Chance Me - junior looking at (mostly) big schools in big cities!

[WayOutWestMom]

For the nitty gritty about how med schools look at dual enrollment credits, please read this pinned thread in the Pre-Med forum

FAQ Pre-med courses, AP/IB/etc. credit and college/DE courses, etc.

A student can be a successful pre-med (i.e. get accepted to med school) just about anywhere-even at a CC. Be aware than no college will provide her with shadowing or clinical volunteering opportunities. Those she needs to find for herself. Every premed does. As for research, that’s something that parents and students often place too much value on. Research is the cherry on the top of the cake-nice to have, but not absolutely necessary. If your D can save some money by graduating early, that’s fine, but she should plan on doing 1-2 gap years afterwards to strengthen her med school application. Gap years are now the norm even for students who have taken 4 years to graduate.

Be aware that many med school have official and/or unofficial limits on the type and number of CC credits they will accept to fulfill med school admission requirements. ALL med schools strongly recommend (and in med school speak that means require) any CC credits to supplemented with additional UL coursework in the same department taken at a 4 year college.

Although med school adcomms love applicants who are competitive athletes, athletes do not get any slack on grades or MCAT scores. They may get some leniency w/r/t to ECs so long as they have the basics covered.