Graduate Certificate during Gap Years

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Hi, So I decided to take a couple gap years to develop my app further and am currently working as a bioinformatician at a major research hospital. My role gives me a tuition benefit which allows me to take a boatload of classes pretty much anywhere I want. Accordingly, I am planning on completing a graduate certificate in epidemiology/public health since I'm interesting in expanding my background in these fields.

My question is: will this graduate certificate account into my BCPM/Cumulative GPA when I ultimately apply or are these courses separately counted as part of my application?

I apologize if this question is naive but could use advice as to how this will ultimately impact my application. Thank you!

 

[gyngyn]

My question is: will this graduate certificate account into my BCPM/Cumulative GPA when I ultimately apply or are these courses separately counted as part of my application?

No.
If you are enrolled as a student with grades in an accredited institution (with a transcript and course description), these grades will be included in graduate grades, not undergrad BCPM.

 

[MyOdyssey]

Hi, So I decided to take a couple gap years to develop my app further and am currently working as a bioinformatician at a major research hospital. My role gives me a tuition benefit which allows me to take a boatload of classes pretty much anywhere I want. Accordingly, I am planning on completing a graduate certificate in epidemiology/public health since I'm interesting in expanding my background in these fields.

My question is: will this graduate certificate account into my BCPM/Cumulative GPA when I ultimately apply or are these courses separately counted as part of my application?

I apologize if this question is naive but could use advice as to how this will ultimately impact my application. Thank you!

Which graduate programs and institutions are you considering?

 

[deleted1082311]

@MyOdyssey I am considering Johns Hopkins certificate programs: Certificate Programs | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and alternatively certificate programs at UCLA/UCSD.