John Hopkins and any other open enrollment courses in Maryland and DC?

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Does anybody has experience in doing a DIY postbacc in Maryland and Washington DC and would like share?

Which courses and which institution did you take to fulfill your science prereqs?

Any online options for those courses?
 
No experience in that state, but I recommend picking the cheapest and closest 4 year university and taking the 8 prerequisite courses there. Biology I & II, Physics I & II, Chemistry I & II, Organic Chemistry I, and Biochemistry, all with lab.
 
No experience in that state, but I recommend picking the cheapest and closest 4 year university and taking the 8 prerequisite courses there. Biology I & II, Physics I & II, Chemistry I & II, Organic Chemistry I, and Biochemistry, all with lab.
I concur with this. I did a DIY in the DMV; great overall experience but expensive at the school I picked.
Not sure if saw but I remember UMD had an evening post bacc program. That would definitely one of the cheapest routes in the area
 
Not sure about Maryland and DC but I did my DIY post-bacc at NVCC and felt well prepared for the MCAT and med school.
 
I took some classes at UDC as it was the cheapest tuition wise for a four year college. I wanted to get a credit for the course but already had a pretty good understanding of the material. I wouldn’t really recommend doing a full post bacc there since the classes didn’t really provide a lot of structure and most professors work at other institutions so they’re hard to get a hold of for office hours. I’m pretty sure GWU has a formal post bacc and are pretty accommodating for taking singular courses but tuition is steep (I paid about 1k for a 3 credit class at UDC but the same one at GWU or American would’ve been about 4K). UMD might be the best option for you as far as tuition and education, especially if you’re a Maryland resident.
 
Native to PG county, but currently living in northern Va. My personal recommendation is to go to whatever is cheapest (but not online outside of the accepted semesters r/t covid pandemic), so more than likely whatever CC is near you. If you are non-traditional working full-time, URM, and/or FAP eligible. From talking to adcoms, my understanding is that they are overall very receptive to courses taken at community colleges for non-traditional students. I'm currently just finishing Ochem1, and in the summer I will be taking Biochem and Physics 2 at NVCC prior to my desired MCAT testing date and I believe NVCC has given me the information necessary to feel competent on the content. By the end of this year I would've taken all the pre-requisite science courses for medical school at NVCC and when compared to the content review I've been using for MCAT studying everything I've learned at NVCC has been reflected in my study guide.
 
Native to PG county, but currently living in northern Va. My personal recommendation is to go to whatever is cheapest (but not online outside of the accepted semesters r/t covid pandemic), so more than likely whatever CC is near you. If you are non-traditional working full-time, URM, and/or FAP eligible. From talking to adcoms, my understanding is that they are overall very receptive to courses taken at community colleges for non-traditional students. I'm currently just finishing Ochem1, and in the summer I will be taking Biochem and Physics 2 at NVCC prior to my desired MCAT testing date and I believe NVCC has given me the information necessary to feel competent on the content. By the end of this year I would've taken all the pre-requisite science courses for medical school at NVCC and when compared to the content review I've been using for MCAT studying everything I've learned at NVCC has been reflected in my study guide.
Ayeeee pg county. Lol ( sorry i just had to)
 
Native to PG county, but currently living in northern Va. My personal recommendation is to go to whatever is cheapest (but not online outside of the accepted semesters r/t covid pandemic), so more than likely whatever CC is near you. If you are non-traditional working full-time, URM, and/or FAP eligible. From talking to adcoms, my understanding is that they are overall very receptive to courses taken at community colleges for non-traditional students. I'm currently just finishing Ochem1, and in the summer I will be taking Biochem and Physics 2 at NVCC prior to my desired MCAT testing date and I believe NVCC has given me the information necessary to feel competent on the content. By the end of this year I would've taken all the pre-requisite science courses for medical school at NVCC and when compared to the content review I've been using for MCAT studying everything I've learned at NVCC has been reflected in my study guide.
Which campus did you go to?
 
Cool, I took most of mine at Alexandria and a few online.

I been hesitant to do online courses. A large majority of the school I tentatively plan on applying too have been accepting of online and P/F courses for Spring and Summer 2020. In my earlier post I said I was going to take Biochem and physics but now, I think it'd be more efficient if Take Biochem and then take 2 6wks Bio I and II courses. I'm going to look into this idea because I recently found out Medical Schools won't accept my current biology classes because they were not completed within a science dept. it was Biology "for applied healthcare professions"
 
I been hesitant to do online courses. A large majority of the school I tentatively plan on applying too have been accepting of online and P/F courses for Spring and Summer 2020. In my earlier post I said I was going to take Biochem and physics but now, I think it'd be more efficient if Take Biochem and then take 2 6wks Bio I and II courses. I'm going to look into this idea because I recently found out Medical Schools won't accept my current biology classes because they were not completed within a science dept. it was Biology "for applied healthcare professions"
So in 2014 I did all of my BIO classes online at NVCC and it was fairly easy. I think I did them in full semester online courses but I may have done them 6/6 over the summer or 8/8 in the fall. Anyway, you just have to do the normal reading and do some at home labs and submit pictures (plant growing, DNA extraction from a banana, etc). At the time they had the same course numbers as the regular BIO classes. Although it was never a problem for me, I can't imagine anyone having a problem with online courses right now. I also did physics online because I needed to boost my grade (physics for engineers at my school was taught so poorly that the physics department briefly lost accreditation over it). Super easy.

Biochem and BIO aren't really related because most of bio is most macro (evolution, plants, taxonomy, etc.) and biochem is micro. I think NVCC requires you have at least one semester of OChem and take OChem II concurrently with Biochem if you haven't already taken it. Biochem is one class that is super important in med school, so don't sleep on it. I'd also recommend genetics if you can find a good professor. Will definitely help on the MCAT.
 
I can second NVCC. I took most of the pre reqs there and feel well prepared for the MCAT. I also took a couple at Montgomery College and felt like the classes were comparable. Both are about 1/3 of the cost of the UMD science in the evening program if you are in state.
 
So in 2014 I did all of my BIO classes online at NVCC and it was fairly easy. I think I did them in full semester online courses but I may have done them 6/6 over the summer or 8/8 in the fall. Anyway, you just have to do the normal reading and do some at home labs and submit pictures (plant growing, DNA extraction from a banana, etc). At the time they had the same course numbers as the regular BIO classes. Although it was never a problem for me, I can't imagine anyone having a problem with online courses right now. I also did physics online because I needed to boost my grade (physics for engineers at my school was taught so poorly that the physics department briefly lost accreditation over it). Super easy.

Biochem and BIO aren't really related because most of bio is most macro (evolution, plants, taxonomy, etc.) and biochem is micro. I think NVCC requires you have at least one semester of OChem and take OChem II concurrently with Biochem if you haven't already taken it. Biochem is one class that is super important in med school, so don't sleep on it. I'd also recommend genetics if you can find a good professor. Will definitely help on the MCAT.

I don't want to limit myself in the schools I can apply for by taking prerequisites online. A lot of schools I hope to apply to do not accept online coursework (With the exception of the covid pandemic). I enrolled into Biochem already, I'm pretty much done with Ochem, this upcoming week is the last week. They didn't mention of me having to concurrently take Ochem 2 with biochem. Yeah I know Biochem and Bio are vastly different, I've already taken BIO but, this class is gonna be a free A. I'm taking it on the chin, and looking at it positively. This is a good way to boost my sGPA fairly easily and passively study Biology for MCAT.
 
I can second NVCC. I took most of the pre reqs there and feel well prepared for the MCAT. I also took a couple at Montgomery College and felt like the classes were comparable. Both are about 1/3 of the cost of the UMD science in the evening program if you are in state.

Are you ready for the rat race that will be MCAT registration come thursday? I'm assuming its gonna be pretty difficult getting the date and time you want.
 
Haha, yeahhhh. I was originally signed up for 4/24, then 5/29, now 7/18. I’m not too worried about the 7/18 date for applying this cycle. But I’m sure gonna be gunning for a 12pm slot.
 
I'm gunning for 8/1 anytime. I shall adapt. but preferably 6am or noon @Led man123
 
Anyone here have experience with the UMD Science in Evening program?
 
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