Okay. You need a reality check. Bachelor degree, med school, if you are good enough to get into even one. Residency, anywhere from 3 to 7 years. Possible fellowship after that. You may start to make some decent money after that. Oh, and you will most likely be $300,000 in debt by then. Loan repayment for at least 20 years.
I have to be honest, your academic background doesn’t seem likely for you to be a Dr. Please consider all the other medical paths that other posters have recommended…
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If I can get into one, I’m just trying out different opinions.
I just need a career that makes over 300 to 500k a year.
My reality check is I’ve become money greedy.
Oh yeah my friend is a dentist and she hates working full time, she had to cut her hours to working 3 days a week, and is very tired of working all her life. But she invests in properties and makes a large amount of money. She doesn’t only rely on her career money but multiple streams of income as well 
It should be pretty obvious by now that medicine is unlikely to be it - esp since med schools aren’t looking for students in it for the money.
Maybe business? Sports? Write a best seller?
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Wow, that is the lamest reason for being a Dr. You wont make that kind of money for 15 years from now. As for being an anesthesiologist, that is one of the most competitive specialities there is. You just dont go to med school and just choose what you want to be,it is dependent on your test scores. Sorry to be harsh, but you need to face reality.
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Maybe, I wanted to get a feel of other’s opinions, good thing I asked questions on this forum. I’m not going to sign up for something, I might not like; I always do my research carefully.
Probably
BS in dental hygiene
BS in Nursing
This could fall as a maybe
BS in pre-dentistry
Dental schools are at least, if not more so harder to get into.
It’s all thanks to this video that messed up my plans; most of that money is made from investments.
I had main thoughts of getting a AAS in dental hygiene then I changed my mind to dentist, now anesthesiology came in my way. It took me along time to learn the dental terminologies and teeth numbering. I feel like anesthesiologists makes more than dentists.
One doctor got into dental school with a GPA of 3.4 and just studied for the DAT Biology, General and Organic Chemistry, Perceptual Ability, Quantitative Reasoning basic math almost like the SAT and some essays and answering a few questions. I asked him how was Calc 1 and he frowned said never again, he was tormented with algebra and calc 
Your friend is correct, a BS in Dental Hygiene makes little difference compares to an AS in Dental Hygiene. The AS however would provide a solid job in relatively little time.
The job of Dental Hygienist is very different from the job of a dentist and the studies leading to the job are, too.
It doesn’t sound like that’s the job you want, though.
I suppose that you want to make a lot of money, especially if you’ve suffered from not having enough, but just so you know, 100k a year is WELL above average in the US. Average is about 56-61k a year. In addition, you may start at 60K and quickly get more if you show your dedication on the job.
(However, in your interviews, you’ll need to have detailed experiences to recount and “making money” cannot be one of your motivations for wanting to work in healthcare.)
If you want to make an upper middle income with a stable job faster than through med school*, look into PA school.
Here’s some information to look into:
http://www.siumed.edu/paprogram
Courses requirements include: 2 semesters of anatomy&physiology +1 semester each of Biochemistry (+ all pre-reqs), Microbiology (+all pre-reas), Statistics, Medical Terminology
- experience as an EMT, paramedic, CNA, registered nurse (~10 hours a week for 4 years) + shadowing a PA + community service
*(anesthesiologists do make a lot of money, but that’s after 15 YEARS of school, meaning more than you’ve been in school so far, so for a long, long time you make very little money at all.)
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Your mileage may vary on this. In my state the RN to nursing programs are still competitive. The advantage is you could work and take the BSN courses as a part time student.
But again I say…speak to an advisor at your community college to determine a good path forward.
I don’t know what state you are in, but if you take TOO MANY CC courses, this is a huge admissions obstacle in some places. @Gumbymom can explain CA, for example.
California public universities do not restrict admission to transfer students with “too much college credit” if all of the credit is lower division (frosh/soph level), including all community college courses, because such credit is capped at 70 semester credits (although all courses count for subject credit and admission GPA calculations). However, other universities may have different policies.
Some community colleges may limit enrollment of students with too much college credit, if they are concerned with some students getting more than their “fair share” of community college and crowding out others.
If you want to make money in a rapid manner, then I would suggest that you look into the trades.
These people learn a trade and make a boatload of money, work limited hours, and create businesses that can make a lot of money.
It doesn’t take 10-20 years of study, nor 24 hour shifts. You’re not at risk of being bitten by patients while cleaning people’s teeth. It doesn’t require that you master English and written language skills perfectly. (Your English written skills, noted here, appear to be challenging and sound as though they are from an immigrant.)
All of your issues could be addressed by a vocational advisor at your CC.
Since you seem so focused on community college certification, you need to be speaking with someone at your community college about a future in plumbing, Air conditioning/heating, carpentry, electrical, etc.
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Radiology techs are health related and earn a very decent income. Training is not years long!
This poster keeps referencing UIC so I’m assuming he or she is in Illinois somewhere. Not in California
Yes, I think so, that’s why I provided links to Illinois universities and Chicago CC’s.
If this student wants to learn more, CC-> BS at UIC → PA or RN->BSN is perfectly appropriate. It sounds like they genuinely enjoy learning.
If they want to earn money quickly, some trades are indeed faster.
But delayed gratification has rewards, ie., delaying their career for a couple years, could allow them to start in the Health professions they seek.
(If OP is lower middle class or lower income, they may simply aim for “enough money to never have to worry about money again”. My guess they aren’t from a wealthy family is how they tossed out a big salary number to mean “big”/“a lot”. An upper middle class student would have said “I want an entry-level salary in the mid to high 60s” or “I want to make 100K after a couple years”, which indicate an understanding of the upper-level salary scale for college graduates.)
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You’ll want to talk to an advisor at your community college about a 2+2 transfer program. No, an associates degree in physics won’t help you at all with a university. In fact, it’ll do the exact opposite, because virtually none of those classes will transfer. You’d be spending 6 years getting a 4 year degree. That would be a tragic waste of time and money to do that. Just focus on classes that will transfer to a 4 year university. Classes like english, college algebra, etc.
If you’re “money greedy” and you want to make $300k to $500k, then take a risk and start a business. What that business is would be entirely up to you and whatever you’re passionate about. You’re never going to make that kind of money through college vocational training. And those that actually do have very high divorce rates. Seriously, there’s so much more to life than money.
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All or almost all of the courses listed in post #1 should transfer to a four year school (or at least a same-state public university), including the preparatory courses for the physics major (calculus 1, 2, 3, linear algebra, differential equations, physics 1, 2, 3 (assuming calculus-based)).
True plus my CC is much cheaper, If I took those at a Uni then it’s going to be very pricey. I have to use my FAFSA Pell grant wisely.
Does your CC have articulation agreements with any of the Illinois public universities? Those agreements guarantee that courses included in the agreement will transfer for full credit to the four year university.
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Yes, higher-level courses will transfer and save up time.
But remedial will not like for example ESL courses do not count towards a BS degree.
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