magicant Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone had any information regarding taking P-level courses? I'm in my last year of undergrad at Queen's and since this is my last semester I was hoping to make it a bit lighter by taking a couple of P-level courses in addition to my three 300/400 level courses (fulfilling the 60/40 rule for Western). P-level courses at Queen's used to be 0-level courses, so for instance before if you took PHYS 015, it is now referred to as PHYS P15. From what I have understood, P-level courses are undergraduate courses, but they are intended to be used as elective courses strictly (meaning they cannot count as prerequisite courses for anything else, but that doesn't matter to me since I'm graduating after this semester). In that case, if P-level courses are in fact undergraduate courses and I still am taking at least 60% 300/400 level courses for my overall course load, will med schools frown upon me taking these P/0-level courses? Does it make any real difference if I took a 100/200 level course instead of the P-level course? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachaso Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 This is just speculation, but I could only see it counting for schools like UCalgary, where they have a subjective component of your academic score. Hopefully more knowledgeable people can answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 I would imagine it makes no difference whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicant Posted January 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 Thanks for input! Would it matter if I took two P-level courses in addition to my three 300/400 level courses? Would taking multiple P-level courses in a semester "look bad" to med schools admission, or should I stick with the general "GPA is king" mentality? Having the two p-level courses would undoubtedly be the easiest course load for my last semester compared to replacing one of them with another 100/200 level course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkhome071590 Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 I think GPA should be the main focus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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