6 Vs 8 Semester Hour Conversion Confusion

[workhardplayhard]

Hey all,

 

AMCAS has verified my transcript, and has labelled all my courses as either 3 or 6 credit hours. However, it seems that medical schools require 8 credit hours for certain courses that include lab.

 

When I was putting my courses into AMCAS, I specifically stated something like "Biology....and Lab", but I was only given 6 credit hours for these lab courses. Any other Canadian applicants have this problem, and what did you do to fix it?

 

Thanks

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[thehulk]

It will stay that way because that is the right way that your gpa can be calculated. 

[workhardplayhard]

You find the solution? I have the same issue.

 

Yep. I emailed a few schools, and they told me that as long as the course is described as having a lab, the semester hours aren't too much of a concern. Some of them mentioned that they are used to seeing this from Canadian students. 

[cicero_medicorum]

I had this experience last year with my application, and the same frustration. Like workhardplayhard said, they're used to seeing this from Canadian students. Credit hour mishaps were never an issue for me or the other people I applied with when it came to application eval. It's just a little unsettling