Post Grad advice

[ajababie]

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Hi all!

I was wondering if I could get some advice as to how to finish my prerequisites after I graduate. I am a second year at Amherst College (double French and Biology major) and by the time I have graduated I will have completed the general biology and inorganic chemistry prerequisites, as well as genetics, microbiology, anatomy and physiology, nutrition, cell bio, stats, and most (but not all) of the humanities and social science prerequisites. I will not have completed a second semester of calculus, organic chemistry, biochemistry or physics. I am not sure if any post bac programs will let me in, and I don't know which undergrad Universities that are prestigious allow students to enter with BA already (I know that Amherst doesn't).

Also, although I am a US resident, I am a resident of the Virgin Islands, which means that I do not qualify for instate consideration at any vet school or post bac program, so I need to make sure I take the rest of my courses at an equally challenging institution so that I make myself all the more competitive.

 

[GellaBella]

Well one option is to take those courses during the summer between now and when you graduate so youll be all set following graduation. Another option is to not graduate with your class and graduate the following December or even May. Many other universities also allow you to go for a second bachelors degree although i do not know how this works since I haven't gone that route.

 

[JCG621]

Well one option is to take those courses during the summer between now and when you graduate so youll be all set following graduation. Another option is to not graduate with your class and graduate the following December or even May. Many other universities also allow you to go for a second bachelors degree although i do not know how this works since I haven't gone that route.

I went to Virginia Tech as an undergrad and there you can register for a dual degree, for example I graduated with a B.S. in Animal Science and a second B.S. in Biology.

 

[david594]

I did all my post-bac work at Umass Amherst and seems to have worked out fine.

Or since your a second year just stick around Amherst for the next 2 summers and knock out a ton of classes. They offer all the science series each summer which would help you get them all done by graduation.

 

[ajababie]

I was told that it isn't necessarily advisable to take classes over the summer because then you miss out on valuable time to rack up personal experience hours.

 

[ajababie]

I did all my post-bac work at Umass Amherst and seems to have worked out fine.

Also, does UMass have an official post bacc program or did you just register as an undergrad again?

 

[david594]

I was told that it isn't necessarily advisable to take classes over the summer because then you miss out on valuable time to rack up personal experience hours.

Do both. You still have 2 years before you apply, thats plenty of time to rack up hours. Most of the summer classes are just weekday mornings anyways. That leaves you all afternoon and weekends to rack up some hours.

And the courses I took at umass were first a continuing ed student, and then I enrolled as a second bachelors student.

Couldn't you just add a second major now, and push back graduation an extra semester or two until you've finished all the classes you need?

 

[twelvetigers]

Or could you just... not finish your degree yet? I managed to make my zool degree take six years... not that I was trying...

 

[jaytee09]

PM me! We should chat 🙂

 

[twelvetigers]

Mmmmwhat? You mean me? *looks around*

 

[jaytee09]

ajababie, PM me--I think I can help you out! Sorry for the confusion twelve tigers!

 

[ajababie]

jaytee09- will do

As far as the second major though, I already have two, and I go to a college that you have to convince that you need a fifth year but I'm pretty sure I can swing the summer thing. Thanks for all the advice!😀