That doesn't sound right to me. Anyways, what advantage do you have of putting them as upper division? I don't think your gpa get's calculated any differently.

 

[mlle]

What? That doesn't sound right to me. Anyways, what advantage do you have of putting them as upper division? I don't think your gpa get's calculated any differently.

it just looks better i think.

 

[ecnerwalc3321]

at my school, 100 courses are targeted for freshmen and sophomres. 200 levels are for juniors, seniors. 300's are for graduates. There's no 400's.

 

[SirShagaLot]

i think you're better off just marking it as lower level. schools don't care which it is, genetics is genetics. 100-200 lower level, 300-400 upper level. BCP gpa will be the same either way.

i concurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 😳

 

[whiskeysour]

i concurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 😳

finally, someone that isn't looking into this too much 🙂