How does the AACOMAS GPA Calculation work now?

[TheBrownGuy_1598]

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For example let's say I fail my Gen Chem and Pre-Calc classes and I retake them and get an A how do they calculate this? Do they average the A and the F? Take the newest grade?

 

[balston82]

For example let's say I fail my Gen Chem and Pre-Calc classes and I retake them and get an A how do they calculate this? Do they average the A and the F? Take the newest grade?

The grades are averaged as separate classes

 

[de Ribas]

For example let's say I fail my Gen Chem and Pre-Calc classes and I retake them and get an A how do they calculate this? Do they average the A and the F? Take the newest grade?

They are not really averaged. Every class gets to be calculated into your GPA. All courses are averaged. It is the same thing, but they are not really averaged between them too and placed as 1 grade. Both are included.

 

[giguerex35]

just to add to this why is math not counted as part of the sgpa for DO school but it is for MD doesnt make much sense why it should be left out to me

 

[Yhorm the Giant]

Say you take a 4 credit class and get a C. Next semester you retake it and get an A. Your GPA would now be a 3.0 at 8 credits, not a 3.0 at 4 credits. Just the same as saying you get a C in a 4 credit class and then get an A in A DIFFERENT 4 credit class, you still have a 3.0 at 8 credits. Yes, it is an average in a way, but thinking about retakes the same as taking an entirely different class is simpler for mental gpa calculations.

 

[ZukosRedemption]

just to add to this why is math not counted as part of the sgpa for DO school but it is for MD doesnt make much sense why it should be left out to me

I actually think this is how MD should do it too. Math isn't really a science class. You could make the case that math forms the foundation of physics, chem, etc but even then eh.

 

[giguerex35]

I actually think this is how MD should do it too. Math isn't really a science class. You could make the case that math forms the foundation of physics, chem, etc but even then eh.

i get your point but i personally believe it should be counted for the reason you gave

 

[ZukosRedemption]

i get your point but i personally believe it should be counted for the reason you gave

It's a good debate to have, psychology is also another one on the border I'd say.

 

[de Ribas]

It's a good debate to have, psychology is also another one on the border I'd say.

I agree that since psychology is healthcare profession and also involves medications as treatment for certain conditions, it is in fact science. I think 100 years ago psychology was a lot different than now.

 

[giguerex35]

now psychology i dont believe should be counted as it is nowhere near the difficulty that classes like biochem are and would inflate the sgpa

 

[de Ribas]

now psychology i dont believe should be counted as it is nowhere near the difficulty that classes like biochem are and would inflate the sgpa

I don' think science GPA has much to do with difficulty of the courses. Some Bill courses are a joke too. There are hard non-science classes too. Some psychology couese do qualify to be counted into sGPA if their content has biology, physiology or neuroscience or something. I think its more about the content rather than being hard or not.

Med schools count math courses into sGPA. Algebra, Statistics, Geometry, trigonometry are not even hard at all.

 

[giguerex35]

I don' think science GPA has much to do with difficulty of the courses. Some Bill courses are a joke too. There are hard non-science classes too. Some psychology couese do qualify to be counted into sGPA if their content has biology, physiology or neuroscience or something. I think its more about the content rather than being hard or not.

Med schools count math courses into sGPA. Algebra, Statistics, Geometry, trigonometry are not even hard at all.

to be honest i think its quite the opposite i dont think trig or stats is easy, not hard but not as easy as psych. I would even make the argument that if a "psych" course is heavy in the sciences then it is more of a science class than it is a psych class. Simply my opinion though. And DO schools do not count math in the sgpa only the allopathic do. nonetheless well have to agree to disagree

 

[Osminog]

For the record, whether or not a subject is labeled "science" has nothing to do with whether it's difficult. Case in point: AACOMAS considers exercise science and nutrition to be sciences, but it considers informatics and architecture to be non-sciences.

Psychology has some scientific components (e.g., neuropsychology), but traditional psychological theory (e.g., the work of Freud, Jung, Adler, etc.), psychometrics (e.g., IQ testing), and social/personality psychology (e.g., "social identity theory") have little, if anything, to do with science.

 

[de Ribas]

For the record, whether or not a subject is labeled "science" has nothing to do with whether it's difficult. Case in point: AACOMAS considers exercise science and nutrition to be sciences, but it considers informatics and architecture to be non-sciences.

Psychology has some scientific components (e.g., neuropsychology), but traditional psychological theory (e.g., the work of Freud, Jung, Adler, etc.), psychometrics (e.g., IQ testing), and social/personality psychology (e.g., "social identity theory") have little, if anything, to do with science.

That's pretty much what I meant too.

 

[psych.meout]

For the record, whether or not a subject is labeled "science" has nothing to do with whether it's difficult. Case in point: AACOMAS considers exercise science and nutrition to be sciences, but it considers informatics and architecture to be non-sciences.

Psychology has some scientific components (e.g., neuropsychology), but traditional psychological theory (e.g., the work of Freud, Jung, Adler, etc.), psychometrics (e.g., IQ testing), and social/personality psychology (e.g., "social identity theory") have little, if anything, to do with science.

So, neuropsych is scientific, but psychometrics have little, to nothing, to do with science?

You clearly know so much about these areas of psychology and modern psychology in general.

 

[Osminog]

So, neuropsych is scientific, but psychometrics have little, to nothing, to do with science?

You clearly know so much about these areas of psychology and modern psychology in general.

Correct. Psychometrics is largely a mathematical subject.

 

[psych.meout]

Correct. Psychometrics is largely a mathematical subject.

Thanks for further supporting my argument.

 

[Osminog]

Thanks for further supporting my argument.

Mathematics is a language used in science, but it's not a science itself. That's why AACOMAS doesn't count math classes in sGPA, and that's why psychometrics isn't scientific; it directly involves neither physical sciences nor natural sciences.

 

[psych.meout]

Mathematics is a language used in science, but it's not a science itself. That's why AACOMAS doesn't count math classes in sGPA, and that's why psychometrics isn't scientific; it directly involves neither physical sciences nor natural sciences.

Again, you don't know what you're talking about. Psychometrics is more than just statistics and math.

 

[ZukosRedemption]

Again, you don't know what you're talking about. Psychometrics is more than just statistics and math.

Instead of just saying he doesn't know what he's talking about, can you elaborate why you think it is a science. Otherwise the discussion is pointless.