Is a LOR from a stats professor a non-science?

[thelivingreptile]

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[sharpstickie]

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I would say yes. From what I remember, stats falls within a math department course which doesn't count towards your sGPA.
Edit: But DO NOT tell this professor that it will be a non-science LOR. This is a sure way to lose a good LOR.

 

[baratheonfire]

I would say yes. From what I remember, stats falls within a math department course which doesn't count towards your sGPA.
Edit: But DO NOT tell this professor that it will be a non-science LOR. This is a sure way to lose a good LOR.

But math is BCPM?

 

[DrMikeP]

It's a nonscience for most, now if the school says BCPM and nonBCPM for LOR then that's different.

 

[sharpstickie]

But math is BCPM?

It may be BCPM under the undergrad standings but if I remember correctly (which I seldom do), math courses do not contribute to a sGPA. So I would then passume the rule also extends to a LOR.

 

[baratheonfire]

It may be BCPM under the undergrad standings but if I remember correctly (which I seldom do), math courses do not contribute to a sGPA. So I would then passume the rule also extends to a LOR.

But sGPA doesn't appear on a transcript. It's something you and AAMC calculate separately

 

[sharpstickie]

But sGPA doesn't appear on a transcript. It's something you and AAMC calculate separately

Here's the thing though.
AAMC counts math within your sGPA
AACOMAS does not

 

[baratheonfire]

Here's the thing though.
AAMC counts math within your sGPA
AACOMAS does not

Wat y

 

[sharpstickie]

Wat y

I wish I knew, but here are my sources.
AMCAS
https://services.aamc.org/AMCAS2_2010/WebApp/Help/WebHelp/GPA_Calculations.htm
AACOMAS
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/math-not-in-aacomas-sgpa.1078233/

 

[IslandStyle808]

One interesting piece of info.

Epidemiology counts on the AACOMAS, but may/may not for the AMCAS (depends on the class I believe).

Not sure if you have epi OP, just letting you know if you do.

 

[thelivingreptile]

Okay so what Im gathering is that for AACOMAS is a non-science but for AAMCAS it is?

 

[Alienman52]

Okay so what Im gathering is that for AACOMAS is a non-science but for AAMCAS it it?

Yup

 

[futurexray]

non science for PCOM