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Hello fellow SDNers.
My background:
I majored in systems engineering in undergrad but took most of the pre-reqs for medical school just because I always thought about applying to medical school (bad decision). I went through really tough time my sophomore year when my dad was in the hospital on life support for 5 months. I don't want this to sound like a typical "pity me thread." It happened, and I should have withdrawn from my coursework because I didn't do my homework, literally showed up for the exams and went back to the hospital. Of course I took the majority of my pre-reqs during this time (Biochem, Genetics, Ochem I and II) as well as a couple math courses (Linear Algebra, Applied Engineering Statistics, Diff. EQ) and got C's in all of them. Naturally, I dismissed any chance to apply to medical school, which was probably a good thing because I couldn't have answered, why medicine?
Fast forward to now. I graduated in 2013 with my undergrad degree and am working as a software engineer. I am currently am working on my Master's in Systems Engineering, and without getting into a really long story about reigniting a drive to help people in the medical field, I and am retaking my pre-reqs while I'm working full time (luckily my company has a flexible work schedule). I've matured a lot and have succeeded in both grad school and my retake classes (both 4.0's).
My question: Is it okay to take an online general chemistry course purely based on the fact that I cannot fit it into my schedule?
I never took it in undergrad because I got AP credit for both Gen. Chem 1 and 2. My job is flexible but I cannot fit in any reasonable lab times while maintaining my job, which I absolutely cannot quit because it's allowing me to pay for both graduate and undergrad classes + rent + living expenses and so on. I've been making A's in upper level classes (Biochem, OChem I and II, Genetics) so far. I checked the MSAR my state school where I hope to matriculate one day and it says that they accept web-based inorganic chemistry courses on a case by case basis.
Thoughts?
My background:
I majored in systems engineering in undergrad but took most of the pre-reqs for medical school just because I always thought about applying to medical school (bad decision). I went through really tough time my sophomore year when my dad was in the hospital on life support for 5 months. I don't want this to sound like a typical "pity me thread." It happened, and I should have withdrawn from my coursework because I didn't do my homework, literally showed up for the exams and went back to the hospital. Of course I took the majority of my pre-reqs during this time (Biochem, Genetics, Ochem I and II) as well as a couple math courses (Linear Algebra, Applied Engineering Statistics, Diff. EQ) and got C's in all of them. Naturally, I dismissed any chance to apply to medical school, which was probably a good thing because I couldn't have answered, why medicine?
Fast forward to now. I graduated in 2013 with my undergrad degree and am working as a software engineer. I am currently am working on my Master's in Systems Engineering, and without getting into a really long story about reigniting a drive to help people in the medical field, I and am retaking my pre-reqs while I'm working full time (luckily my company has a flexible work schedule). I've matured a lot and have succeeded in both grad school and my retake classes (both 4.0's).
My question: Is it okay to take an online general chemistry course purely based on the fact that I cannot fit it into my schedule?
I never took it in undergrad because I got AP credit for both Gen. Chem 1 and 2. My job is flexible but I cannot fit in any reasonable lab times while maintaining my job, which I absolutely cannot quit because it's allowing me to pay for both graduate and undergrad classes + rent + living expenses and so on. I've been making A's in upper level classes (Biochem, OChem I and II, Genetics) so far. I checked the MSAR my state school where I hope to matriculate one day and it says that they accept web-based inorganic chemistry courses on a case by case basis.
Thoughts?
