Universal implications relating to course numbering.

[gochi]

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So my school offers 3 classes, phys chem, biophysics, genetics numbered 2xxx. The school is a university college.

Im gonna be transferring pretty soon to a university, and those courses will be transferred as third year courses.
Ex: BIO 2210 (genetics) = BIO 360 (at new school)

You can see the difference in course numbers.

So will the admissions comitee realize this ? how do I tell them the courses numberd 2xxx are third year courses not second year courses which the 2 in 2xxx implies.

thanks

 

[armorshell]

Yeah they're probably not even going to notice. Nothing to worry about.

 

[gochi]

Yeah they're probably not even going to notice. Nothing to worry about.

Lol, isnt that a bad thing ?

Isnt it bad that the comitee will assume all the courses numbered 2xxx are second year courses, meaning easier than third year courses, which they ultimatley are ?

 

[armorshell]

Lol, isnt that a bad thing ?

Isnt it bad that the comitee will assume all the courses numbered 2xxx are second year courses, meaning easier than third year courses, which they ultimatley are ?

They're not going to assume anything because they're not going to notice or care. Admissions committees have a pretty good handle on what they're doing and they're going to ignore minor details like this.

If you're still worried about it, make sure to make a huge deal about it to AADSAS and write a letter to every school you apply to, I'm sure they'll get a good laugh about it. 👍

 

[dmd2011]

So my school offers 3 classes, phys chem, biophysics, genetics numbered 2xxx. The school is a university college.

Im gonna be transferring pretty soon to a university, and those courses will be transferred as third year courses.
Ex: BIO 2210 (genetics) = BIO 360 (at new school)

You can see the difference in course numbers.

So will the admissions comitee realize this ? how do I tell them the courses numberd 2xxx are third year courses not second year courses which the 2 in 2xxx implies.

thanks

seriously... this is not a big deal. there are no "2nd year" or "3rd year" courses in undergrad. at every school the sequence of courses can vary. at my school the course numbers roughly correlated with the years but it wasn't exact. plus, you choose your own schedule so things can be different for every student.

 

[gochi]

They're not going to assume anything because they're not going to notice or care. Admissions committees have a pretty good handle on what they're doing and they're going to ignore minor details like this.

If you're still worried about it, make sure to make a huge deal about it to AADSAS and write a letter to every school you apply to, I'm sure they'll get a good laugh about it. 👍

If there not going to notice or care, then whats the point of taking uper division courses, besides the anecdote that they prepare you for graduate school?

Couldnt I just take all 2nd year courses ?

 

[eyrobinson]

You could but most schools require so many upper division courses to graduate...

 

[gochi]

You could but most schools require so many upper division courses to graduate...

alrighty

 

[armorshell]

Yeah, it'd be hard to complete a degree without completing upper division classes. Many people who are non science majors don't take many upper division sciences though, so you technically don't have to.

 

[Blackjack21]

Theyre not going to care what the course number is....if Genetics is 2200 at one school and 310 at another, the admission committee isnt going to think it was more difficult at one school just because its a 310 class.....theyre just going to look at the name of the course.

 

[gochi]

Theyre not going to care what the course number is....if Genetics is 2200 at one school and 310 at another, the admission committee isnt going to think it was more difficult at one school just because its a 310 class.....theyre just going to look at the name of the course.

How can you possibly say that ?
Are you part of the admissions comitee 🙂

 

[armorshell]

Why ask a question if you're just going to argue with the people giving you the answer?

 

[toothfairy85]

The physics (prerequisite) I took in undergrad was a 1000 level course. The comparative anatomy course I took was a 2000 level course. Biochem was only a 3000 level course. It all depends on the school you go to and what numbering system they use.

 

[dmd2011]

How can you possibly say that ?
Are you part of the admissions comitee 🙂

dude... just let it go. the numbering thing is not a big deal. you'll have to send transcripts from all the schools you attended anyways so even if it did matter, which it doesn't, you still wouldn't have a problem.

 

[harjay]

at my school, all lower division classes are numbered less than 100 and all upper divs are 100-199. Other than an "UpperDiv" or "LowerDiv" class, they have no way to know how hard it is and it doesnt matter when it was taken