GPA: Grad-level classes as undergrad?

[paki20]

This might be a stupid question but if you take science grad-level classes as an undergrad does AMCAS calculate these grades seperately into your grad GPA or include them in your normal undergrad science GPA?

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[FlowLimited]

If it's a graduate level course then it gets factored into your graduate GPA. When you took it is irrelevent.

 

[007xx]

Unfortunately, according to:
http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/2008amcasinstructionsrvs.pdf
on page 43, any graduate courses taken in an undergraduate program do not count as graduate work.

From the website, "Do NOT assign Graduate (GR) status to any professional or graduate-level course work applied to an undergraduate degree. Assign appropriate undergraduate status (FR, SO, JR, SR)."

 

[FlowLimited]

Unfortunately, according to:
http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/2008amcasinstructionsrvs.pdf
on page 43, any graduate courses taken in an undergraduate program do not count as graduate work.

From the website, "Do NOT assign Graduate (GR) status to any professional or graduate-level course work applied to an undergraduate degree. Assign appropriate undergraduate status (FR, SO, JR, SR)."

This is true. If you took a graduate class and applied it to your undergraduate degree, it counts as an undergraduate course. I was under the impression that the OP took grad-level courses outside his undergraduate program. If this is true, as per AAMC's rules, the classes would be considered graduate courses.

 

[dumplings]

what if you take undergraduate level courses while in grad school? do they count towards your undergraduate gpa?
btw, most of these undergrad courses do not fulfill any requirement for my graduate degree except one (there's a cap on the number of undergrad units you can have towards your MS).
thanks for your help!

 

[paki20]

This is true. If you took a graduate class and applied it to your undergraduate degree, it counts as an undergraduate course. I was under the impression that the OP took grad-level courses outside his undergraduate program. If this is true, as per AAMC's rules, the classes would be considered graduate courses.

i want to use my grad classes for my AMCAS science GPA but I also want med schools to know that i did attempt grad-level work..how can i ensure adcoms realize this??

 

[artaxerxes]

i want to use my grad classes for my AMCAS science GPA but I also want med schools to know that i did attempt grad-level work..how can i ensure adcoms realize this??

usually the course number has something to do with the level.

at my school, intro courses are 100s, and then bio courses go to 300s-500s, where 500s were mixed graduate and undergraduate courses.

 

[MedStudentWanna]

This is true. If you took a graduate class and applied it to your undergraduate degree, it counts as an undergraduate course. I was under the impression that the OP took grad-level courses outside his undergraduate program. If this is true, as per AAMC's rules, the classes would be considered graduate courses.

Actually, that isn't true either. If you're not in grad school or working towards a grad degree but just took a grad level class after getting your undergraduate degree, the class is a post-bacc class. Only if you were in a graduate program is the grade tallied with your grad GPA. This comes straight from AMCAS because I called them when I was applying.

 

[FlowLimited]

Actually, that isn't true either. If you're not in grad school or working towards a grad degree but just took a grad level class after getting your undergraduate degree, the class is a post-bacc class. Only if you were in a graduate program is the grade tallied with your grad GPA. This comes straight from AMCAS because I called them when I was applying.

Hmm, since you called AMCAS I assume you're correct. But this is strange because the AMCAS help information says to assign graduate status to "any professional or graduate-level course work that is not applied to an undergraduate degree" and to assign post-bacc status only to undergrad level courses taken after receiving your BA/BS.