aldehyde Posted July 19, 2009 Report Share Posted July 19, 2009 Hi, I just got verified and as a Canadian student my university lists my courses as 0.5 and 1.0 credits (regardless if it has a lab component or not). So when I was verified each of my credit hours became 3.0 hrs and 6.0 hrs (which does not reflect lab components, which would make my hours 4.0 and 8.0). Did you guys experience this problem in conversion? What did you do? Take it up with AMCAS or explain to each school? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmmmm Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 I think you should call up AAMC and see what they say. Also, when did you submit your primary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicaldna Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Hi, I just got verified and as a Canadian student my university lists my courses as 0.5 and 1.0 credits (regardless if it has a lab component or not). So when I was verified each of my credit hours became 3.0 hrs and 6.0 hrs (which does not reflect lab components, which would make my hours 4.0 and 8.0). Did you guys experience this problem in conversion? What did you do? Take it up with AMCAS or explain to each school? Thanks! Which university is this? UofT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
token Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 It doesn't matter as long as it's marked "Lab" You might have to just make a note of it on your secondaries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c17h Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 I would call AMCAS to clarify your application. I initially inputted 3.0 and 6.0 credit hours for my lab courses, but AMCAS changed it to 4.0 and 8.0 when they verified my application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldehyde Posted July 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 I would call AMCAS to clarify your application. I initially inputted 3.0 and 6.0 credit hours for my lab courses, but AMCAS changed it to 4.0 and 8.0 when they verified my application. Which school are you from? I calld AMCAS and they told me to submit an academic change request... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldehyde Posted July 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 It doesn't matter as long as it's marked "Lab" You might have to just make a note of it on your secondaries But what about schools that ask for 4.0 or 8.0 credit hours? It looks like I only have 6.0 General chemistry + Lab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicaldna Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 But what about schools that ask for 4.0 or 8.0 credit hours? It looks like I only have 6.0 General chemistry + Lab I was verified yesterday and I noticed the same...3s and 6s... I will call AMCAS today... Will we have to submit ACR for each course? That's gonna suck.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTeight7 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I just called AMCAS and they told me to call schools.. I called MCW and the director told me that most US schools who accept Canadians / Internationals are aware of the funny conversion that AMCAS uses, and they will accept 6.0+Lab as the full 8 hours. So all U of T students - rest easy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicaldna Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I just called AMCAS and they told me to call schools.. I called MCW and the director told me that most US schools who accept Canadians / Internationals are aware of the funny conversion that AMCAS uses, and they will accept 6.0+Lab as the full 8 hours. So all U of T students - rest easy! Actually I called AMCAS and the person said that according to the verification formula for UofT....courses with labs should be converted to 4/8 credit hours. So he asked me to submit ACR. Remember that this change can affect ur GPA. So it is upto you to bring it up or let it go depending on what effect it will have on ur GPA. I did not bother to compute this. But I have a feeling it will go down.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayne67 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 But what about schools that ask for 4.0 or 8.0 credit hours? It looks like I only have 6.0 General chemistry + Lab When I applied, AMCAS simply told me to put down the credit or semester hours as exactly listed in my transcript. Schools are aware of this - especially the Canadian-friendly one's. If you have marked that your course consists of both lecture and lab, then it will satisfy the school's 8 semester hour requirement. Besides, from what I understand, the AMCAS pdf that you print off is not exactly what is sent to each school. While they can see that you have taken a course that has both lab and lecture components, they cannot see where else you have applied to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicaldna Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 My credits are changed to 4 and 8 from 3 and 6. I submitted ACR and it took 2 days. Due to this, my cGPA went up 0.02, sGPA by 0.01 and AOGPA by 0.03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rach Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 My credits are changed to 4 and 8 from 3 and 6. I submitted ACR and it took 2 days. Due to this, my cGPA went up 0.02, sGPA by 0.01 and AOGPA by 0.03 Hey musicaldna, I had to submit the ACR as well and was wondering if you knew how they handle sending your new GPA to schools? I've already gotten notice from schools that they have received my app and am skeptical that they'll take into account a new GPA on my account since they likely have thousands of apps to worry about. Any idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicaldna Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Hey musicaldna, I had to submit the ACR as well and was wondering if you knew how they handle sending your new GPA to schools? I've already gotten notice from schools that they have received my app and am skeptical that they'll take into account a new GPA on my account since they likely have thousands of apps to worry about. Any idea? This thought did come to my mind but did not bother to find out. I guess best way would be to call AMCAS. I will do it today if I remember.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rach Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 This thought did come to my mind but did not bother to find out. I guess best way would be to call AMCAS. I will do it today if I remember.... Thanks for the reply. I suppose if AMCAS doesn't guarantee that schools will notice the new GPAs, it might be a good idea for us to let individual schools know about the change. Unless such small GPA changes don't matter much.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicaldna Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Thanks for the reply. I suppose if AMCAS doesn't guarantee that schools will notice the new GPAs, it might be a good idea for us to let individual schools know about the change. Unless such small GPA changes don't matter much.... Just confirmed with AMCAS. The schools get the updated file so don't have to contact them individually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rach Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Just confirmed with AMCAS. The schools get the updated file so don't have to contact them individually. Great news, thanks for checking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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