Informal Post-bacc

[teddibendel]

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I recently graduated college and am planning on doing an informal Post-bacc and retake some of my prereqs at a state college, and perhaps a few at community college.

I was wondering if I should apply to the state college for a second degree. I read somewhere of a person doing this in order to gain an earlier registration date in order to get the classes that he needed. Would it be bad for me to do this and just "drop out" after I retake the classes that I need.

Or should I do open enrollment. I'm just scared that the classes will fill up before I get to enroll.

Also, if anyone knows, how does financial aid work in my case. Can I still get financial aid if I just do open enrollment, not seeking for a degree? I still have about a year's worth of financial aid left before I max it out.

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[MedicineMike]

I recently graduated college and am planning on doing an informal Post-bacc and retake some of my prereqs at a state college, and perhaps a few at community college.

I was wondering if I should apply to the state college for a second degree. I read somewhere of a person doing this in order to gain an earlier registration date in order to get the classes that he needed. Would it be bad for me to do this and just "drop out" after I retake the classes that I need.

Or should I do open enrollment. I'm just scared that the classes will fill up before I get to enroll.

Also, if anyone knows, how does financial aid work in my case. Can I still get financial aid if I just do open enrollment, not seeking for a degree? I still have about a year's worth of financial aid left before I max it out.

Thanks in advance for any help!

I did an informal post-bacc at a local state university by my hometown. Like you, I was in your same position 2 years ago. I started out as a "non-degree seeking" student but then came to realize that I couldn't pre-register for courses and would have trouble even getting into some classes that I NEEDED! So I just declared a "bio" major and never had a problem. I got to register early and finished all pre-med pre-reqs and just left school after that. I keep getting emails asking if I want to register for X semester, but it doesn't look bad or anything. I already have a degree in Econ, and the state school knows this.

In short, it doesn't look bad not to finish the degree you declare for post-bacc

 

[teddibendel]

I did an informal post-bacc at a local state university by my hometown. Like you, I was in your same position 2 years ago. I started out as a "non-degree seeking" student but then came to realize that I couldn't pre-register for courses and would have trouble even getting into some classes that I NEEDED! So I just declared a "bio" major and never had a problem. I got to register early and finished all pre-med pre-reqs and just left school after that. I keep getting emails asking if I want to register for X semester, but it doesn't look bad or anything. I already have a degree in Econ, and the state school knows this.

In short, it doesn't look bad not to finish the degree you declare for post-bacc

Thanks for the quick response MedicineMike. That cleared some stuff up for me.

Congratulations to you and your acceptance!

 

[fiznat]

I did the same thing, but never declared a major. Sometimes classes would fill up but I could always get into them one way or another. Either I would email the professor and they would 99% of the time make an exception (even for lab classes), or spots would free up at the last minute. It was a bit unnerving sometimes but I was never completely locked out of a class.

 

[MedicineMike]

Thanks for the quick response MedicineMike. That cleared some stuff up for me.

Congratulations to you and your acceptance!

No problem. I would go ahead and just declare a major because like fiznat said, there is nothing worse than having to worry about not getting in a class. Especially as a post-bacc student. Time is of the essence for us!