Finish prereq in grad school

[EpidMPH]

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[theseeker4]

Hey guys,

I've contacted a few schools and everyone gives me different answers. Before I call and email (yet again) I'm curious if anyone has had any experience/insight with this?

I have just 2 courses left for my premed preqs and I'm currently enrolled in a masters program. I'm signed up for them for this fall semester, however because they are undergrad courses they are listed as "Not for Credit" on my transcript (I WILL receive a grade though). They are just not for credit since I already graduated and undergrad courses won't count for my masters.

Anyway, will this satisfy the prereq requirement? Or is the whole NFC thing going to be a problem? My only other option is to pay thousands of dollars to take it at another university that is 30 min away or.... I have no idea.

Thoughts? 🙂

Will the courses be listed on your transcript with their credit hours earned (even though they are "not for credit" toward the Masters degree) or will they effectively be listed as 0 credit hours on your transcript? If the latter, you will probably need to take them elsewhere. If you have good grades in the other pre-reqs and any other science courses you took, you could always take these last two needed courses at a CC to save money. Yeah, I know, "Community College classes are bad," but if you are an otherwise strong applicant and demonstrated mastery in other science courses, I doubt taking the two classes at a CC due to inability to take them at your current school will hurt your chances.

 

[EpidMPH]

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[theseeker4]

Hmmm... well right now looking at my unofficial transcript, it IS counted towards my credit load, but I still am wary of this NFC thing. Unfortunately, the CC offers the class at a time when I have a required grad course. :/

If it lists the credit hours, I wouldn't worry about it. Call AMCAS to make sure it will appear as the proper credit hours on the compilation of your courses that they put together for your application, but I wouldn't be too concerned.

 

[HipChick]

They are for credit toward your degree. As long as you get the grade I'm sure it doesn't matter.