AMCAS uses course classifications to calculate your GPAs. Classifications that are highlighted in the BCPM group indicate that such courses will be included in the calculation of your BCPM GPA, which comprises biology, chemistry, physics, and math courses.
Full Answer
Your BCPM GPA includes all biology, chemistry, physics, and math courses taken as an undergraduate—not just the pre-med courses.
Biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics grades are used to calculate the AMCAS BCPM GPA.
AMCAS clearly lists Biochem under Chemistry.
Your science GPA is comprised of grades in medical school prerequisite classes like biology, chemistry, physics, and math. Your non-science GPA is comprised of grades in all your other classes.
Yes, all science labs count.
A science GPA around 3.3-3.4 is Very Good, one between 3.5-3.7 is usually Excellent and one above 3.8 is generally Superior. By way of reference, the average GPA for students attending top medical schools is 3.89. Students attending state medical schools might have overall GPA's around 3.63.
Chemical biology deals with how chemistry can be applied to solve biological problems while biochemistry is the study of the chemistry of biology. In general, the chemical biology major focuses on small molecules while the biochemistry major focuses on proteins and nucleic acids.
Chemistry. In biochemistry there are only the first 3 letters of biology but it has all of chemistry.
Biochemistry is the branch of science that explores the chemical processes within and related to living organisms. It is a laboratory based science that brings together biology and chemistry. By using chemical knowledge and techniques, biochemists can understand and solve biological problems.
Admissions experts advise aspiring medical school students to aim for a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
However, you probably need at least a 3.5 GPA to be competitive for most (if not all) medical schools. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, only about 30% of all applicants who have a GPA between 3.4 and 3.6 get accepted into a medical school.
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) reported an average GPA for medical school of 3.60 across all applicants for the 2020-2021 application cycle. For the same year, applicants had an average science GPA of 3.49 and an average non-science GPA of 3.74.
1) AMCAS course classification is SOLELY used for a standardized GPA calculation for BCPM v AO (all other), often referred incorrectly as science vs nonscience. 2) course classifications above have NOTHING to do with fulfillment of specific prerequisites at each individual medical school.
my physio psych was pretty much a bio class. psychopathology can be biological (neurotransmitters and all), but it seems like the reviewers are assuming psych is non-sci. so, in your case, they'd assume psychopathology has to do with the sociogenic hypothesis and the biopsychosocial model instead of real science.
As far as I know, AMCAS is not involved in determining if you fulfill the prerequisite courses for the schools you submit to. This would be up to the schools. For instance, among schools that require statistics, some require it be given through the math department, whereas others accept it through other departments.