maketheturn Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 hi guys according to amcas verification, my school's 0.5 credit turned into 3 semester hours and 1.0 credit turned into 6 semester hours regardless of whether it was "with lab" or not. the problem is some schools i have applied want specifically "8 semester hours" of general biology/ orgo/ general chem... (i have 6 hours of each only according to amcas) Would this potentially a problem for admission? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slashsev Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 id contact amcas... with labs it SHOULD be 8 hrs...if im not mistaken.. there going to red flag your entire application as missing pre reqs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee88 Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 hi guys according to amcas verification, my school's 0.5 credit turned into 3 semester hours and 1.0 credit turned into 6 semester hours regardless of whether it was "with lab" or not. the problem is some schools i have applied want specifically "8 semester hours" of general biology/ orgo/ general chem... (i have 6 hours of each only according to amcas) Would this potentially a problem for admission? I had the same problem and emailed AMCAS, I'm calling them tomorrow morning just to see what they say and will let you know joe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maketheturn Posted July 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 I had the same problem and emailed AMCAS, I'm calling them tomorrow morning just to see what they say and will let you know joe! Thank you guys Slashsev & Tee88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saukalra Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 hi guys according to amcas verification, my school's 0.5 credit turned into 3 semester hours and 1.0 credit turned into 6 semester hours regardless of whether it was "with lab" or not. the problem is some schools i have applied want specifically "8 semester hours" of general biology/ orgo/ general chem... (i have 6 hours of each only according to amcas) Would this potentially a problem for admission? I had the same issue last year when I applied, however it was NOT a problem at any of the schools. The schools understand that Canadian universities have a different credit system than US schools. Here is a reply I received from DMS when I contacted them: "Our requirements are for one full-year OR 8 semester hours. As long as you have completed the full-year sequence at your university in the premedical disciplines (half-year for calculus), you meet the requirement, no matter how many hours AMCAS assigns to the courses. We see 6 hours for a full year from Canadian students all the time--not to worry, it is absolutely common." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maketheturn Posted July 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 I had the same issue last year when I applied, however it was NOT a problem at any of the schools. The schools understand that Canadian universities have a different credit system than US schools. Here is a reply I received from DMS when I contacted them: "Our requirements are for one full-year OR 8 semester hours. As long as you have completed the full-year sequence at your university in the premedical disciplines (half-year for calculus), you meet the requirement, no matter how many hours AMCAS assigns to the courses. We see 6 hours for a full year from Canadian students all the time--not to worry, it is absolutely common." thank you saukalra! all your inputs are really reassuring for this anxious applicant lol!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee88 Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 thank you saukalra!all your inputs are really reassuring for this anxious applicant lol!!! Hi Joe... so the AMCAS rep I talked to wasn't very helpful... he just said that they convert it according to school and 1.0 = 6 credit hours but I filed a request and when they get to it in 3-5 business days, I will let you know if they changed it. I did interview at Dartmouth last year and didn't find it as a problem, I'm just hoping other schools recognize this with international students, so I think we're okay for the time being! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omz222 Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 AMCAS does what AMCAS does, every school will understand if you are a Canadian and your courses with labs are 6 not 8 credits. Make a note of it to be sure. But put down 6 and you're perfectly fine. source: my application experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee88 Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 AMCAS does what AMCAS does, every school will understand if you are a Canadian and your courses with labs are 6 not 8 credits. Make a note of it to be sure. But put down 6 and you're perfectly fine. source: my application experience. AMCAS got back to me, as long as you checked off "lab", most schools realize that the Canadian system is different. If they ask you to list out your courses be sure to say "with a lab". Otherwise they said they are aware of the conversion difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nychila Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Did anyone get their credits changed to 4 for courses with lab, as opposed to 3? My cGPA just happens to be higher if courses with lab are counted as 4 credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee88 Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Did anyone get their credits changed to 4 for courses with lab, as opposed to 3? My cGPA just happens to be higher if courses with lab are counted as 4 credits. I put in that request but unless your transcript/school specifically gives a separate credit for lab courses, they will not assign you 4.0 or 8.0 credits, that's why they explained to me that they realize the Canadian grading system is different and American schools recognize this too. So as far as I know, they don't do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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