So, I'm really confused on how the AMCAS GPA handles medical drops. I've read on their website that they take both grades for repeated courses and that they include courses that have not been calculated into your college's gpa (like courses that did not count for credit). However, I cannot find anything on how they take into effect medical drops of semesters.
The situation is, I got diagnosed with Pseudo-tumor Cerebri and basically went blind for a semester (I only had ~15-20% of my vision). Because I'm a dependent of a military family member and I am over 18, I had to stay enrolled in 12 credit hours to keep my health insurance. So I failed (I did get some C's thanks to some awesome professors) that semester. Then, the next semester, the same thing. I had to stay enrolled in 12 credit hours to keep my health insurance. Well, then I had 4 shunt surgeries because they kept failing. This was all during the middle of the semester. So, again, I basically failed everything. I put in for a medical drop of the year, and that got approved. So, my college won't take that year into account for my GPA.
My question is, how does AMCAS handle situations like these? If they count the semesters, my cGPA will be a 2.85, which is below almost, if not all, screenings. If they don't, I will have a ~3.5 depending if I want to do some post-bac classes, which gives me a fighting chance. If they do count it, does anyone have any advice on how to go about things?
The situation is, I got diagnosed with Pseudo-tumor Cerebri and basically went blind for a semester (I only had ~15-20% of my vision). Because I'm a dependent of a military family member and I am over 18, I had to stay enrolled in 12 credit hours to keep my health insurance. So I failed (I did get some C's thanks to some awesome professors) that semester. Then, the next semester, the same thing. I had to stay enrolled in 12 credit hours to keep my health insurance. Well, then I had 4 shunt surgeries because they kept failing. This was all during the middle of the semester. So, again, I basically failed everything. I put in for a medical drop of the year, and that got approved. So, my college won't take that year into account for my GPA.
My question is, how does AMCAS handle situations like these? If they count the semesters, my cGPA will be a 2.85, which is below almost, if not all, screenings. If they don't, I will have a ~3.5 depending if I want to do some post-bac classes, which gives me a fighting chance. If they do count it, does anyone have any advice on how to go about things?
