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I'm looking to apply to American schools for 2012 entry and I've been looking through MSAR to determine prerequisites I need in order to be considered eligible to apply to certain schools.

 

I came across schools that require a certain number of "semester hours" in different subject areas. I'm wondering how the conversion from credits to semester hours works :confused:

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I'm looking to apply to American schools for 2012 entry and I've been looking through MSAR to determine prerequisites I need in order to be considered eligible to apply to certain schools.

 

I came across schools that require a certain number of "semester hours" in different subject areas. I'm wondering how the conversion from credits to semester hours works :confused:

 

The others on here who are going through the process may have more updated information but when I did my AMCAS:

 

1 lecture hr = 1 semester hr

1.5 lab/tutorial hr = 1 semester hr

 

for a half year gen chem course with 3 lecture hours a week and 3 lab hours, this would get converted to 3 + 1.5 = 4.5 semester hrs.

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