Taking Of my pre-regs during summer semester

[gsxra4b6]

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I am currently taking my 1st semester of BIO & Gen Chem (I) at the local community college, i already have my Bachelor (non science) from Southern Illinois University and now i am living in san diego california and wanted to go back to school for a second bachelors in biology so i can complete the pre-regs for den-sch but the state school are not accepting applicants pursing second BA/BS due to lack of funding etc. (That is what the admission office at SDSU, UCSD and San Marco University in califonia told me) So i decided to take the pre-regs at the community college; which is offering summer class and i am plann on taking GEN CHEM II during the summer semester. I know that most dental sch require 2 semester of gen chem or one year. My question is does the short summer semester look bad to the dental school.. here are my top dental school i will be applying to next year. USC, UNC, SIU, LSU, NYU, Howard.

my background: I have been working as a dental assistant for the last 8 years and been an instructor at an Expanded/Extended Function school for the last 3 yrs. i am hoping my background helps my package next year..

#1 what do you guys think about taking pre-regs during summer semester?

#2 is my background going to help compensate for pre-regs?

 

[dentalWorks]

I am currently taking my 1st semester of BIO & Gen Chem (I) at the local community college, i already have my Bachelor (non science) from Southern Illinois University and now i am living in san diego california and wanted to go back to school for a second bachelors in biology so i can complete the pre-regs for den-sch but the state school are not accepting applicants pursing second BA/BS due to lack of funding etc. (That is what the admission office at SDSU, UCSD and San Marco University in califonia told me) So i decided to take the pre-regs at the community college; which is offering summer class and i am plann on taking GEN CHEM II during the summer semester. I know that most dental sch require 2 semester of gen chem or one year. My question is does the short summer semester look bad to the dental school.. here are my top dental school i will be applying to next year. USC, UNC, SIU, LSU, NYU, Howard.

my background: I have been working as a dental assistant for the last 8 years and been an instructor at an Expanded/Extended Function school for the last 3 yrs. i am hoping my background helps my package next year..

#1 what do you guys think about taking pre-regs during summer semester?

#2 is my background going to help compensate for pre-regs?

short summer class or regular semester courses are the same.... Its all about the number of credits. A typical Fall or Spring term lasts 14 weeks, and GC is usually 3-4 credits, you basically meet 3-4 hrs every week for 14 weeks. Over the summer, its 6 weeks long, also 3-4 credits, but you meet like 8-10 hrs a week (so its the same class, just accelerated)

for Q #1) The material is the same, but the class goes 2x as fast as a normal semester. So It'll require you to keep up almost every day, chances are you'll have a test every 2 weeks.

for Q #2) No background can compensate for poor grades. The most important criteria for you is grades, if you got the grades, your background just makes you glow even better.

 

[gsxra4b6]

yeah it is a 5 credit course and it is 6 wks MTWTH.. and what i forget to mention about my background is that i am in military, due to those obligations, duty, deployment si have been limited to attended a 4 yr school, since the dont offer class in the evening. which is why i am taking my pre-regs at the cc because they offer night classes.

 

[Mackchops]

Sometimes summer classes are harder because they're so condensed. Get straight A's and you should have no prob...

BTW, PM me if you wanna talk more. I had to go back to take my pre-reqs after a non-science degree and took a bunch of summer courses. It sucked, but I got in and in two months I'll be a DDS -- so it's possible. GL!