I took a class in the Psychology department of my school called "Statistics". The class was totally about Statistics, and had nothing to do with Psych. Can I list, and will it count towards my BCPM GPA? Thanks for any help.
Will this count as a BCPM class?
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I doubt it seeing as how it was in the psychology dept. If you wanted a statistics course that counted towards BCPM, why not take the one offered by your applied math dept?
I did. However, I had to take another Statistics class in the Psychology department. The class is literally just called Statistics.
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Haha well then I really doubt they would let you count a second stats class towards BCPM.
Why not? Is there a limit to the number of classes that get counted as BCPM?
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AMCAS didn't take my stats class as BCPM because it was in a social science department, so I'm going to go ahead and say it probably won't take your psych stats class.
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Did you enter as BCPM in the first place? By AMCAS' own definition, content matters, dept doesn't. If it would bump your BCMP GPA up, push back. If not, don't bother.
Really? I know people who had their statistics courses in their social sciences count as BCPM. Maybe your class wasn't titled as "Statistics", wasn't totally statistics? Do you dispute with them, provide a description of the class?
Well, I just called AMCAS and asked. They told me that as long as the "majority" of the class dealt with with either Biology, Chemistry, Physics, or Math, then it counts as a BCPM class, regardless of department heading. The guy told me that my descriptions sounded like it fit a math class, and that I should list it as such.
If they later change it, I believe you can dispute their classification through a form, where you can put down the description of the class, along with a link.
If they later change it, I believe you can dispute their classification through a form, where you can put down the description of the class, along with a link.
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I remember vaguely being told that a course HAD to be listed under a course number designation of Bio, Chem, Physics or Math to count for your BCMP.
Has something changed? I REALLY hope so because I have a Psychobiology class and Stats for Neuroscience that were absolutely science/math courses but offered by my Psych department and coded PSYU
Has something changed? I REALLY hope so because I have a Psychobiology class and Stats for Neuroscience that were absolutely science/math courses but offered by my Psych department and coded PSYU
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It never changed. It's always been this way (that I know of). Whoever told you otherwise was misinformed. The AAMC rules have been this way for at least the last 4 years or so.
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https://www.aamc.org/students/download/131750/data/2011amcasinstructions.pdf.pdf
Top of page 37 says something along the lines of: "if unsure, classify based on content provided in course description." so it's math. also see broad categories on page 38.
Top of page 37 says something along the lines of: "if unsure, classify based on content provided in course description." so it's math. also see broad categories on page 38.
