I just graduated from a UC, but come this September I will be starting an informal postbacc until I apply for formal postbaccs next application cycle (Jan-March 2017). For those of you who don't know what an informal postbacc is, it basically means taking classes at any university or college to help increase your GPA and/or show and upward trend in grades. Anyway, I need some advice on what my best option is for where I should complete my informal postbacc, given the situation that I am in. My choices are to stay near the university and take UC extension classes or go back home and take classes at a community college.
Here is my situation: If I stay near the UC, I would have to be working a full time job to pay for rent while taking extension classes at night (it is possible, I know others that do this). If I went home, I would most likely be working a part time job while taking classes at a community college. My main concern is that after having just graduated from a 4 year university, if postbacc programs/med schools will value UC extension classes more than community college classes. Does taking UC classes over community college classes (doing well in both) make that big of a difference to an admission committee?
Here is my situation: If I stay near the UC, I would have to be working a full time job to pay for rent while taking extension classes at night (it is possible, I know others that do this). If I went home, I would most likely be working a part time job while taking classes at a community college. My main concern is that after having just graduated from a 4 year university, if postbacc programs/med schools will value UC extension classes more than community college classes. Does taking UC classes over community college classes (doing well in both) make that big of a difference to an admission committee?
