Community College and Medical School

<p>So, I'm taking a Biochemistry course at the community college I attend full-time and all folks in the class are Pre-med. It is an intensive special course in which we do research while going through 2 semester of what would Funds of Biochem and Biochem Seminar. We are a small group and except for me and another guy, everybody has a degree either in science or in whatever else and decided to go pre-med after graduation or want to raise their GPA.</p>

<p>While talking with my classmates, someone commented that they are taking courses at Harvard because it would look better than courses in community college. I noticed a lot of people have the idea CCs are easier than 4-year colleges, which I find odd since my pre-med friends at prestigious liberal-art colleges seem to have less things to do every month than I have in week.</p>

<p>However, I find myself really concerned. I'm leaving Orgo, Phys II and Calculus to be taken when I transfer, but what about the courses I have already taken/will take? Will medical schools turn down my applications because I went to a junior college? Will I have to retake everything again? What if the schools I plan on transferring to won't let me take things again? Are my As considered a Bs and Bs considered Cs for them?</p>

<p>Can I still get into a nice medical schools? Any advice?</p>

<p>It’s okay to take some of your sciences in community college. But, if you’re going to do so, you must also take a lot of science courses once you transfer to the 4-year university. Yes, there is the perception (deserved or not) that community colleges are easier. So, while your grades from your CC are not totally ignored, they need to be supported by equally strong grades in science courses at a university.</p>