Osteopathic applicant - Question about repeat courses with similar names

[philly419]

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1) On the osteopathic school applications if you have repeated a course but the second time you took the course at a different college with a slighlty different name...but the topic and material covered was pretty much exactly the same...

for example I took "vertebrate anatomy" at one college and was not happy with my grade..a few years later I took "Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of Vertebrates" at a totally difference college ( actually "comparative anatomy and physiology of vertebrates" covered everything I learned in "vertebrate anatomy" and a few additional topics)

Does the osteopathic medical school application allow you to pinpoint which classes you are trying to replace ..even if they have slightly different names?

Also DO SChools Adcoms do see that you took the course over again..how can they subconsciously forget about the bad grades you replaced even though they officially only count the later course?

 

[Hailstorm]

Does the osteopathic medical school application allow you to pinpoint which classes you are trying to replace ..even if they have slightly different names?

Also DO SChools Adcoms do see that you took the course over again..how can they subconsciously forget about the bad grades you replaced even though they officially only count the later course?

1) Yes, make sure you read the fine print about the course being worth equal or greater credits. They can challenge/reject your classification, but if it's in good faith you should be fine. If you try to replace quantum physics with introduction to the history of physics I wouldn't hold my breath.

2) The real answer is that they cannot completely. What are you going to gain by worrying about it though, have faith in them to perform their duties to the best of their ability.