Clock Hours
Official transcripts are required from all U.S., U.S. territorial, and Canadian postsecondary institutions awarding clock hours. If the institution provides only a certificate of completion or if no official transcript is available, the registrar of the institution must send the AMCAS program an official letter (with a Transcript Request Form attached) verifying that no official transcript is available.
Please note: Your application will not be processed without an official transcript or letter.
Conversion to Semester Hours Provided by Institution
If the clock-hour institution provides a conversion to semester hours:
- Include the clock-hour institution in Schools Attended.
- If your official transcript does not clearly indicate the institution’s recommended conversion, ask the registrar’s office to attach a letter of explanation to your official transcript before it is sent to the AMCAS program.
- Enter all required course data, taking special care to enter the correct number of clock hours as credit hours.
The AMCAS program will verify the course data and will include the coursework in your AMCAS GPAs.
Conversion to Semester Hours Not Provided, Credit Transferred
If the clock-hour institution does not provide a conversion to semester or quarter hours and course credits have been transferred to a U.S. or Canadian institution by using a credit-hour system convertible to semester hours:
- Include the clock-hour institution and the U.S. or Canadian institution accepting transfer credit in Schools Attended.
- Request the required official transcript (or a letter from the registrar’s office if a transcript is not available).
- List the courses under the clock-hour institution at which they were attempted.
- If transfer credits are not assigned to individual courses, subdivide the credit-hour total as appropriate and assign credit hours to each course.
- If the U.S. or Canadian institution awarding transfer credit provides letter grades (e.g., A, B, C) and credit hours convertible to semester hours for each course on your official transcript or in an official letter attached to your official transcript, enter all required course data. The AMCAS program will include this coursework in your AMCAS GPAs, regardless of institutional policies.
- If the U.S. or Canadian institution awarding transfer credit does not provide letter grades other than pass/fail:
- Indicate Pass/Fail as the Special Course Type and provide all other required course data, entering the transcript grade exactly as it appears on your official transcript.
- The AMCAS program will include this coursework in your cumulative Pass/Fail-Pass and Pass/Fail-Fail credit-hour totals and not in your AMCAS GPAs.
Conversion to Semester Hours Not Provided, Credit Not Transferred
If the clock-hour institution does not provide a conversion to semester hours and course credits have not been transferred to a U.S. or Canadian institution, you are not required to list the courses on your application. However, you must:
- Include the clock-hour institution in Schools Attended.
- Ask for the transcript to be sent to the AMCAS program. If a transcript is not available, request a letter of explanation from the registrar (with a Transcript Request Form attached).
If you include this coursework in the Coursework section of your application, provide all required course data except credit hours.
The AMCAS program will not verify the coursework and will not include it in your AMCAS GPAs or cumulative-credit-hour totals.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
CEU credits are usually used in vocational, licensure, and certificate programs (e.g., real estate licenses, teaching and nursing certifications). You are not required to list CEU courses on your application.
CEUs cannot be converted to semester hours. The AMCAS program will not verify the coursework and will not include it in your AMCAS GPAs or cumulative credit-hour totals.