Advice please for Best Degree for CAA Route

[Stonybeach]

Just to throw in an experienced-based anecdote after talking with the OP privately, online pre-reqs don't make a difference as long as they're RA. Doane and UNE transcripts don't differentiate the classes as online or not and medical schools likely aren't going to ask.

To the OP: as stated in our other conversation, if you want to do it, do it. Don't let anyone talk you out of it, bearing in mind the caveats we discussed, of course.

Medical school admissions (and I suspect other competitive health professions) are highly arbitrary. Racial and ethnic identifiers don't count as competition and the fact that we've entered an era where people actually put this in their personal statements leaves me dumbfounded. Ultimately, it doesn't matter how good you are or whether this or that course was online, but know there are always workarounds. Always.

I know a guy who started here who showed up here looking for advice on how to get a BALS and ended up with an MD in a competitive residency..

I think the hesitancy of "online" premedical sciences comes from a lack of a lab or if it does have a lab, then a hands-on lab component versus a virtual lab. This is why I provided a link to the University of New England (UNE): https://online.une.edu/post-baccalaureate-pre-health/
"Laboratory sessions are 100% online and offer sophisticated science experiments and lessons that don’t require a campus commute." Inference: Distance learning technology now provides an acceptable level of "lab" experience.

Many pre-medical/nursing/healthcare prerequisites require "labs." I don't know how one can "walkaround" that requirement. Overall, I believe online premed programs like those offered by UNE or encouraging premedical coursework with lab components taken at a local school is appropriate.

Drexel appears to offer online pre-med with on-campus labs: https://www.online.drexel.edu/online-deg...index.aspx

Colorado State: "online" but no physics coursework and no labs: https://www.online.colostate.edu/certifi...re-health/

Interesting article on MCAT scores: https://www.ama-assn.org/medical-student...-correlate