Speed-Running a Bachelor’s at 18 to Prep for a MS in PAs

[crystalxxxzzz]

Basically, continue your community college education, get as many as up to 90 credits for transfer into Excelsior, TESU, UMPI, or whichever institution you're looking at transferring into.  Decide on the degree and institution, make sure to use the community college for classes that can't be completed using alternative credit options (yes, the sciences).  You're finding out the requirements of the PA programs at several institutions while completing those requirements at the community colleges.

Okay game plan! 
Continue community college until I get up to 90 credits for transfer. (Should I pursue GE alt-credits while I do this? If so, how do I figure out which alt-credits to do to finish my GEs for as many potential institutions as possible?) 

Will take a look at TESU’s BS in Health Science Technology (Is there a degree plan or spreadsheet for that? Will try to find it on the DegreeForum Wiki) Sorry, so much info at once! Why that BS in particular again? I don’t need GPA cushioning as the science GPA won’t be impacted by GE or non-related electives. 

And I already have a spreadsheet of prerequisites and stats from every California PA school already! I have all the classes I need lined up. 

(Also @bjcheung77 I think I heard about you from r/CLEP, around the time period I was obsessively reading on how to prep for the Analyzing & Interpreting Lit CLEP! I think I caught wind of you while I was lamenting on GEs and then somebody mentioned @bjcheung77, “the fairy godmother of degree fast-tracking”)

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You sound like you have a good head on shoulders, you will do well. I have taught MANY PA, NP and med students and I still highly recommend an ER tech position if you can snag one. Based on what you wrote, I feel like MA work will disappoint you.

Good luck

I will definitely look into pursuing a ER Tech position then. And I will keep my science GPA up as well — will pursue upper division biology courses to demonstrate that I can handle the rigor of PA school after I finish with the general bio and general chem. Thank you for your experience and advice.