GPAs for Arts and Sciences vs. Engineering

[ucbalumnus]

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@PurpleTitan

Med schools do have requirements on what science courses have to be taken, though. It’s not as if you can ace “Chemistry for Liberal Arts” and then have a good shot at med school without taking and doing well in Organic Chemistry.

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<p>However, pre-meds are typically allowed to take physics and calculus for biology majors, which are less difficult courses than physics and calculus for engineering or physics majors. Some schools also have less difficult chemistry and organic chemistry courses for non-chemistry majors.</p>

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@LanaHere

But doesn’t your science GPA comes from ALL of the science classes you have taken, and not just the premed required classes: 1 yr of Biology, 1 yr O Chem etc… (I forgot the requirements).

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<p>From what I understand, it comes from all BCPM (biology, chemistry, physics, math) courses, as defined at <a href=“AMCAS® Course Classification Guide”>https://www.aamc.org/students/download/181694/data/amcas_course_classification_guide.pdf&lt;/a&gt; .</p>

[PurpleTitan]

<p>@LanaHere:</p>

<p>Dunno. Ask the folks on studentdoctor .net?</p>

[mom2collegekids]

<p>Engineering grades don’t count in the BCMP GPA…aka science GPA.</p>

<p>all bio, chem, math and physics classes count in the BCMP GPA. </p>

<p>My son was a Chemical Engineering premed…with minors in Math, Bio, and Chem. He had a 4.0 BCMP and a 3.99 cum GPA (an A- in a spanish class)</p>

<p>so, it is possible to have a high GPA as an eng’g premed.</p>

[VMT]

<p>Very impressive @mom2collegekids. </p>