<p>Does this path look bad to graduate schools (medical schools, law school...) if a student has been to community college. Would graduate admissions prefer someone who has been taken this path instead: UC-UC-Grad School?? I am asking because I know someone who want to go to cc after high school, but does not if this looks bad for medical school for example. Anyone here know of someone who took the cc path and is now in med school?? I know other things factor in, but would cc hurt?? Thanks:)</p>
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<p>this guy did it and ended up at UCSF despite some hardships.</p>
<p>my professor told me a guy in my cc went to harvard law school</p>
<p>The only thing Grad School frowns upon are P/NP classes. I have read that a Pass translates to a C and NP translate to an F when considering the application. So this can significantly reduce your GPA when being looked at.</p>
<p>Other than that they consider mainly the University where your degree was awarded, rather than your entire school history. Community Colleges are generally looked upon favorably in the University system - at least as far as California Schools go. I could be mistaken in the nationwide genre. </p>
<p>A lot of the teachers at my CCC went to Grad School after first attending my local JC, so it is definitely doable.</p>
<p>JetForcegeminix, nice article…I guess it is possible then…;)</p>
<p>The P/NP = C rule used to apply to law school but not anymore. Try to find a graduate program where they say that a Pass = C.</p>
<p>They probably look more at your UC transcript since CC really vary on difficult and their standards since they don’t really have reputations.</p>
<p>it shouldn’t matter if you go to a community college, as long as you get the right courses for pre-med and as long as you hold a respectable gpa. Work on the MCATs and there should be no reason for them to look down on you. Apply to a lot of med schools and a wide variety, reaches and safeties, because sometimes people get rejected from all even with good stats</p>
<p>I have the exact same dilemma as well. I’ve gotten into several 4 year institutions but I really want to go to a UC school. Therefore I’ve been considering going to a CC and transferring later. I really wish to apply for schools such as Columbia or Stanford in the future and like saba, I’m worried that it may affect my chances. The thing is that even if we do do well when we get to the UCs, I’m afraid that grad schools would look at it differently when they notice the CCs.</p>