Hi everyone,
I decided to finally post this question:
Because AMCAS makes you submit ALL your transcripts from any college-level classes you took, I was advised to submit my transcript from Harvard's Summer School Program I attended as a rising Junior in high school. I took introductory biology and earned a B- in it. I never transferred the credits to count towards any degree, I simply took the class for fun and wanted to see how I would do. Now I have a strange feeling that this course is actually the reason why I may not be getting into medical school this year. AMCAS factored the course into my overall and science GPA's which brought them down a lot more than I thought it would. (Overall GPA went from 3.46 to 3.41, and sGPA dropped significantly more). My advisers claimed that med schools will take high school classes into special consideration, but I am becoming convinced that because med schools get thousands of applications, they quickly screen applications first (which means they look at your last two most important numbers without taking into consideration how that number was calculated) and never come back to them if they fill their class.
Is there any way AMCAS can not factor in classes that did not count towards a degree? I am taking classes now to boost my GPA's, and without my harvard class, I have the potential to reapply with 3.5's across the board.
Thanks!
Samolot
I decided to finally post this question:
Because AMCAS makes you submit ALL your transcripts from any college-level classes you took, I was advised to submit my transcript from Harvard's Summer School Program I attended as a rising Junior in high school. I took introductory biology and earned a B- in it. I never transferred the credits to count towards any degree, I simply took the class for fun and wanted to see how I would do. Now I have a strange feeling that this course is actually the reason why I may not be getting into medical school this year. AMCAS factored the course into my overall and science GPA's which brought them down a lot more than I thought it would. (Overall GPA went from 3.46 to 3.41, and sGPA dropped significantly more). My advisers claimed that med schools will take high school classes into special consideration, but I am becoming convinced that because med schools get thousands of applications, they quickly screen applications first (which means they look at your last two most important numbers without taking into consideration how that number was calculated) and never come back to them if they fill their class.
Is there any way AMCAS can not factor in classes that did not count towards a degree? I am taking classes now to boost my GPA's, and without my harvard class, I have the potential to reapply with 3.5's across the board.
Thanks!
Samolot
