Would nutritional science courses apply to my science GPA?

[goldandapager]

I'm picking up a food and nutritional sciences major cause I need some courses to help me boost my science GPA.

Would these apply?

Science of Nutrition, Functional Anatomy and Physiology I/II, Food Science, Intermediary Metabolism I/II

---

Members don't see this ad.

 

[TheMightySmiter]

The second and fourth sound like they definitely would (ironically, the ones without "science" in their titles, haha). But the other two probably count as science, too.

 

[apumic]

I agree the 2nd & 4th will, but food science and science of nutrition seem iffy. My guess would be science of nutrition would be more likely than "food science," which sounds to me about as much like science as a class called "science of human diversity." It's hard to say though w/o reviewing the AMCAS guidelines again and/or contacting AMCAS.

 

[fMRI]

"Food science"? Sorry, but that sounds like "house keeping" with a special focus on the kitchen. 😛

May I add some courses to the list to boost your SCIENCE GPA:

- Philosophy of SCIENCE
- Social and Behavioral SCIENCE
- Library SCIENCE
- ...

and to round it up, do some volunteering at

- Christian SCIENCE
- SCIENTolog...
- ...

CAVEAT: I do NOT endorse any of the above listed outfits.
---

On a serious note: if you took classes in "basketweaving science", it might help your GPA but also questions the seriousness of your undergraduate studies.

 

[goldandapager]

"Food science"? Sorry, but that sounds like "house keeping" with a special focus on the kitchen. 😛

May I add some courses to the list to boost your SCIENCE GPA:

- Philosophy of SCIENCE
- Social and Behavioral SCIENCE
- Library SCIENCE
- ...

and to round it up, do some volunteering at

- Christian SCIENCE
- SCIENTolog...
- ...

CAVEAT: I do NOT endorse any of the above listed outfits.
---

On a serious note: if you took classes in "basketweaving science", it might help your GPA but also questions the seriousness of your undergraduate studies.

Damn homie, who stepped on your glasses?

In retrospect, I probably misinterpreted what "food science" is. I assumed it would focus on biochemistry and microbiology.

But seriously, "basketweaving" is played. Could you come up with anything more contrived when trying to be humorous?

 

[sgtbrushes]

You can probably ask an academic advisor at your school what it counts as... but maybe they wouldn't know. But yeah, as others have suggested look for "easy" 1000 or 2000-level courses (like Philosophy of Science, Library Science). If you're strong in math, look for easy math classes (anything before calc, if you don't have credit for it yet).

 

[flip26]

Don't ask us - look it up the AMCAS PDF that spells out what qualifies. People here are merely speculating...no need to speculate.

There are lots of science courses that do nothing for BCPM. BCPM is what matters in med school admissions, so unless you are boosting your BCPM, some of these "science" classes are not going to help you very much beyond what it does to boost your overall GPA.

 

[Dannyw]

Don't ask us - look it up the AMCAS PDF that spells out what qualifies. People here are merely speculating...no need to speculate.

There are lots of science courses that do nothing for BCPM. BCPM is what matters in med school admissions, so unless you are boosting your BCPM, some of these "science" classes are not going to help you very much beyond what it does to boost your overall GPA.

What he said. If these new classes have the same prefix as your bio classes then they will be included in your science gpa.

As someone who is familiar with the health science majors I'm going to assume they will not count. Although the content is very much the same (and it sucks) it will probably only count for your overall.

 

[goldandapager]

Okay, I looked it up. None of those will count. Thank you very much.

 

[justdoit31]

I think it really depends- if they are offered by a science department the chances are greater than if they have a nutrition prefix on the class.

 

[88888888]

I'm thinking about being a molecular toxicology major and it's under our department of
Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology

Some sample course titles are:

Pesticide Chemistry and Toxicology
Toxicology
Molecular Toxicology
Computational toxicology

etc...

When i do pharmcas does it automatically categorize everything for you? Also where can i find the .pdf showing the courses.

 

[apumic]

I'm thinking about being a molecular toxicology major and it's under our department of
Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology

Some sample course titles are:

Pesticide Chemistry and Toxicology
Toxicology
Molecular Toxicology
Computational toxicology

etc...

When i do pharmcas does it automatically categorize everything for you? Also where can i find the .pdf showing the courses.

Might I suggest asking on a pharmacy forum. No one here can answer that for you. You could also have started a new thread instead of a resurrection of an old one. I don't really mind but some people here get all bent outa shape over that kind of thing....

 

[88888888]

oh lol.. i just realized it's on the md forum.. ok

do they count as the bpmc gpa? I'm premed/prepharm. undecided

 

[goldandapager]

I'm pretty sure it's just courses in the bio, chem, physics, or math departments. Hence, bcpm GPA.

 

[FallenHero]

Yeah it depends on what department offers the course. My "Physiology of Nutrition" course counted for BCPM.

 

[FallenHero]

Department of Physiology. AMCAS counted the type as BIOL.