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Depends...does that .065 change a tenths place in your overall GPA? If so, might help to wait. If not- its likely not worth it.
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Depends...does that .065 change a tenths place in your overall GPA? If so, might help to wait. If not- its likely not worth it.
Hey guys!
A few questions, please let me know if I am repeating questions that have already been asked (I tried searching, but only vaguely related things came up)!
1. If I plan on receiving a double major, but my transcript doesn't list it can I put it on my application?
2. For my AP courses there is a P by all of them meaning "Pass", should I put that for the grade or are there no grade for AP's?
3. It is totally fine to put future courses, correct?
Thanks!
A few questions, please let me know if I am repeating questions that have already been asked (I tried searching, but only vaguely related things came up)!
1. If I plan on receiving a double major, but my transcript doesn't list it can I put it on my application?
2. For my AP courses there is a P by all of them meaning "Pass", should I put that for the grade or are there no grade for AP's?
3. It is totally fine to put future courses, correct?
Thanks!
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Well if I round yes. From a 3.6 to a 3.65 cGPA and 3.6 to 3.67 sGPA. Is there protocol for updating schools as to my spring grades?
Quick question: my university is very small and as a result I have had several adjunct professors throughout the years. Two of my former professors who were adjuncts (and no longer teach at my university) are writing letters of recommendation for me. When I create a letter for them in AMCAS and enter their information- should I list the school that they are currently affiliated with or my university since that is where they taught me?
I feel pretty neurotic asking this. I have one course marked as "in progress" which is now complete. I got an A- and it's a 4 unit BCPM class. My GPA is quite low to begin with; 3.46 cumulative, 3.39 science. With this class, sGPA goes up to 3.41, cGPA stays at 3.46. Is this worth delaying my primary for potentially two weeks while I wait for the transcript to be received by AMCAS?
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two weeks isnt much of a timing issue. You can wait if you prefer
Does anyone have that updated verification time graph? Saw it earlier today but can't find it again.
I would lean towards having the college where they taught you
Last year, submitting 14 days after primaries open wouldn't have me verified well into july… is that really worth .02 on my sGPA?
Yes, but transmission of application and when adcoms start sitting down to review is far from being a speedy assembly line. There is a difference when you read a 100 apps in a day between the with the 3,3 and the 3.4. fastest app here will not be helpful to a weaker candidate
Thanks! Looking for the 2013 one with data points graphed on it I saw floating around here though.
Ah the difference is 3 credits a course. Most of ours are 4 credits.
Question about entering coursework:
On my transcript, all 3 of my physics classes appear as: "PHYSIC-LIFE SCI MAJ". When entering them in the coursework section, is it okay to write them as "Physics for Life Science Majors: Mechanics and Lab" since that's the full name on the registrar even though it won't match perfectly with the transcript? Thanks.
On my transcript, all 3 of my physics classes appear as: "PHYSIC-LIFE SCI MAJ". When entering them in the coursework section, is it okay to write them as "Physics for Life Science Majors: Mechanics and Lab" since that's the full name on the registrar even though it won't match perfectly with the transcript? Thanks.
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on the amcas for courses i withdrew from and retook do i mark the retakes as a repeat? do I? Also what about two research courses with the same number? one i withdrew from and the other i took later. they have the same course number but are totally different research projects that i received credit for, but are marked under the same course number, do i mark those as a repeat as well?
Would this course description sound like it''s in a Biology category?
"Sensation and Perception. Acquisition of information about physical world through basic sensory mechanisms and perceptual processes. Perception of objects, surfaces, space, motion, and events. Connections between information, computations, and biological mechanisms in vision, audition, and other systems."
The course is listed under Psychology but was an elective for my neuroscience major, and I thought there was a good chunk of neuroscience in the class. I was thinking about submitting an Academic Change Request if it's changed to BESS during verification…
"Sensation and Perception. Acquisition of information about physical world through basic sensory mechanisms and perceptual processes. Perception of objects, surfaces, space, motion, and events. Connections between information, computations, and biological mechanisms in vision, audition, and other systems."
The course is listed under Psychology but was an elective for my neuroscience major, and I thought there was a good chunk of neuroscience in the class. I was thinking about submitting an Academic Change Request if it's changed to BESS during verification…
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I wrote "PHYSIC-LIFE SCI MAJ and Lab" for all three physics classes (but for course numbers I wrote PHYSICS 6A, 6B, 6C respectively), checked combined lecture and lab, and it was verified unchanged during my last application cycle. (I'm pretty sure you attend(ed) the same SoCal university as me from the transcript description...)
Should I list my half-siblings under the "Siblings" info?
I know this is a weird question, but I lived with 3 half-sibling and my own 3 full siblings for most of my life and consider them all the same.
Also, my PS is sort of a life story and I mention growing up with a large family...so would adding all above siblings add context?
@Catalystik 🙂
I know this is a weird question, but I lived with 3 half-sibling and my own 3 full siblings for most of my life and consider them all the same.
Also, my PS is sort of a life story and I mention growing up with a large family...so would adding all above siblings add context?
@Catalystik 🙂
Thanks! And we did attend the same school 🙂. I wish all of the science buildings were as nice as PAB...
What do I do if the course has more than the allotted characters in its title? I abbreviated "And" as "&" and removed the vowels from the last two words and got it to fit...would this be OK? It would sort of make sense to remove the letters, so that's an option, too.
If you mostly grew up in the same household, it seems reasonable to list them.
Yes, as AMCAS instruction states
"Enter the exact course name in English and the exact course number as they appear on the
official transcript in the designated fields. If the exact course name does not fit, enter a
logical abbreviation."
You should get the official and match exactly
Yes indeed
Dear god.
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Siblings are as much a social construct as they are a biological. If you consider them your brothers and sisters and that has an impact on the reasons as to why you are considering medicine, I would count them as such. Clarify in your PS in you feel the need, though it would be less than a sentence
I dont post the questions, I just answer 'em
I would like this to be clarified, as well.
AMCAS verifies the applications, but doesn't send them to medical schools until late June. So as long as you are verified by late June, you will still be the first batch of applications to be seen by adcoms. That's why you don't need to submit the first second, but soon enough that you are verified by the late June date (I think it is the 27th? not sure...). I think submitting within the first week will accomplish this.
Hey just wondering, so if I am entering Adv placement exam- math ab for isntance and have 0.0 credit hours should I still list it? I think its cause I took BC which overwrote the calc ab original credits. Can someone shed some light on this? TL;DR Does amcas care for me to put this on even with 0.0 credit hours or should I leave it omitted?
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Is the submission time at midnight tonight? Or is it at like 8/9pm tomorrow morning?
Why do some schools have on their website that you can submit starting June 1st? I have seen it on multiple schools, so it got me worried...
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I would not do that unless you have something extremely strong to back it up, i.e., it depends on what you're going to write about your "experiences this past year."
What will happen if I submit my primary while a transcript is still on the way? (It's been requested and is en route to AMCAS)... they already have one transcript from this place, but I decided last minute I wanted to include the class I took this past semester, which was just added to the transcript last week.
@gonnif: Sorry, but I STILL don't know how to list these. My college transcript shows I have AP credit for Chemistry. BUT, I also have a separate transcript from state university that also lists Chemistry since it was a "dual enrollment" course.
Update: heard back from them. They say to include both and they decide. She said they'll probably accept the one with the grades.
Update: heard back from them. They say to include both and they decide. She said they'll probably accept the one with the grades.
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Why submit before they have all your transcripts? You risk them finishing it before it arrives. It doesn't matter the time you submit, apparently, if you submit within about the first week anyway.
It did actually make a difference last year. Some people that submitted after day 1 took a few weeks to get verified. Either way, it's a pretty minor GPA increase.
If they verify and then receive the new transcript, will they just toss the new one?
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