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chemdoctor

chemdoctor

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Hello everyone. I want to find out if some courses will count towards my science GPA. I understand that this goes based on the course catalog description at my college as opposed to the course code but there are some courses that I was told by my advisor and fellow premeds that count towards my sGPA but I don't think that they do... I also know to take advice from advisers and fellow premeds with a grain of NaCl... so not entirely sure... Please let me know thank you.
 
Really you can classify whatever you want as a science class when you do amcas. It may get re-classified when they review your app though - and this could result in delaying your app
 
gonnif said:
The description from the OP should these as applied or directly medical oriented classes, thus will be classified health scirnce. I believe the OP was interested in selecting courses to take based on BCPM wnd not on how to deal with previously taken classes
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Yes I was. Thanks.
 
You can finesse the system- I certainly did.

Don’t do anything outrageous, but feel free to put the burden of proving that the A you got in Tx of Athletic injuries is non science and not biology on the shoulders of AMCAS verifiers
 
Dr. Scribe said:
You can finesse the system- I certainly did.

Don’t do anything outrageous, but feel free to put the burden of proving that the A you got in Tx of Athletic injuries is non science and not biology on the shoulders of AMCAS verifiers
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Didn’t know you could petition... that’s really interesting. I’ll look into it.
 
I did research for a few semesters, still doing it now. I got credit for it but the grading is either S (Satisfactory) or NS (Not Satisfactory). I got the S, but does this count towards my sGPA? I personally feel it should because I did lots of lab work + lots of writing and will be presenting a poster soon. Also dedicated several hours a week for the research project... But would this count as an A? Please let me know. Sorry to bump this thread. I'm asking for a separate course now. Thanks.
 
chemdoctor said:
1) I did research for a few semesters, still doing it now. I got credit for it but the grading is either S (Satisfactory) or NS (Not Satisfactory). I got the S, but does this count towards my sGPA? I personally feel it should because I did lots of lab work + lots of writing and will be presenting a poster soon.
2) Also dedicated several hours a week for the research project... But would this count as an A? Please let me know. Sorry to bump this thread. I'm asking for a separate course now.
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1) No. AMCAS does not assign a weight to a Satisfactory/Not Satisfactory grading scale. It will not affect your BCPM GPA.

2) No. Reference: see page 2, 3rd grid from the top, item 61: https://aamc-orange.global.ssl.fast...692785e/amcas_grade_conversion_chart_2018.pdf
 
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