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Looking to Transfer Colleges - FloridaBound - 05-17-2021
So I'm currently attending a public university in Ohio, University of Cincinnati, and I have 110 credits and still need 33 in order to graduate. My original plan was Medical Imaging after getting rejected by secondary admissions I switched to Medical Laboratory Science only to get rejected again with a 3.1 GPA. The unfortunate part is that the remaining 33 credits will be put toward a "Bachelors of Science In Interdisciplinary". Most of my credits are science and I don't want to waste 33 credits and my time on just getting an Interdisciplinary degree when I'm more interested in Biology and Chemistry related courses. The remaining credits are Introductory classes for different humanities and culture classes on top of electives. It was brought to my attention by my advisor that it would take two years just to finish the degree since some courses are only offered during certain semesters. I was thinking about doing Thomas Edison State for a BA in Biology and other online colleges just to finish, but I personally feel like I wouldn't have actually accomplished something. I'm not asking for anyones opinions, comments, or what they would do if they were me situations. The only thing I have are two questions. Are there any colleges that accept tons of credits and have low residency requirements? Thank you.
Courses I've taken (*P indicates Pass/Fail)
ALH 2071 Pathophysiology for Health Professions 3 Credits A
ANTH 1001 Cultural Anthropology 3 Credits A-
BIOL 1081 Biology I 3 Credits B
BIOL 1081L Biology I Lab 1 Credit A-
BIOL 1082 Biology II 3 Credits B
BIOL 1082L Biology II Lab 1 Credit A-
BIOL 2001C Anatomy and Physiology I 4 Credits C
BIOL 2002C Anatomy and Physiology II 4 Credits C
BIOL 2031C Microbiology for Health Professions 3 Credits A
BIOL 2083 Genetics 3 Credits B
BIOL 2085C Cell Biology 4 Credits P
CHEM 1030 General Organic Biochemistry I 3 Credits B+
CHEM 1030L General Organic Biochemistry I Lab 1 Credit B+
CHEM 1031 General Organic Biochemistry II 3 Credits P
CHEM 1031L General Organic Biochemistry II Lab 1 Credit A-
CHEM 1040 General Chemistry I 4 Credits C
CHEM 1040L General Chemistry I Lab 1 Credit C+
CHEM 1041 General Chemistry II 4 Credits B
CHEM 1041L General Chemistry II Lab 1 Credit B+
CHEM 2030 Survey of Biochemistry I 4 Credits B+
CHEM 2030L Survey of Biochemistry I Lab 1 Credit B
CHEM 2031 Survey of Biochemistry II 4 Credits B-
CHEM 2031L Survey of Biochemistry II Lab 1 Credit A-
COMM 1071 Intro to Public Speaking 3 Credits A
ENGL 1001 English Composition 3 Credits A
ENGL 2089 Intermediate Composition 3 Credits P
HIST 2024 Global Environmental History 3 Credits A
HIST 3155 Nazi Medicine 3 Credits B
HLSC 2012 Medical Terminology 2 Credits A
HLTH 1001 Success in Allied Health 1 Credit A
HLTH 1002 Success in Allied Health II 1 Credit A
HLTH 2011 Ethics in Healthcare 3 Credits A-
MATH 1021 College Algebra 3 Credits B+
MATH 1022 Trigonometry 3 Credits C+
MATH 1044 Applied Calc 3 Credits B-
PHYS 1051 General Physics I (Algebra Based) 4 Credits C
PHYS 1051L General Physics I Lab 1 Credit B
PHYS 1052 General Physics II (Algebra Based) 4 Credits C
PHYS 1052L General Physics II Lab 1 Credit B-
PSYC 1001 Intro to Psychology 3 Credits A
SOC 1001 Intro to Sociology 3 Credits A-
RE: Looking to Transfer Colleges - rachel83az - 05-17-2021
For "ton of credits and low residency requirements" you are limited to TESU, COSC, and EC. Of these, your best bet would likely be TESU. TESU requires fewer UL credits and has more science-type degrees available than EC or COSC. I am very confused by this comment: "I personally feel like I wouldn't have actually accomplished something". An online degree takes just as much work, sometimes even more so, than one where you have to go sit in the classroom all day.
RE: Looking to Transfer Colleges - ss20ts - 05-17-2021
For someone who doesn't feel like you've accomplished something, you've taken quite a few challenging courses and passed them all! Don't be so hard on yourself. It sounds like you were trying to get into a very competitive program. Definitely give the bio or a natural science degree from TESU a really good look over. You still need some more courses, but you have a TON of science classes completed. There are lots of people who can't even spell physics let alone know what it is!
RE: Looking to Transfer Colleges - bjcheung77 - 05-17-2021
There are a few options: Charter Oak State College, Excelsior College, Thomas Edison State University, these allow a maximum of 113/114 credits transfer. Another option would be CBE Competency Based Education, all of them will take up to 90 credits. Here's a post in regards to a few CBE's: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-Help-with-my-path-to-a-Bachelor-s-Degree?pid=336108#pid336108 Here's the wiki, it hasn't been fully updated but still has the majority of them: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Competency-Based_Programs - Then there are degree completion programs, also up to 90/102 credits, an example: https://www.peirce.edu/transfer-credit/transfer-credits and https://www.peirce.edu/degrees-programs/undergraduate/degree-completion
RE: Looking to Transfer Colleges - Alpha - 05-17-2021
Probably neither the fastest nor the cheapest route, but there are degree completion programs in many disciplines, including biology. If you're really bound for Florida you might consider a program like this
Online Biology Bachelor's Degree | University of Florida Online (ufl.edu)
RE: Looking to Transfer Colleges - dfrecore - 05-18-2021
The problem you will have with any of the Big 3 is that none of your science courses are UL. So you can't get a degree from any of them without at least 15cr of UL in the "major" whatever you choose.
I think you probably need to switch to a school with a lower price if possible, and finish there.
RE: Looking to Transfer Colleges - freeloader - 05-18-2021
CUNY requires 15 hours to be completed through the school, the rest can be transferred in. There are a couple of programs that might appeal to you—Health Information Management and Health Services Administration, but it looks like you would need a bunch of hours with CUNY to actually compete the degree requirements: https://sps.cuny.edu/academics/undergraduate
Have you looked at the Wisconsin Flex degree options? There are 2 BS in Biomedical Sciences (Diagnostic Imaging, Health Sciences) programs that seem like they might be the sort of thing you are looking for: https://flex.wisconsin.edu/degrees-programs/