 five times less cheaper than what my actual four-year college in my area was gonna charge me. Say what? Say what? I am back with another video for you guys. Okay, so you guys, if you haven't already done so please go ahead right now and subscribe to this channel and follow me on Instagram, edit down in the PA. But today we are gonna be talking about taking prerequisite courses at a community college versus a four-year college. Everyone is concerned like oh my goodness like are they gonna accept my community college credit? Do I have to do it at a four-year college? And I mean I can only speak for myself okay you guys. So for me what I did was I did my research. I looked at the different schools. I looked to see if it was specific and saying hey your prerequisites need to be completed at a four-year college. Or you know no they could be completed anywhere or it didn't specify at all. So with respect to all of that I looked at the schools. I went to their different websites that I was interested in and I did my research and I saw that most schools don't really specify. The only thing that they really specify on is that you had to have completed your bachelor's degree at a four-year institution obviously um and a accredited one. So you needed to have a bachelor's degree. And so if you did that in like overseas or internationally there's a whole process going through that to make sure that you know your classes are verified and there's like a matching and all this stuff done to see that yes it does meet the specific requirements. But other than that the schools that I was applying to weren't specific about that. So of course why would I sit up here just recently you know graduating from a four-year college to now go and retake prerequisites of course is that I already did. That's stupid. You're stupid. Stop being stupid. At another four-year college that's costing me like five plus hundred dollars a credit. Say what? And I'm taking these courses that are four credit courses with labs. That just makes no sense. You know it's a waste of money. It's gonna be like ridiculously expensive already as it is applying to PA school. You know through the whole CASA system and sending off your applications. That's an expensive process and that's not even adding any supplemental application payments that you may have to pay. And then if you do get accepted or when you do get accepted right let's you know speak life into this. So when you do get accepted then sitting up here and putting out like seat deposits and then putting out rent deposits and all these other things. So you have to really be mindful of that. You have to take all that into consideration. Therefore is it beneficial for you to take it out of four year college or take it out of community college? I mean for me when I took my microbiology at the community college it wasn't any less difficult than taking it at my four-year college. The only difference was that I was already familiar with the material. So it made it a little bit easier for me because that was part of my major. But at the same time I was still learning the same material. I was still going through the same process. And believe me when I say it I still had to study my behind-off okay. I was having a test almost every week. So therefore at the end of the day I needed to make sure that I was well versed in the material. And so for me I understand the I guess the quam that people may have. It's like oh it's a community college. So you know it's not up to the level as a four-year institution and you're not learning at the same level. But you are depending on the hour courses and the credit hour courses that you're taking. So if you're taking a four credit microbiology course at a community college more than likely it's going to be very very very similar to the one that you're taking at a four-year college. It's just going to be if you do it over the summer obviously it's going to be very condensed. But if you're taking it throughout the school year I really don't see what the issue would be. So definitely my suggestion is look at the schools that you're applying to. Definitely do your research on them. Make sure that they will accept those credits and those courses. I know all the schools that I applied to sure did. But I made sure and I asked those questions before I even applied because I didn't want to waste my money in applying to a school that would not accept the credits that I've already done. Especially since I already had a bachelor's degree with those credits and those courses already accounted for. So maybe that made the difference. I don't know but you definitely have to make sure that you understand that for yourself so that you're not making a decision that might actually put you at a disadvantage because they want all of your prerequisites done at a four-year college. However from my understanding and from my experience and again I'm only speaking from my experience that was not an issue. So by all means go to your community college that you're in county for and sign up for those less expensive courses. I literally paid like $165 per credit for these four credit courses and three credit courses and labs that I had to do over the summer because it was so much cheaper. I mean it was five times less cheaper than what my actual four-year college in my area was going to charge me. It's just a better option especially when you're trying to apply to PA school in the very near future. Saving money anywhere you possibly can is essential. Okay so I hope this helps you guys. I hope it answers a lot of your questions. Obviously I always end up saying do your research because honestly that is what it's all about. You have to go and make sure that everything is catered to you. So definitely make sure that all the schools that you're looking at will accept all of the things that you have to offer. But other than that you know just go ahead and make the decision that's best for you. Thank you guys so much for watching and again joining me on this journey. Please continue to just follow this journey with me. See how I make it through clinical year and I'll be keeping you guys posted on all of that. If you have any questions or comments go ahead right now. Leave them in the comment section below and if you haven't already done so go ahead and follow me on Instagram at adana.ca. Thank you guys so much for watching. I will talk to you guys next time. Bye!