Courses (other than MD coursework) attempted independently at a foreign institution do not have to be listed if credit has not been transferred to a U.S. or Canadian institution, except to meet medical school prerequisites unduplicated by other listed coursework. Such courses include coursework taken in a foreign country before formally enrolling in a U.S. or Canadian institution as well as coursework taken independently after enrolling in a U.S. or Canadian institution.
You are not required to list these courses in your AMCAS application, but you may do so if you’d like to make medical schools aware of them. The AMCAS program will not verify the coursework and will not include the courses in your AMCAS GPAs.
If you include this coursework in your application:
- Include the foreign institution in Schools Attended, request a transcript exception for the school, and select Foreign Institution — No credits transferred. Do not send foreign transcripts or certificates to the AMCAS program.
- Provide all required course data from the foreign institution except credit hours attempted and grades.