Realistically how long would this take me?

[listenerpastry]

Deliberating whether or not to do a formal post bacc. If I did all of these classes self-paced starting this week, how long would they take me to get through? Could I do it in a year?

PreCalc
Intro to Chemistry
Biology 1
Calculus
Chemistry 1
Biology 2
Chemistry 2
Organic Chemistry

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[esob]

The problem you are going to run into is that many of those courses will be pre-reqs for other courses, so you won't be able to take them simultaneously.

You will likely need to take the following in order:

Biology 1 > Biology 2
Intro to chem > Chem 1 > Chem 2 > Ochem > (likely need ochem 2, followed by biochem)
Precalc > Calc

At the end of the day, biochem is typically the longest path, because you typically need to complete 2 semesters of gen chem, followed by 2 semesters of ochem, then a semester of biochem. If you are doing summer 1 and summer 2 semesters and all of the classes you need are available in each semester, you could technically complete that series in 1.5 years.

 

[listenerpastry]

The problem you are going to run into is that many of those courses will be pre-reqs for other courses, so you won't be able to take them simultaneously.

You will likely need to take the following in order:

Biology 1 > Biology 2
Intro to chem > Chem 1 > Chem 2 > Ochem > (likely need ochem 2, followed by biochem)
Precalc > Calc

At the end of the day, biochem is typically the longest path, because you typically need to complete 2 semesters of gen chem, followed by 2 semesters of ochem, then a semester of biochem. If you are doing summer 1 and summer 2 semesters and all of the classes you need are available in each semester, you could technically complete that series in 1.5 years.

Yeah I'm totally aware of this. I'd be self-paced though so could theoretically finish PreCalc and Calc in a month each or Bio sequence in two months. Realistically where does that leave me?

 

[Nontrad_FL_LGBT]

Yeah I'm totally aware of this. I'd be self-paced though so could theoretically finish PreCalc and Calc in a month each or Bio sequence in two months. Realistically where does that leave me?

Nobody can tell you how long it's going to take you to complete hard science classes. It looks like you haven't taken any before so you really can't assume you're going to crush through them without any historical data to compare. Realistically, many of these classes take people the full 14-16 week semester to complete.

 

[LizzyM]

Are you self-studying the material or taking actual courses? Generally, a year of biology, a year of general chemistry followed by a year of organic chemistry, etc where each year is an academic year of ~30 weeks, not including exam weeks and breaks (vacation weeks), in other words, an academic year from Aug or Sept until late April - mid-June.

Done as actual courses as a full-time student it might be possible to finish in 2 academic years.

 

[listenerpastry]

Are you self-studying the material or taking actual courses? Generally, a year of biology, a year of general chemistry followed by a year of organic chemistry, etc where each year is an academic year of ~30 weeks, not including exam weeks and breaks (vacation weeks), in other words, an academic year from Aug or Sept until late April - mid-June.

Done as actual courses as a full-time student it might be possible to finish in 2 academic years.

Taking actual courses through self-paced accredited programs from actual universities and colleges - ASU, Berkeley, etc.

 

[LizzyM]

by self-paced do you mean "online". Get the MSAR and check out which schools will take pre-reqs taken online. Some won't. Don't waste your time if the schools you'd like to attend won't take your credits.

 

[listenerpastry]

Are you self-studying the material or taking actual courses? Generally, a year of biology, a year of general chemistry followed by a year of organic chemistry, etc where each year is an academic year of ~30 weeks, not including exam weeks and breaks (vacation weeks), in other words, an academic year from Aug or Sept until late April - mid-June.

Done as actual courses as a full-time student it might be possible to finish in 2 academic years.

Also, I already know trig and may not even take calc. I just would like that credit. These are self-paced courses, so theoretically I could finish Bio 1 in a month, Bio 2 in 2 months, Gen Chem in 3 months, Calc in a week, etc. I could also take 5 months on orgo and 6 months on physics. I just mean if I were dedicating 6-7 hrs a day to this, how would I fare making reasonable progress? I'm in a rare position I could treat this like my full-time job

 

[listenerpastry]

by self-paced do you mean "online". Get the MSAR and check out which schools will take pre-reqs taken online. Some won't. Don't waste your time if the schools you'd like to attend won't take your credits.

All the major schools in my state take online. I just wouldn't apply to those schools. I'm also applying DO

 

[listenerpastry]

by self-paced do you mean "online". Get the MSAR and check out which schools will take pre-reqs taken online. Some won't. Don't waste your time if the schools you'd like to attend won't take your credits.

I mean on-demand online courses. They are offered from many universities including Berkeley, BYU, ASU and others. There is no administered timeline, sort of like a coursera class but for credit by a regional body/reputable school.