In need of quick Bachelors

[Datman34]

I am 3 courses away from obtaining my AA from my local community college. I would like to get a Bachelors in any degree as long as I can do it quickly. I plan on applying to Med school as soon as I possibly can but I must obtain a Bachelors before I can even apply. Would anyone happen to have a layout of easy bachelors to take?

Id prefer psychology or Business management, but anything will work.

[dfrecore]

If you've read this forum, you may know that you can test out of a BSBA at TESC, and come close to testing out at both COSC and EC (they each require a capstone course to be taken at the school, and COSC also requires a cornerstone).

The main issue you're going to face as you apply to med schools is the GPA requirement, plus any prerequisites you need - most med schools are going to want to see your science courses taken in a butt-in-seat school, so they won't accept online courses for that.

TESC will not get you a GPA unless you take actual courses there. COSC and EC will grant grades for some tests, although someone else here would have to give that info, as I'm not as familiar with how those schools work.

If I were you, I would do a lot of research on the med schools you are considering, and then work backwards from there. What are their requirements? Will they all accept a business degree? Do they require a certain amount of courses at each school to get the GPA satisfied? Do they require you to actually take all of your science classes with labs in a B&M school?

Once you know what they'll accept, it will be easier for you to figure out which of the three schools to go to to get your BA/BS, and which BA/BS you need to get to move you closer to your goal.

[rebel100]

Med school admissions are a unique animal, you need to do more research.

You should shoot a PM to member Jonathan Whatley, he is very close and current with the process and I believe is using his degree from TESC as his building block to med school.

[Datman34]

Thank you for the response and information.

I plan on taking as many online courses to test out as I possibly can. I will take all of my core requirement courses on campus. (Bio/Chem/Physics/a&p/Etc)
but I would like to save time by testing out of as many courses that are listed here....
Undergraduate Studies - Catalog - 2015-16

Im not sure if it would be quicker to get a BA in business. Anyhow as long as I have a Bachelors I can apply to med school. It does not matter what degree I choose.

[Datman34]

Thank you!! I will.

Med school admissions are a unique animal, you need to do more research.

You should shoot a PM to member Jonathan Whatley, he is very close and current with the process and I believe is using his degree from TESC as his building block to med school.

[dfrecore]

Yes, you can test out of the GenEd courses at all 3 of the schools. But, the main issue is going to be which degree you get. A BSBA at TESC would be the fastest for most people to test out of, but you would end up taking a lot of courses that would be applicable to the degree, but unnecessary for your future line of work.

If you still want to go that route you can, it's the easiest to test out of because of the plethora of business courses that have exams/cheap courses for, and the large number of UL courses that you can get that same way. All of the other degrees will be harder to get the UL credits for.

If you are still interested, PM me and I can send you a spreadsheet with a TESC 2016 BSBA in General Management degree plan.

[cookderosa]

I am 3 courses away from obtaining my AA from my local community college. I would like to get a Bachelors in any degree as long as I can do it quickly. I plan on applying to Med school as soon as I possibly can but I must obtain a Bachelors before I can even apply. Would anyone happen to have a layout of easy bachelors to take?

Id prefer psychology or Business management, but anything will work.

Have you already taken the entire pre-med sequence at your community college?
Gen Chem 1 & 2 with labs
Orgo 1 & 2 with labs
Gen Bio 1 & 2 with labs
Physics 1 & 2 with labs

If not, finish that first. You'll need solid grades and letters of rec from your science teachers.

If you have already done that, there are options at TESC to finish up very quickly.