psych2PA Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Take Genetics with the lab or drop the lab?? Does it look bad if you don't have the lab? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimistic3 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Just as you were thinking, each PA school is different. They list on their website if they require or recommend the class and the usually also state if they want the labs or not on their website as well. If you can't find it, you can email each school that you're interested in and ask them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timon Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I did my genetics course at University of Phoenix online.. 3 units, no lab, Cost me $1200 and was 6 weeks long.. I got my grade and moved on.. It was accepted at every school I applied to including Western University where it's a prerequisite at.. Best thing to do is call and ask at the schools you're interested in applying to. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ap412 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I took it at Metropolitan Community College in Nebraska. Cheap and easy. No lab. Got accepted to many good schools including GWU, EVMS, JMU... 3 credits 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MT2PA Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Just because the course and lab are separate credits/grades doesn't necessarily mean you can take one without the other. I had many courses like this in undergrad, it's just how the system was set up, and you were required to take the lab with the lecture. The only exception was if you needed to retake one part, then you could petition to just take lecture or just take lab. Check with your school/course. You may be worrying for nothing and have to take both anyway. If you have a choice, just take the lab. Better safe than sorry in the long run. Labs are usually the easier part of a course and make for a nice grade fluff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD2012 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I don't think I have seen any PA schools require the lab portion during my two cycles of applying. At my university they did not require the Genetics lab to be taken at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hcruz496 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 I wish I could've skipped genetics lab. It was not a prerequisite for my program, but a requirement for my biology degree. Breeding fruit flies and isolating isolating females while they were still virgins was extremely time consuming. Plus it was group work and sucked because my group didn't pull their weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuchiKopi Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Shriyac28 said: Did you require a prerequisite to take this course? This thread is years old and Timon has not logged in for 6 months. Unless he/she is lurking with another account, don't keep your hopes too high for a quick response lol Maybe someone else will have your answer. So bumping it may still work out. Edited January 22, 2021 by KuchiKopi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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