Anybody kno if Med Schools will accept classes taken thru UC Berkeley Extension?

[ButAtYourBest]

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I want to take med school PRE-REQ courses at Berkeley Extension...

The UC Berkeley Extension courses I'm looking at are taught mostly by professors who got their PHD from Berkeley, but are faculty at local community colleges and/or state colleges.

UC Berkeley Extension is not a degree granting program, so I don't think it is accredited. There is a UC Berkeley Extension campus or building in Berkeley, where some of the lectures are given. However, I am told that all labs are done at Community Colleges (for insurance purposes). One class I'm considering is actually held at the UCSF Parnassus campus.

I contacted UCSF, and they said that they accept UC Berkeley Extension, without any reservations, but they also take community college level courses.

Does it sound like UCB Ext. will be looked at as community college level courses? And so whichever med schools don't accept CC courses will not accept UCB Ext. or "look down on them"? What's the best way of figuring this out? (just calling school to school?)

 

[apumic]

yes... contact a few school and ask. Nobody can give you anything more than speculation UCBE to me seems like itd be ok. Probably would be viewed as on the high side of CCs but not like a 4 yr since thats typically what extension programs sorta are.

 

[swimbeckers]

Schools definitely accept UCB extension credits. There are other posts about this, but they do not look at it like community college credits at all. You are paying for the Berkeley name and that's what most med schools look at. I took several pre reqs there and was never questioned about it.

 

[ButAtYourBest]

Hmm. Even if it isn't view as CC status, will it still be viewed as "below" a 4-year/state college?

Which courses did you take through Berkeley Ext?