anyone go to vocational school AND college at the same time?

i'm attending a community college right now. i have goals to complete my general education and major requirements and then transfer to UCLA and finish my requirements for a degree in biochemistry. i want to be a dentist.

i have been contemplating about also going to a vocational school at night to become a dental assistant by the time i transfer to a university.

is it possible to attend both a community college AND a vocational school at the same time?

my community college has degree programs in dental assisting, but i don't think they'd let me do both

There is no restriction on going to two schools at the same time. Actually if you look in UCLA's catalog, they should have a policy on concurrent enrollment. Normally you are supposed to get permission from the registrar's office so that you don't go over the unit restriction. Some people try to overload their classes by attending two schools at the same time. However, if you are not planning to transfer any of the credit from your vocational school, which I do not even think they transfer, you are free to do whatever you want in your own time.

I am pretty sure that you can also get a degree in dental assistance at your CC at the same time. However, if you are on financial aid at UCLA, you will have to keep up with the satisfactory progress requirement by taking enough classes there. Also you will have to pay for CC classes yourself since receiving financial aid at two schools simultaneously is not allowed. One drawback is that you will have to live a "double life", commuting twice to school, paying tuition twice, you get the point.

Why do you want a vocational degree? I don't think it will help you get into a dental school.