rural_roots Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Hey everyone, So I'm taking some first year science courses through Athabasca this year as I never took them during my undergrad. I understand that this is not a requirement for NOSM, though having two full credits in science is recommended. I am not taking these courses to improve my GPA. It also says on the website "Additional undergraduate courses completed after a degree is awarded are not used in the GPA unless these are part of a second undergraduate degree that will be completed prior to June 30th of the year of potential enrolment at NOSM"; this obviously does not apply in my case. The whole reason I'm doing this is to get back into the groove of studying and gain a basic background in the sciences so I might feel more prepared for a successful first year should I be accepted to NOSM. My concern is this: whereas biology is going well, I am struggling with chemistry. If my marks come mid-year are viewed by the NOSM adcom and my chem isn't great (ie, in the 60s or 70s), will this be a strike against my application during a more subjective phase of the admissions process (ie, looking at my application as a whole)? Beef, jojo, I'd be interested to hear your speculations on this Hope everyone is having a great start to the year, whether NOSM student or NOSM hopeful! RR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tea88 Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Hey everyone, So I'm taking some first year science courses through Athabasca this year as I never took them during my undergrad. I understand that this is not a requirement for NOSM, though having two full credits in science is recommended. I am not taking these courses to improve my GPA. It also says on the website "Additional undergraduate courses completed after a degree is awarded are not used in the GPA unless these are part of a second undergraduate degree that will be completed prior to June 30th of the year of potential enrolment at NOSM"; this obviously does not apply in my case. The whole reason I'm doing this is to get back into the groove of studying and gain a basic background in the sciences so I might feel more prepared for a successful first year should I be accepted to NOSM. My concern is this: whereas biology is going well, I am struggling with chemistry. If my marks come mid-year are viewed by the NOSM adcom and my chem isn't great (ie, in the 60s or 70s), will this be a strike against my application during a more subjective phase of the admissions process (ie, looking at my application as a whole)? Beef, jojo, I'd be interested to hear your speculations on this Hope everyone is having a great start to the year, whether NOSM student or NOSM hopeful! RR Can you take online courses to fulfill prereq? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rural_roots Posted September 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Can you take online courses to fulfill prereq? NOSM has no prereqs. But when I called and spoke with admissions this past summer, they told me that courses through Athabasca would be considered in relation to the recommended two science courses that they state on their website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Beef Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Sorry don't have any background on this type of situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithrandir Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 Since your GPA is only calculated by NOSM from a completed degree, and it is stated that any courses after graduation won't be taken into account, I would assume they won't even look at those marks. Having done two sciences may look good since they recommend it but if you're applying to NOSM this year they probably won't even look at that at all. If you're applying next year I'm sure it would be beneficial for them to see that you did the courses but I don't think your marks in them would be looked at. This whole situation is a little odd though, i'd just email them and ask. They're very nice and usually get back to me right away:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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