Hurricane Katrina HELP!

[tipitinasjiggy]

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Hello-

I was an entering freshman at a NOLA university when Hurricane Katrina struck (significantly NonTrad, as you might imagine), and was wondering what to do about the semester spent at another institution. I started school much later than most (close to 3 weeks) and was told that my grades would not count for the semester spent at this institution- rather it would be P/F for transfer credit. In fact I had already missed an exam in 2 of my courses.

So i have two sets of transcripts- one with my actual grades (from the other institution) , and one with the correct Transfer P/F designation (NOLA institution). My NOLA transcript has a note detailing the fact that these are transferred from another university due to the hurricane.

The grades arent bad (within .1 of my cGPA, 14 credits) but I'd rather not have them count for credit, as it dilutes (in terms of total credits) the impact of my 60 hour postbacc. Without it, im almost a full 0.05 higher. It might seem insignificant, but I guess not to me.

I dont want to get held up by AMCAS, and am sure at least one/few of you may know what happened to applicants in my shoes during their application process.

What do you think is the protocol here? What set of grades should I report?

 

[Cytarabine]

I don't think you have a choice

https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/amcas/faqs/147532/amcas_2010_faqs-6.5.html

 

[tipitinasjiggy]

It would likely delay you more trying to something out of protocol so close to submission start. I would suggest you can try to do:

1) note on the course entry page on AMCAS "Katrina Affected" after the courses affected.
2) you can make a short (less than a sentence) in your PS, something along the lines of "even though Katrina forced an unplanned change of schools..." on an appropriate line
3) Best is to mentioned in the secondaries.

But you have to follow protocol and submit all

Thanks for the reply. I guess I wasn't being clear. I don't mind providing the transcripts in full disclosure, but for my BCPM and total calculated GPA, is it worth talking to AMCAS to make sure those classes end up factored out of my GPA?

 

[Cawolf]

In all likelihood, they will be factored into your AMCAS GPA.

AMCAS does not honor school-based academic forgiveness policies.

 

[tipitinasjiggy]

Just an update to this:

Here is the policy regarding my issue: any additional thoughts?

http://welcomeback.tulane.edu/faq/faq_academics.html

Will the courses taken at my host school be computed into my GPA?
Courses will be recorded as either pass/fail and will not impact your Tulane GPA

1. If I am attending a host institution, how will my coursework credits be applied towards my Tulane degree?
   Assuming a student has achieved a passing grade, Tulane will accept the coursework completed at host institutions and apply the course credits to Tulane degree requirements.

Additionally, these courses are listed as Pass on my transcript, rather than Transfer. I have other classes that are listed as transfer, just not these.

I will call AMCAS tomorrow to set this in stone but would love if someone already had insight into this.

And ^ i wont be submitting until mid this month, so I dont mind the delay. 🙂

 

[blueharbor]

Just an update to this:

Here is the policy regarding my issue: any additional thoughts?

http://welcomeback.tulane.edu/faq/faq_academics.html

Will the courses taken at my host school be computed into my GPA?
Courses will be recorded as either pass/fail and will not impact your Tulane GPA

1. If I am attending a host institution, how will my coursework credits be applied towards my Tulane degree?
   Assuming a student has achieved a passing grade, Tulane will accept the coursework completed at host institutions and apply the course credits to Tulane degree requirements.

Additionally, these courses are listed as Pass on my transcript, rather than Transfer. I have other classes that are listed as transfer, just not these.

I will call AMCAS tomorrow to set this in stone but would love if someone already had insight into this.

And ^ i wont be submitting until mid this month, so I dont mind the delay. 🙂

AMCAS looks at transcripts provided by each institution for grade calculation, not the grade interpretation at your home school. So Tulane's policies on the issue will be irrelevant, unfortunately.