TMDSAS: DIY post bacc help!

[crispyc]

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Finished a 4 year, non-science degree at my state school, now trying to finish the science pre-reqs while working.

So far I've taken physics 1 and 2 + bio 1 and 2 online at a recognized community college. Nothing on my transcript distinguishes them as "online" but the labs were done at home.
I've also taken chem 1 and 2 online at a 4-year satellite school of the one I graduated from, with the transcript not saying anything about them being online.

I'm planning on taking Ochem 1 and 2 + biochem at the school I graduated from, in person.

Trying to figure out if the labs I've taken being "online" means they won't be accepted by some/most TMDSAS schools.

I interpret the TMDSAS definition of an "online" class to mean a class from an online college, and see people saying that they didn't have any issues using a class they took online at a brick and mortar school as a pre-req, provided their transcript didn't say anything about it.

This is my biggest worry regarding the application, I think everything else (except having no research) is solid.

 

[esob]

Finished a 4 year, non-science degree at my state school, now trying to finish the science pre-reqs while working.

So far I've taken physics 1 and 2 + bio 1 and 2 online at a recognized community college. Nothing on my transcript distinguishes them as "online" but the labs were done at home.
I've also taken chem 1 and 2 online at a 4-year satellite school of the one I graduated from, with the transcript not saying anything about them being online.

I'm planning on taking Ochem 1 and 2 + biochem at the school I graduated from, in person.

Trying to figure out if the labs I've taken being "online" means they won't be accepted by some/most TMDSAS schools.

I interpret the TMDSAS definition of an "online" class to mean a class from an online college, and see people saying that they didn't have any issues using a class they took online at a brick and mortar school as a pre-req, provided their transcript didn't say anything about it.

This is my biggest worry regarding the application, I think everything else (except having no research) is solid.

My advice may not be entirely up to date, but I think you have to mark all classes as either in-person or distance learning. I'm not sure how you could stretch the definition far enough to claim that an at-home lab was in person. Also, I don't think it is necessarily a TMDSAS prohibition against online labs, but rather a school-by-school policy on whether they would accept them. If the only thing required to make your app rock solid is to repeat those labs in person somewhere, I would highly recommend doing so.