Remedial Courses

[tennisball80]

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I am planning to take some English remedial courses before doing freshman composition because English is not my first language.

How does this affect on my AMCAS or AACOMS GPA ?

Thanks for any comments in advance. 🙂

 

[Thrombomodulin]

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[tennisball80]

If the courses are college courses, then the grades will be part of your non-science GPA on AMCAS (American Medical College Application Service) or AACOMS (American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine).

How about if take a bunch of premedical courses in math and sciences to boost my science GPA ?

 

[tennisball80]

If the courses are college courses, then the grades will be part of your non-science GPA on AMCAS (American Medical College Application Service) or AACOMS (American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine).

Also, where did you get that information ?

 

[KempDrumsalot]

Just general info bud. And what do you mean "boost" your science GPA? Just don't do bad in the classes you take in college and you will be fine. (GPA does not carry over from high school).

 

[tennisball80]

Just general info bud. And what do you mean "boost" your science GPA? Just don't do bad in the classes you take in college and you will be fine. (GPA does not carry over from high school).

I mean if I take some remedical science courses in college and get easy A on them. Even though if I get B in Gen Bio and Gen Chem, my Science GPA is still high because Science GPA counts for remedial scineces courses too.

 

[glowworm]

I know what courses you are talking about, but i don't know if AMCAS would count them or not. I think remedial courses are closer in difficultly level to high school than college, so i would tend to think amcas would not count them. I don't think remedial courses count towards your degree-you just take them to get ready for college level courses. and i especially don't think med schools would let you take remedial science courses to boost your science GPA.

But thats all just a guess, maybe you could contact amcas?

 

[Thrombomodulin]

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[tennisball80]

Many questions, few answers. Here we go...



Premedical courses are defined as:

One year of Biology
One year of Physics
One year of English
Two years of chemistry (through Organic Chemistry)

(Taken from the AAMC website: http://www.aamc.org/students/applying/about/start.htm)

Some medical schools have a mathematics requirement as well.

Alternatively, you could make high grades in the required courses and not worry about needing to boost your BCPM GPA.




You can find it here (SDN), the AMCAS website ( http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/amcas2009instructionmanual072808.pdf Page 14, discusses a BCPM GPA (Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics GPA, and an AO GPA (All Other Courses GPA), and the AACOM website (http://publish.aacom.org/Pages/default.aspx I don't remember exactly where on the website).



I know that. As long as the courses are college courses (not AP, CLEP, IB, etc) then the courses will count as part of your BCPM GPA.



Difficulty level of remedical courses in not a factor. Some universities will not count remedial courses toward a degree. Not everyone needs to take remedial courses. Medical schools will count courses that are part of the BCPM or AO GPA. Course level does not matter.

Thanks for helping. I really appreciate that.😉

 

[glowworm]

Many questions, few answers. Here we go...



Premedical courses are defined as:

One year of Biology
One year of Physics
One year of English
Two years of chemistry (through Organic Chemistry)

(Taken from the AAMC website: http://www.aamc.org/students/applying/about/start.htm)

Some medical schools have a mathematics requirement as well.

Alternatively, you could make high grades in the required courses and not worry about needing to boost your BCPM GPA.




You can find it here (SDN), the AMCAS website ( http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/amcas2009instructionmanual072808.pdf Page 14, discusses a BCPM GPA (Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics GPA, and an AO GPA (All Other Courses GPA), and the AACOM website (http://publish.aacom.org/Pages/default.aspx I don't remember exactly where on the website).



I know that. As long as the courses are college courses (not AP, CLEP, IB, etc) then the courses will count as part of your BCPM GPA.



Difficulty level of remedical courses in not a factor. Some universities will not count remedial courses toward a degree. Not everyone needs to take remedial courses. Medical schools will count courses that are part of the BCPM or AO GPA. Course level does not matter.

So...theoretically i could take remedial courses even if i don't need them, just to raise my GPA? i'm not planning to do that, just curious.

 

[tennisball80]

So...theoretically i could take remedial courses even if i don't need them, just to raise my GPA? i'm not planning to do that, just curious.

Yes, we can.

 

[Thrombomodulin]

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[glowworm]

gotcha. thanks. 🙂

 

[Datdoctor]

I mean if I take some remedical science courses in college and get easy A on them. Even though if I get B in Gen Bio and Gen Chem, my Science GPA is still high because Science GPA counts for remedial scineces courses too.

First off, once you have taken your general series, you probably won't be allowed to go back and take remedial courses in that subject, just to raise your GPA. Second, I think adcoms would notice that you tried to boost your GPA by taking Bio 101 instead of completing higher levels of the courses which show intelligence. Third, if you are so worried about your college GPA, just do well in your science courses. After all, if you think you will have to take remedial courses just to boost your GPA to try to get into medical school in 4 years, maybe it isn't right for you. Main point: if you really want to be a doctor, as shown by your being here on the boards, then just put in the time to do well in your science courses. Also, it seems you are fine with the English language. Most schools have students take an English 100 kind of course which is the first composition. That is pretty much the easiest level so I would suggest you just look at what English courses you need because you should probably be fine. I know some schools do offer programs for ESL(english as a second language) but I really doubt you need that because you seem to have a pretty good handle on the english language. Hope this helps.

 

[tennisball80]

First off, once you have taken your general series, you probably won't be allowed to go back and take remedial courses in that subject, just to raise your GPA. Second, I think adcoms would notice that you tried to boost your GPA by taking Bio 101 instead of completing higher levels of the courses which show intelligence. Third, if you are so worried about your college GPA, just do well in your science courses. After all, if you think you will have to take remedial courses just to boost your GPA to try to get into medical school in 4 years, maybe it isn't right for you. Main point: if you really want to be a doctor, as shown by your being here on the boards, then just put in the time to do well in your science courses. Also, it seems you are fine with the English language. Most schools have students take an English 100 kind of course which is the first composition. That is pretty much the easiest level so I would suggest you just look at what English courses you need because you should probably be fine. I know some schools do offer programs for ESL(english as a second language) but I really doubt you need that because you seem to have a pretty good handle on the english language. Hope this helps.

Thanks for your advice.