Urgent Semester Hours Problem

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I just realized I took too many of my classes as P/NP and apparently I am applying with 89.4 Semester hours!!

It seems like the minimum at most schools is 90.

I already graduated... Did I just totally screw myself over for this cycle.........................?

Anyone know?
 
I have 135 semester hours but AMCAS is only counting 89.4 of them (since they count it differently)
 
Basically I guess I'm asking:

Do medical schools take into account the "Supplemental Hours" for their 90 Semester Hours rule?
 
Is this because of AP courses? I think then you will be okay, unless you just took 10 credits a semester, it could look slightly bad. But if you took important classes as pass fail, such as the pre-reqs, that will be looked down upon and probably be GAME-OVER.
 
Thanks for the reply, here's a bit more detail:

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take a basket weaving class at a community college to be safe. put it in planned courses.
 
What classes are in the almost 19 pass/fail? Also looks like you had about 21 AP credits. Did you retake any of the AP credit classes?
 
anfleisch said:
What classes are in the almost 19 pass/fail? Also looks like you had about 21 AP credits. Did you retake any of the AP credit classes?
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1 Quarter Philosophy
3 Quarters Music
1 Quarter History
1 Quarter Teaching Assistant (mandatory p/f)
3 Quarters Research (mandatory p/f)
 
even if your school is on the quarter system, AMCAS shows you what they are in semester hours, correct?
 
Mute98 said:
even if your school is on the quarter system, AMCAS shows you what they are in semester hours, correct?
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Correct. Mine (UCSD) is on the quarter system and they converted it all to semester.
 
Doesn't look that bad to me. Just some gen requirement courses. If you counted you APs and those courses, you are fine. If you repeated, your course-load is kind of small. But your college allowed you to graduate, so I assume you had enough credit. Juniors who apply have no more credit than you.
 
anfleisch said:
Doesn't look that bad to me. Just some gen requirement courses. If you counted you APs and those courses, you are fine. If you repeated, your course-load is kind of small. But your college allowed you to graduate, so I assume you had enough credit. Juniors who apply have no more credit than you.
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I sure hope you konw what you're talking about..
 
b2sun said:
No but it does count classes you took at a community college while attending high school.
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Oh okay that just looked odd to me...

b2sun said:
I sure hope you konw what you're talking about..
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Try PM'ing Lizzy or another advisor here, they'll be able to give you an informed answer, if they don't happen upon this thread anyway.
 
gettheleadout said:
Oh okay that just looked odd to me...



Try PM'ing Lizzy or another advisor here, they'll be able to give you an informed answer, if they don't happen upon this thread anyway.
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Thanks will do =)
 
Personally, I think you're being slightly paranoid. I took 90 hours total at my undergrad college before getting my degree (I took a couple classes afterward for other reasons). You took more than 90 credits, you just had to take some pass/fail. The schools can see what courses you took. You're half a credit shy from 90 for GPA purposes only, not total credit hours you took in college.
 
Wow. How is that you took so few credit hours outside of the sciences? I just went back to look at my AMCAS and I had 72 credits for BCPM and 56 for AO. Were you an engineering major or something?
 
Maybe I'm missing something important, but how do you have a fraction of an hour? Like what class is 2.8 hours?
 
b2sun said:
No but it does count classes you took at a community college while attending high school.
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If you took college classes (not neccesarily community college) in high school, does the AMCAS calculate that into your undergrad gpa (science/nonscience gpa?).
 
SlaskWroclaw18 said:
If you took college classes (not neccesarily community college) in high school, does the AMCAS calculate that into your undergrad gpa (science/nonscience gpa?).
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Do you mean you took like AP and IB (college level) classes in high school, or that you actually took classes from a college and was awarded credit by that college for them?
 
mvenus929 said:
Do you mean you took like AP and IB (college level) classes in high school, or that you actually took classes from a college and was awarded credit by that college for them?
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I took actual college courses during my senior year (12 credits) but if I don't use them towards my undergrad to graduate are they still reportable?
 
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