Taking pre-reqs at university

[Alma1989]

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This is a really dumb question, but I find it difficult to find a direct answer for it.

From what I've heard from this board, CC courses are frowned upon, and cost is really not so much of an issue in my case, but I think it's a little late for me to gather materials to apply to a formal post-bacc (a lot of programs in Los Angeles, my area, have deadlines in the next week or so, and some have already past). How do I go about enrolling at a 4-year institute without getting a degree or entering a post-bacc?

 

[cabinbuilder]

You just enroll as a non-degree seeking student and take the classes you need. But if you do that, you can't get financial aid. If you need aid, then enroll as degree seeking and do the FAFSA and take the classes you need.

 

[Alma1989]

You just enroll as a non-degree seeking student and take the classes you need. But if you do that, you can't get financial aid. If you need aid, then enroll as degree seeking and do the FAFSA and take the classes you need.

Thanks for the advice. I would really like to apply to a formal program next spring. Would it be dumb to take classes at a university in the fall and spring and do the rest in a post-bacc?

 

[cabinbuilder]

Thanks for the advice. I would really like to apply to a formal program next spring. Would it be dumb to take classes at a university in the fall and spring and do the rest in a post-bacc?

Why pay for a formal program if you don't have to? Nothing is ever dumb if it help you achieve your goal but it would be double work to take classes and then do them over yet again in a formal program. I would pick one or the other.

 

[jjbodean]

Thanks for the advice. I would really like to apply to a formal program next spring. Would it be dumb to take classes at a university in the fall and spring and do the rest in a post-bacc?

I don't understand the need for a formal post bacc program. Why not just enroll and take the courses you need?

 

[NJMurse]

This is my 1st post but what have you other non-trad applicants done in terms of recommendations? I thought that was the whole point of a post-Bacc. I am looking to leave nursing to pursue medicine but will recommendations from my professors in BSN really count?

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[Alma1989]

I don't understand the need for a formal post bacc program. Why not just enroll and take the courses you need?

I'll answer your and cabinbuilder's response in one post. I don't intend to retake anything, just complete the rest of the requirements at a formal program. I honestly would have done it and applied to one this year if I didn't start thinking about it so late (most of the ones in my area have passed the deadline or are coming up really soon). I find them attractive because of the advantages I've heard-- smaller class size, expedited schedule. But honestly, after a few days of reflection, I think I need to reexamine why I want to join one in the first place and if I really want to be on a path that intensive.

 

[Alma1989]

This is my 1st post but what have you other non-trad applicants done in terms of recommendations? I thought that was the whole point of a post-Bacc. I am looking to leave nursing to pursue medicine but will recommendations from my professors in BSN really count?

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These others guys can probably vouch better than I can, but what you said can be A reason, but not the reason. If you are a non-degree student, sometimes you don't have access to the same resources as people in the post-bacc and since the class sizes can (not will, but can) be smaller, you will be able to get a better recommendations from your professors.

I'm not the best person to be giving you this advice, but I think a BSN recommendations should help, granted if you still have a pretty good rapport with them by the time you apply to medical school.

 

[cabinbuilder]

This is my 1st post but what have you other non-trad applicants done in terms of recommendations? I thought that was the whole point of a post-Bacc. I am looking to leave nursing to pursue medicine but will recommendations from my professors in BSN really count?

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Post Bacc is more for a GPA fixer: formal (or informal) program. It has nothing to do with recommendations. Recommendations can come from any source especially if you are non-trad and have held a job for any length of time.