The Application Process

Hi Neil,

Great question and it's awesome to see you being proactive about this before you apply! If your goal is to build an alternative transcript, it's probably to address specific academic shortcomings or gaps. If that's the case (as it is for most) then you really want to look for credit courses. Continuing education can be useful in establishing trajector or bolstering a story, but it won't go far if you didn't do well in quant courses in college. Online can be very convenient option - UCLA extension courses, for example, are a popular option. They have courses that span things like Stats or Math for MBAs. What you should be looking for are classes that not only address the issue you're trying to fix, but also set you up for an MBA. Stats, for example, is a useful course whereas chem probably won't get you very far. That was a really obvious example but you get the point.

Hope that helps - let me know if you have other questions!

Bhavik

Hi Neil,

Our clients have definitely taken UCLA extension courses in the past. Usually, they do 1 a quarter. Most had pretty demanding jobs so that's pretty doable. That said, I don't know what you do. If you're focused on R1 deadlines then you could feasibly do 2 in a quarter but just know it'll be really busy. UCLA itself doesn't limit how many you can take - they put that to your discretion.

Bhavik