Alternatives to semester-long pre-req classes?

[Brooke3]

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I'm about to finish up my master's and will have some spare time while I find a job. I'd really like to start some of my prereqs but am worried I'll have to pick up and move once I get a job and may not be able to finish the classes (or may not be able to take the job). Has anyone heard of classes where they are basically squished into 3-5 more intensive weeks? Would this be looked down upon by the adcoms?

 

[FrkyBgStok]

that is basically what a summer term does. I took organic chemistry I basically all day, every day for 5 weeks. its only available during the summer like that. i don't think other times are possible unless you are going a University of Pheonix type thing where you have class for 9 weeks and then move on.

 

[NightGod]

that is basically what a summer term does. I took organic chemistry I basically all day, every day for 5 weeks. its only available during the summer like that. i don't think other times are possible unless you are going a University of Pheonix type thing where you have class for 9 weeks and then move on.

Note: Don *NOT* go to a University of Phoenix type thing if you actually intend to use your degree for anything more than a piece of wall art.

 

[felixthekat]

I'm about to finish up my master's and will have some spare time while I find a job. I'd really like to start some of my prereqs but am worried I'll have to pick up and move once I get a job and may not be able to finish the classes (or may not be able to take the job). Has anyone heard of classes where they are basically squished into 3-5 more intensive weeks? Would this be looked down upon by the adcoms?

Actually my university does some 7 week classes during regular semester so that you could basically take 2 semesters in 15 weeks. I general chemistry this way, and am taking organic chemistry in 5 weeks during the summer. The extra two weeks seems like an eternity. I would kill to have an extra two weeks in organic. They don't do it for every class though.

 

[calimeds]

Colorado College has that system - 1 semester in 3.5 weeks. You can enroll as a non-degree student. G-chem and o-chem both starting on september 6th i believe.

Integrated Science Program at the Southern California University of Health Sciences - WASC accredited - one semester in 4 weekends. Classes start every 4 weeks, open enrollment. I did a year of physics and a semester of A&P there. Got A's - worked my ass off for them.

I'm taking g-chem now at La Sierra University - 1 year with labs in 11 weeks. Working even harder (tougher standards there) but still getting A's. It's taking 6 - 8 hours a day of studying outside of class but it can be done.

I love this environment for learning - total immersion in one subject at a time.

 

[Brooke3]

Colorado College has that system - 1 semester in 3.5 weeks. You can enroll as a non-degree student. G-chem and o-chem both starting on september 6th i believe.

Integrated Science Program at the Southern California University of Health Sciences - WASC accredited - one semester in 4 weekends. Classes start every 4 weeks, open enrollment. I did a year of physics and a semester of A&P there. Got A's - worked my ass off for them.

I'm taking g-chem now at La Sierra University - 1 year with labs in 11 weeks. Working even harder (tougher standards there) but still getting A's. It's taking 6 - 8 hours a day of studying outside of class but it can be done.

I love this environment for learning - total immersion in one subject at a time.

That does sound like a great way to take a class- totally focusing on one thing at a time. Do med schools consider SCU a 4 year school?