Evening / Weekend Part-Time Post Bacc options?

[careerchanger77]

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Do any of you know of any primarily Evening / Weekend Part-Time Post Bacc programs for Career Changers other than the ones below that are do-able while working a job?

So far I know of the following post bacc programs mostly Night / Weekend courses:

Harvard Extension School (HES)
UPenn pre-med post bacc
UC Berkeley Extension <-- Not sure how well-regarded this program is, though, by Ad Comms. Has anyone had experience?

Note: I'm looking mostly at ones that are for Career Changers who don't have any of the science pre-reqs.

What other post bacc programs are there that allow for part-time classes and part-time work with mostly night or weekend courses?

 

[DrMidlife]

1. identify colleges and universities near you
2. one at a time, find their extension/evening/open admissions web pages
3. repeat until you find an option that doesn't require you to relocate and find a new job

 

[careerchanger77]

Thanks for your advice, Dr. Midlife - I appreciate it! Unfortunately, I already checked all of the 4 years universities within an hour driving distance from where I live, and there aren't any evening / weekend undergrad courses in the core sciences (yikes). That would have been my first choice by far.

I've resigned myself to the fact that I'm either going to have to:

A) Stay local and take daytime classes while working part time / freelancing (luckily my corporate profession is one where freelance / contract work is possible but tends to be really low paying vs. the full time management positions. I probably wouldn't be making much as a freelancer part-time, but I'd have something to put on my resume to fill the gap potentially if post bacc / pre-med doesn't work out)

or B) Relocate to an area where evening / weekend core science classes are available and find a new part or full time job there (safer option than C below. same as above re: hedging bets and having a "fallback" to prior career in addition to being able to earn decent extra money for school)

or C) Relocate to do a full time program (not preferred - too many eggs in one basket if I don't do well in post bacc classes and need to drop out for whatever reason. I'm nervous about ending up program-less, job-less, and have moved to another state if the post bacc doesn't work out)

I'm leaning towards A or B at the moment but haven't completely ruled out C. What would you do if you aren't able to find evening / weekend classes in your area and only have the 3 options above?

 

[DrMidlife]

i'd look for a job @ a university that gets me tuition & registration perks.

 

[Stranger00120]

University of Maryland has Science in the Evening, although you might have missed their deadline.