Better to go postbacc or BS?
My situation is a bit complicated where I earned a BA in history but also an AS from CC nearly 10 years ago. I took a lot of the basic stuff like gen Chem and intro to bio. I went back to CC and took A&P 1 and 2 and aced them both, as well as the other science classes.
I started nursing at CC but decided I wanted medicine instead so I got into a local post bac program but had to leave because I quickly ran out of money and I work weekends at a local hospital. The guy in charge of the program agreed my position wasn't sustainable and I left under favorable circumstances, same as nursing at the previous CC. The postbac program reccomended I retake all those science classes I aced years back because of the amount of time passed and since it looks neater done at the 4 year school.
But the biggest thing is money. The head of the program told me a lot of the people there have support from family and friends and I am basically alone and am a first generation college student in my 30s. He also said FAFSA doesn't give as much money to post bac programs that don't give out degrees.
So now I'm thinking maybe it's worth it to just apply to a competitive BS like biochem and skip all the gen ed stuff from my history degree and still be done before either med school or PA school since I'm still not sure between the two.
I feel like I should ask here since, like I said, im basically doing this alone. No wife or kids yet. Just me and my mom and she's as clueless as I am. I was a commuter student at my first 4 year school I got my BA in history from. Got grant money for tuition only.