^ We need OP to specify what sort of class that was, exactly.
(I’ve known of classes called “dual enrollment” because they were taught by adjunct professors and the school didnt have AP accreditation, for instance.)
Does anybody know how a CIS (College in the Schools) class is seen by med schools, for instance?
Basically, the OP is screwed either way (takes upper level class with poor foundation, gets a bad grade, is disqualified from med school OR takes precalculus and calculus, which is badly seen by med school if seen as a retake). At least if she takes the class she learns something. But both solutions mean med school is off the table.
@artloversplus might be a possibility, since not all med schools require calculus, and as such the 2 semesters of math might be biostatistics and a further statistics class. Not all med schools would accept that but it may work for some med schools.
Im sorry, It’s just hard to explain. I think I’ll have to explain this for the rest of my life (like for jobs and such) haha.
@MYOS1634 and this is kind of what is meant by unfair. Im “screwed either way.”
I could take Calc (skip precalc)
Why will a course from HS be counted towards my BCMP GPA or sGPA?
How would this work for someone, let’s say, in the ivy league? I mean Im not but Im curious. Because I think Ivies dont accept college credit from HS.
AMCAS (essentially the common app for all med school) requires that list ALL courses taken for credit at ANY college or university. So if a class you take in high school falls under that description it needs to be listed - doesn’t matter what the college you are graduating from does
@Jennybee Yes your course taken in HS will be taken IF that is DE per your school district agreement with the local college.
Read my 2 responses (and other responses also). It is the actual transcript details I posted. In this case it is Spanish so the GPA will include this. In your case if the HS course was related to BCMP then sGPA will include that.
The one you referred as “college transcript from graduating high school”, guessing your school facilitated to get a copy of it from that college. Does it have that college name in the doc? Or you can login or get a copy from the college directly.
The one you referred as "They did not transfer’, probably because you have not submitted the community college transcript to your current UG school. (if I am not mistaken, it is expected to provide during app cycle.
As IWBB stated it does not matter your UG is at Ivy or non-Ivy, or whether your UG transcript shows that CC course or not, you need to submit any college transcript including CC to AMCAS.
Of course people reviewing transcript will know if that is taken during high school time because it will have the year.
Only AP or CLEP courses will not be included in gpa calculation though your UG transcript will show if you have submitted the AP transcript from college board.
@GoldenRock Yes, I submitted the college transcript to my college, UG and all colleges during applications cycle. My college did not accept them. Colleges arent going to accept the credits/transcript just because you show it to them. It’s their right.
It’s like how most private schools do not accept high school credits, like college or AP. Like Ivies dont either. My HS sent the transcripts to all schools I applied to, they just uploaded it to the common app.
@artloversplus I could take Biostats but what about the calc requirement for some schools?
@iwannabe_Brown I know I have to show all college classes, I will, but I was kind of confused why it goes into BCMP if it was like dual enr. between a hs and uni/college. I meant just the GPA calculation part, not the reporting them part.
Is med school off the table bc of the grade in Calc in the AMCAS or will they understand it was a college class in hs? Again, I will show it of course, but Im just curious and being kind of realistic.
BCPM GPA is a GPA comprised of all your biology, chemistry, physics, and math courses. If they want you to report it why wouldn’t they factor it in?
One grade on a high school class won’t doom you.
Because it is a college course, even though it was taken while in high school. All college courses and their grades are included for medical school applications, even if your later college does not accept transfer credit from your earlier college.
If you have a weak calc foundation, you need to audit some calc courses to learn calc without GPA inference. This is the only way I can think of to get your self out of the hole. Yes, higher level math class may require calculus as foundation.
getting one c is not end of your medical school career, just make sure you get As from now on.
So should I take Stats for bio majors/social sci majors or Biostats? And so should I audit, then take Calc 2 or Calc 1?
Take Biostatistics
Audit calc1
Take calc2
Since your Biostats is calculus based. you need to beef up your calculus either self study or audit, once you are confident in calc, you take Biostats. Not all schools require calculus, so Calc II probably is optional. I think only one year or math is for premeds, by taking biostats, you should have satisfied the premed requirements.
Let’s say I want to major in bio, that requires calc I and bio stats or calc II. I think the top med schools require calc, correct? And my HS college classes dont satisfy the year of math, right? Only asking because my teacher said they do for some reason ?
So I checked and I think biostats requires calc as prereq. Also, the dept. told me I have to take intro to stats before I can take a higher level stats like stats for bio majors (this does not apply to biostats) and I already took stats also as a college credit in HS. I was thinking of taking intro to stats.
Yes. Some even require or strongly recommend 2 semesters of calculus (Wash U)
IF your HS classes are college level classes that generate a college transcript (for example, thru dual enrollment with a local community college)–it doesn’t matter if your college accepts these credits or not
OR IF your HS classes resulting in you taking an AP or IB exam in those subjects AND your college accepts the exam credits as equivalent to a college class
THEN and only then, you have fulfilled the calc1 and stats requirement for medical school admission.
You can audit calculus 1 while you take intro to stats, then take calculus 2,then Biostatistics. You’d be covered for all med schools both wrt to course requirements needed and wrt proving out can do better than your grade would suggest.