When looking at DIY postbacc grades, do schools look at course numbers? Or just undergrad vs. grad?

[keytonez]

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Finished a Master's degree last year and now doing some DIY post-bacc stuff for uGPA repair. I'm at a UC and some of my classes are in the 100's, e.g. Biology 123 (upper division) and some are grad classes at the 200 level (e.g. Bio 234) that are counting for this undergrad "degree" so they should be counted as undergrad on AMCAS. Will schools consider the 200 level classes as (easier) graduate classes when thinking about my GPA repair, or just see that AMCAS labeled them as undergrad when considering these new classes?

 

[MareNostrummm]

Finished a Master's degree last year and now doing some DIY post-bacc stuff for uGPA repair. I'm at a UC and some of my classes are in the 100's, e.g. Biology 123 (upper division) and some are grad classes at the 200 level (e.g. Bio 234) that are counting for this undergrad "degree" so they should be counted as undergrad on AMCAS. Will schools consider the 200 level classes as (easier) graduate classes when thinking about my GPA repair, or just see that AMCAS labeled them as undergrad when considering these new classes?

Even if they are technically graduate courses, taking them outside of the official Master's degree will count them as post-bacc undergraduate courses, regardless of their course level. I doubt adcoms can tell the difference, because at some schools the 100 and 200 level are all lower division undergraduate courses and the 300 and 400 level are upper division, graduate courses are 500 level. They will only look at the course title.

 

[keytonez]

Even if they are technically graduate courses, taking them outside of the official Master's degree will count them as post-bacc undergraduate courses, regardless of their course level. I doubt adcoms can tell the difference, because at some schools the 100 and 200 level are all lower division undergraduate courses and the 300 and 400 level are upper division, graduate courses are 500 level. They will only look at the course title.

sweet deal! thanks! i couldn't resist taking some extremely interesting-sounding grad classes this semester and now i won't hold back next semester either

 

[DameJulie]

They will count for your post-graduate GPA even if you're taking DIY post- bacc (non-degree student), even if the course is graduate-level.

It's completely fine taking the 100s-level courses at the UCs. The adcoms know it's upper-div from a UC.