[QUOTE who="Sarah in Florence, South Carolina"]Ditto to most everyone - if you have your bachelors, don't waste your time with a MLT program. MLT schools generally take two years and you graduate with an associates (makes the bachelor's kind of pointless). I graduated with a degree in microbiology and was able to get into a one year program. I don't get a degree for completing the year, I just get the opportunity to sit for the ASCP/NCA boards, which is sort of confusing for my family who doesn't understand why I'd work at a lab for a year to take a test.
If you want a little more time, you could also find a college that has MT as a major. You'll probably need to take two years to finish: one for classes and one in labs. You'll graduate with a bachelor's in Med Tech if you get your credits transferred in but that doesn't change your pay and really isn't worth it unless you don't think you can do it in a year.
I went with a one year lab program but you'd better 100% commit for that year you're in school because it has been the hardest year of my life. It's a ton of information and the drop-out/kicked-out rate is pretty high in most the programs I looked into. I really focused my search of MT schools and programs to the south and northeast so I can't really help you if you want to stay in illinois but if you're interested in moving to the east coast, I could point you in the direction of a couple programs[/QUOTE]
Do you think this still applies if a person has a bachelor's in a non-science degree?
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