Post Bac: upper division bio classes at CC to save money?

[TexasDental2014]

Hi everyone,

If a person needs to do a post bac to raise his gpa up (lets say 3.1 overall), would adcoms mind if you take it at a community college to save money? Or MUST you take it at a 4yr university?

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[sbdento]

Hi everyone,

If a person needs to do a post bac to raise his gpa up (lets say 3.1 overall), would adcoms mind if you take it at a community college to save money? Or MUST you take it at a 4yr university?

They'd rather see a full load of upper division science courses from a 4 year university. I'm not sure CC's offer upper divs

 

[TexasDental2014]

I see. When you say 'full load", how many hours are we talking? like 12 hrs for a full time student?

 

[ChrisM07]

I took A&P and biochem at my CC simply for the sake of taking them and not really for any requirement, so depending on the CC, they MAY be offered. I ended up taking biochem again in grad school so that worked out and for me, some schools will only take the university level biochem, not CC.

 

[sbdento]

I see. When you say 'full load", how many hours are we talking? like 12 hrs for a full time student?

fullload=3 or 4 classes per semester

 

[TexasDental2014]

fullload=3 or 4 classes per semester

Ah I see!

Appreciate it bud!

 

[sbdento]

Ah I see!

Appreciate it bud!

you're welcome
stick with it. you'll get in

 

[doc toothache]

"Upper division courses at a community college"-wouldn't that qualify as a good example of an oxymoron?

 

[sgv]

yea that don't sound right. is dental anatomy in dental assisting school going to be the same as dental anatomy in dental school? same way i see it with cc and university...university is above cc same as dental school is above hygiene or assisting school

tell us how that turns out when you apply

 

[Rango]

adcoms are *aware* that cc courses do not compare to a university's, in depth and difficulty.
i think your app would look better with courses from a univ than from a cc. my 2c.

 

[averagejoe805]

Hi everyone,

If a person needs to do a post bac to raise his gpa up (lets say 3.1 overall), would adcoms mind if you take it at a community college to save money? Or MUST you take it at a 4yr university?

Im a career switcher who took every pre-req at a cc (except bio-chem = 4 year required) Theres a small handful of schools that flat out wont accept them, but most dont care.

If you already have all the pre-reqs you will be hard pressed to find sufficient number of other upper division classes to complete a post-bac. Mine offers microbio, cell, anatomy, physio, ochem, physics and i saved $20K versus state school.

best advice is to call your desired schools and see if they care.