What classes are counted towards my sGPA?

[FiremedicMike]

Really, I'd like to know if my paramedic classes from 10 years ago will factor in to my sGPA..

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[mauberley]

Probably not. Here's the course breakdown from 2009: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=552026

 

[MeowMeowCAT]

Really, I'd like to know if my paramedic classes from 10 years ago will factor in to my sGPA..

Careful, college credits have an "expiration date". Make sure that you can still can get credited for these classes, check with an advisor or something. But in my opinion, unless you got a degree, 10 years is far too long to get credited for the classes.

 

[EdLongshanks]

Careful, college credits have an "expiration date". Make sure that you can still can get credited for these classes, check with an advisor or something. But in my opinion, unless you got a degree, 10 years is far too long to get credited for the classes.

Nonsense. Many of my classes are from over 20 years ago. I'm applying now, and not a single word has been said about it. As long as you have current classes at the next level, the age of your old classes don't matter.

 

[EdLongshanks]

Really, I'd like to know if my paramedic classes from 10 years ago will factor in to my sGPA..

Classes with a BIO, CHE, PHY and MATH prefix count. Everything else doesn't.

 

[Eik Ooc]

Excellent link Mauberley.

Thrilling that CMSC, Engineering, and the like aren't included in the science GPA.

 

[Prncssbuttercup]

Engineering probably is, if you go to the the respective sites for DO and MD applications, they tell you what is and isn't science... nursing classes count for healthcare science, so, it's not as cut and dried as it's made to seem...

 

[mspeedwagon]

Complete garbage unless you are applying to nursing schools. Only one or two schools do this... UMass comes to mind.

Careful, college credits have an "expiration date". Make sure that you can still can get credited for these classes, check with an advisor or something. But in my opinion, unless you got a degree, 10 years is far too long to get credited for the classes.

 

[Eik Ooc]

AMCAS Instructions are here: https://www.aamc.org/students/download/131750/data/2011amcasinstructions.pdf.pdf

The 2011 AMCAS Instructions advise the following are BCPM/sGPA courses:

Biology (BIOL) - BCPM
Anatomy
Biology
Biophysics
Biotechnology
Botany
Cell Biology
Ecology
Entomology
Genetics
Histology
Immunology
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Neuroscience
Physiology

Chemistry (CHEM) - BCPM
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
Thermodynamics

Math (MATH) - BCPM
Applied Mathematics
Mathematics
Statistics

Physics (PHYS) - BCPM
Astronomy
Physics

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The AMCAS 2011 Instructions specifically identify the following classes as NOT calculated as part of BCPM/sGPA:

Computer Science/Technology (COMP)
Computer Science
Computer Engineering
Information Systems
Telecommunications

Natural/Physical Sciences (NPSC)
Geology
Meteorology
Oceanography

Engineering (ENGI)
Aerospace Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Engineering

Health Sciences (HEAL)
Medical Technology
Nutrition
Nursing
Pharmacology

 

[Eik Ooc]

Firemedicmike -

See my above reply. Your paramedic classes will fall under AMCAS category 'HEAL' and will NOT be calculated as part of your sGPA/BCPM.

 

[FiremedicMike]

Thanks guys for the input, I didn't really care either way just curious. The extra As certainly would have been helpful though <shrug>

 

[MeowMeowCAT]

Complete garbage unless you are applying to nursing schools. Only one or two schools do this... UMass comes to mind.

Hmm, okay. 👍

 

[TheRookieYear]

The problem with the BCPM lists for MD is the fact they dont include KINE courses. At my institution anatomy and physiology are included in KINE. My pre-med advisor told me that they would be considered under my sGPA. I am a pre-DO student, so that is no problem. But I'm not sure how they factor that for a pre-MD student.

 

[littlemisspiggy]

what about research?

my research is listed under "medicine"....

 

[pkwraith]

Classes with a BIO, CHE, PHY and MATH prefix count. Everything else doesn't.

That's a general guideline, but it depends on the specific classes. Engineering Stats still counts as stats. Econometrics counts as stats. BME thermodynamics is chemistry.

One needs take a look at their classes, regardless of their department or who teaches it, and see if what that class teaches fit into any of the AMCAS listed courses.

I did a lot of juggling with my engineering classes on my application, and certainly got some GPA boosting by sticking some Engineering and Econ classes into BCPM.

 

[Beandog]

My stats class does not start with MATH/MTH , but STA. I am under the belief that this is acceptable and will indeed count towards GPA?

 

[LingoLaine]

Yes, statistics counts as MATH. It is listed under the math section in the AMCAS instructions (and as posted previously in this thread).