ASU Online - Pre-Requisites as a Post Grad?

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Businessgrad17

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Hi there,

I am 25, recently graduated with a Bachelors in Business Administration - Management last year and had a really tough time finding work in my city. My city has a really strong economy with lots of wealth and open positions available but I still struggled to find work that paid well. I had previous sales experience and customer service experience and it seems like a trap I'll never get out of.

I took a job that pays about $40k per year and I feel unfulfilled. I am strongly considering completing the pre-requisites for PA school or DO school and switching careers altogether but the public University near me is not accepting Post Baccalaureate students at this time.

I can get into ASU's Online Biology program and still continue to work full-time. Is this a viable path to a physician's assistant program or a DO program? There is a private christian university near me that I can take in-person classes at but it is not a well-known school and I would have to quit my job or find a job part-time. I can either graduate with a second bachelor's or simply finish the pre-requisite courses at ASU Online. I have no debt and make more than enough to cover all my living expenses and still cash-flow tuition.

Any and all advice would be appreciated! Thank you so much for reading!

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I'd be careful with taking online pre-requisite courses as some medical schools will not accept them.

I'm not sure how a bachelor's degree earned online is view though.
 
I'd be careful with taking online pre-requisite courses as some medical schools will not accept them.

I'm not sure how a bachelor's degree earned online is view though.

The online courses still have physical labs I would have to attend over summer. I'm planning on just calling the schools I'm thinking about applying to and asking them what they think. I was hoping someone would know if anyone has had success applying with an online degree
 
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The online courses still have physical labs I would have to attend over summer. I'm planning on just calling the schools I'm thinking about applying to and asking them what they think. I was hoping someone would know if anyone has had success applying with an online degree
Ahh, good idea. I'd call just to make sure.
 
Speaking only of NYITCOM, they said they are open to online courses to meet pre-reqs but the majority of the degree must be completed in person. Definitely check with every school you intend to apply to.
 
I am in a similar situation. I graduated with a BS in Communications last summer and now i am wanting to try to get into dental school. I don't have a college with the classes I need to take nearby, so i am wanting to take all the prerequisites at ASU as an online student while only taking the Ochem 1 & 2 labs on campus over a week long class in the summer.
Has anyone heard of anyone else doing this and being successful?
Also, the classes at ASU do not show on the transcripts as being taken online.
 
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