online classes

[dboy]

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Does anybody know if your transcripts show online classes? I took a few gen ed requirements online, and they show up as regular classes on my school transcripts. I'm pretty sure AADSAS asks if you have taken any online classes. Are official transcripts sent from each college to registrar and then to d-schools?

 

[reapply2007]

When you enter your coursework on AADSAS, you can characterize the class as study abroad, upper division, lower division, online, or some other categories. If your transcript doesn't indicate it was online then using this option would be how you indicate it. I'm not entirely sure what difference it makes if it was on-line or not. I haven't seen anything on a dental school's website where they discuss it.

 

[gtl4f]

I thought about taking some online class through Berkeley's extention program. I emailed a bunch of dental schools (BU, NYU, Case, UMD, VCU etc..) and they all told me to stay away from online classes if possible.

 

[susansaige]

I decided to go back to school as of 2 months ago. I started the online schooling to try to get some credits under my belt.

I am in the process of transfering out of UoP and try to get into a school such as DBU or UTD that has a pre-dental program. I am reluctant to take a chance with the online schooling and find out that some of these courses will - at the most - be an elective.

I thought about going to a community college here in Dallas and get at least 2 years of Biology and then transfer to DBU or UTD to finish out my pre-dental.

There are so many ways to go about it... Any advise before I make a major change?
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[Nasem]

susansaige~

A lot of dental schools like to look at students who finish most of their pre-dental requirements from a 4-year University, not Community college. Im not saying community college will hurt your chances, it "might" lessen them.

good luck

 

[americanpierg]

i took physics 1 and 2 online. it was exactly the same as regular physics but the only difference was that we had to teach ourselves because there was no lecture. we still had the exact same exams in the exact same room at the exact same time with the exact same grading scale.

 

[PickMe]

i took 4 online classes, all geneds, and no schools seemed to have a problem with it. as for science class, i think theyd prefer non-online classes. as for them showing up on the transcript, indicate on aadsas which were online and the dental schools will see it from there.

 

[susansaige]

The nice thing about the online education is you dont miss a thing. I started on these 2 courses July 17th and I am due 6 credits in a week.. Its not bad at all..

I did talk to Baylor Dental College admissions office. They do not mind having to take 2 years at CC and transfer to UTD or DBU, as long as I finish out last 2 years in the University...

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[litldime]

I particularly love online classes. I took only non-science classes online though and stayed away from online math and science classes.
Ld

 

[Dsmack]

I took half of my classes online out of 120 credit hours. They were all non-science though.

I have interviews at five schools so it can't be that bad.