Taking survey courses to boost science GPA?

[HenryH]

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I was browsing through my university's course catalog and couldn't help but notice the breadth of survey and non-science-major classes (that are still catalogued as BIO, CHEM, etc.). A lot of the courses look like they would be super easy, and most of them are worth three credits. Some examples: Survey of Chem 1 & 2, Bio of the Human Body, Intro to Industrial Science, Applications of Chemistry, etc. None of these courses have any pre-reqs whatsoever, and they're all designed for non-science majors.

If I were to fill up a Maymester with a few of these bastards, would dental schools be able to see through "my plan?" Would it even matter?

 

[amichail]

I graduated last year... I also needed to boost my science GPA, so I did do exactly that...
Took classes like HIV/AIDS, Contemporary Nutrition, First Aid-CPR, etc... All of which are science classes but for non-science majors. They were super easy and helped boost my GPA up a bit. I also ended up being asked to become a Teaching Assistant for the Nutrition course... Long story short, I was accepted to 3 dental schools so far, so it's definitely not a bad idea!

 

[zthang]

Yea...i mean, as long as you can rock the science section of the DAT, then you obviously know your sciences well enough. But watch out, some of those survey courses can be hard. I took a "survey" of PChem class, and it was hard.

 

[HenryH]

Thanks for both of your reassurances.

Ami, just out of curiosity, what were classes like Contemporary Nutrition filed under? BIO, CHEM, etc.? I was wondering because I thought that, to be counted in the science GPA, it had to be either a biology, chemistry or physics course.

zthang...I wouldn't ever consider touching a Pchem course, survey or not!

 

[amichail]

They were under MCDB which at my school is Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology... Nice huh