ok I seriously need help.......

[Tweetie_bird]

I finished attending a 4 year university in 2000. I later took an EMT course worth 8 credits at a community college, which as it turns out can NOT be forwarded on to my University transcript since it's a "vocational course" and my undergrad school can't accept credits obtained from a vocational course.

Now, when i look under "Colleges Attended" of the AMCAS, it tells me to list all the schools I attended...which includes the Community College EMT class. How do I qualify this class--Undergrad, Grad, PostBac undergrad or Junior College. What is a junior college anyway????

I wish I could list it as Post Bac...I had an awesome grade in the class and it would certainly help. What do y'all think?
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[CalBear]

a junior college is a 2 year college. basically, it's the same as a commuity college. I'm not really sure what you should put down, but i would guess JCollege.

 

[CalBear]

btw, i don't think it qualifies as post-bac b/c it was a vocational class.

 

[Tweetie_bird]

oh this aggravates me.
such a bad name for such a wonderful class....sigh...oh well.

 

[marleybfour]

All the classes that I took after my Bachelor's I am putting down as post-bachelor's except for my Master's degree. This includes my nursing classes and several science classes from a community college. To me a Junior College implies, prior to a bachelor's.

 

[Tweetie_bird]

eggggzactly!! that's what I thought. Any more takers??

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[GATC]

I agree.. Junior college is your first two years. You had already finished your degree. You should put it as vocational (if it exists) or if not postbac - due to the fact that it was after your bachelors. I don't think the name is an issue. The school will see that you continued your education and did some health related work which is relevant. Good luck to ya.

 

[buglady]

Oh this is good news...I wasn't sure what to do with my community college classes that I took after getting my BS. Glad I'm not the only one....

 

[Coalboy]

I put the community college where I took my EMT course (and no others) as "Undergraduate, no major" Don't sweat it, it's not a big deal.

 

[MissMedicine]

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if you took a course after your bs/ba then it is considered "post-bacc" since it was not a graduate level course. On the other hand, if you took the emt course before you had your bs/ba then it would be simply "undergraduate"

jc/cc courses are generally considered "ug" unless they are taken after bs/ba in which case they are "pb"

good luck

 

[MissMedicine]

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if you took a course after your bs/ba then it is considered "post-bacc" since it was not a graduate level course. On the other hand, if you took the emt course before you had your bs/ba then it would be simply "undergraduate"

jc/cc courses are generally considered "ug" unless they are taken after bs/ba in which case they are "pb"

good luck

 

[none]

Junior college. It wasn't part of a post-bacc program.

 

[spacecadet]

Another vote for post-bacc. I never took a formal post-bacc program and all of the classes I have taken count as post-bacc (even the two I took at a CC). I know this is right because I applied last year and AMCAS didn't change it.

Put it post-bacc. If AMCAS doesn't like it, they will change it - but I doubt they will.

 

[Trek]

JC. Post-bac=making up pre-med reqs. UG=in persuit of your bachelors. It's JC- depends WHERE you took it. --Trek

 

[Tweetie_bird]

hi guys
just to give you an update, I summoned a premed advisor (from my undergrad, I am an alumni) and he said I should list it as "postbac undergrad." Since there is no such category on the AMCAS as "postbac undergrad" (each of those is a separate category), I am choosing to go with Postbac.

So this is pretty cool..I've always had people say stuff like "poor undergrad, postbac awesome." Since I did well in the class, do I have the privilege of saying that????
(undergrad GPA 3.35; "postbac" = 3.8)

Thanks for your input.
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