Is it possible to 'hide' a degree?

[rlw74]

Re: online degrees.... TESU is a brick and mortar state university that happens to offer online degrees. Same with most colleges these days. It might not be as well known as a Penn State or Ohio State or others. Then again, most state schools aren't well known unless they have a big football team attached to their name or some kind of prestige attached to a particular field of study (like engineering, medical etc). I could get a fully-online degree from several state schools in my state (Ohio) and I bet, aside from Ohio State, you wouldn't have any idea who the other colleges are unless you lived here. Doesn't make their degrees any less or any more than they are. And it doesn't matter if I drive the hour to sit in their classroom or take the courses online. Its the same degree - same transcript. No where will it indicate that its an online degree.

Re: not being sure of your degree. You are 23. If you change your mind and decide to get a second degree later in another field it doesn't hurt. But, if you really are considering med school you need to be committing to that sooner rather than later. Its not (usually) something one wakes up one day when they are 30 and decides to do on a whim. It takes year and years of schooling, exams and its competitive to get into medical school so you might lose a year or two just applying. Your undergrad should be geared to making you the best candidate possible. I don't think you could afford to spend a couple of years at TESU getting a BSBA or BALS and then just jump to another 4 year program somewhere else and then hope to get into med school. You would probably waste 6-8 years right there.

Honestly, you are going to have to want it (whatever that is) to make it work. Whether you go with one of the big 3 and get a degree fully online its going to take a lot of hours and commitment. It isn't going to be easy. If its going to a school with the end goal being medical school, its going to be a lot of hours too. While you decide, why don't you start getting your gen eds and as much math and science done as you can. If you switch over to something like biology or pre-med you won't be able to fully test out of it but at least you'll be part way toward your potential end goal.