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Completing bachelors after accelerated associates program?

I'm almost done earning an AAS from a career college in veterinary technology. It's a whopping 102 credits (many of these are gen ed btw) so I'm curious if it's worth while attempting transfer some of my credits and attend a university to complete a bachelors in veterinary technology. My other thought is to just work towards a transfer associates in biology. I'm just wondering if anyone has successfully transferred gen ed credits from a career college to a community college or university. I'm working in my field now but interested in furthing my education within my field or working in other scientific/medical fields as well.

Thanks for any insight!

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  • 4 years ago
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    YTI is not regionally accredited, which means you may face difficulty getting other schools to accept your transfer credits. You are welcome to transfer to any school; it's your credits that may not transfer with you.

    In terms of transferring on for a bachelors in vet tech - do such programs exist in your state? Do they give you anything re: getting hired that an associates in the field would not? If not, then you are free to major in something else when you graduate from this program. That could be bio, if that's where your interests lie.

    If you do transfer, or go on for a bachelors, it's extremely important that you go to a reputable college. A community college or public uni is absolutely fine. Avoid the for profits, the "career schools", and etc. At a absolute minimum, any school you look at needs to be regionally accredited. In PA, that means your school must be accredited by the "Middle States Commission".

  • 4 years ago

    Keel going

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    yes

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    I can't know if it's possible because you didn't mention your desired position

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  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    these are the only vet tech schools that are accredited

    https://www.avma.org/ProfessionalDevelopment/Educa...

    if you didn't get your associates from one of them then you probably wasted your time and money

    a 4 year school might accept them, but its really up to the college

    and those are also the only 4 year programs you should consider if you want to do a 4 year degree in vet tech

  • drip
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    You need to talk direct to the colleges you wish to transfer into.

    Would a Vet Tech Bachelor degree really be if benefit.

    Which the gen eds you already have you may be able to direct to a university and take a biology major for a Bachelor degree.

    I would highly suggest going in person to the universities you want to apply to and get some facts

  • ?
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Transferring credits is easy and thousands of students do it every semester. Most degree programs only need 30 or 40 hrs of GenEd, so even if you give them a transcript with 100 credits on it you'll still only get the credits that apply toward a requirement. You'd probably have 2 yrs to a degree.

    Make an appointment with an adviser in your prospective major at the university and take them your transcript. They can evaluate it and give you an exact answer.

  • 4 years ago

    Your career college would have to be regionally accredited for any community college or university to accept the credits for transfer. Since you don't say which career college you're talking about, I can't tell you whether it's possible.

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