<p>Hi, I'm currently a 17 year old male in my last year of highschool. Next year i'm going to a community college due to the fact that it totally screwed up my first two years of highschool in this stupid "i don't care about anything" stage I went through. I don't meet the requirements of any 4 year college. Basically I'm a pathetic loser who didn't realize school was important till my junior year in highschool. I screwed up big time, which is one a CC is my only option.</p>
<p>I'm currently going to go into psychiatry, which is my main goal. Mental illnesses is my biggest interest and i'm taking a college level psychology course now and I love it!</p>
<p>I did tons of research on pre-med school and stuff, and i know I have to take all the pre-med classes in a university so it looks good, such as bio, chem, calc, all that good stuff. Now the part that I couldn't find any information on, is what classes should I take in community college?</p>
<p>and how am i suppose to fit Biology, Chem, Physics, Calc, Organic chem, and biochem, all in 2 years at a university. I do tons of of research on college and classes, I'm just confused on what classes I should take at a community college, and I could also use some advice on what all the pre-med classes are incase i've missed some, and how do fit them all into two years of college at a university.</p>
<p>All help and advice is appreciated, thank you so much!</p>
<p>Take your math classes, psych, sociology, English, plus any general education classes your probable 4 year college requires for graduation at the CC. </p>
<p>You could also take gen chem and possibly physics. </p>
<p>You could take Bio–but ONLY if you plan to take several upper level bio classes at the 4 year.</p>
<p>Take OChem and Biochem for your 4 year college. </p>
<p>Plan on delaying your application to med school until after you graduate so that you have 2 full years of grades at your 4 year to show to adcomms. This means you will have 1 gap year --so makes plans to use that time intelligently.</p>
<p>I may not have the best self esteem but i feel like med school is way out of my league. Top of the line geniuses go to Med school and I feel like I wouldn’t stand a chance. I wasn’t an A student to begin with in High school, I have no idea how I’ll do it in college for that matter although i will try my best of course.</p>
<p>I’m so nervous and confused on what to do, and don’t forget stressed. I just want to take as many pre-med classes as I can at the University. I’m just not sure how you guys fit them in only two years.</p>
<p>Med school admission doesn’t require genius, just some basic smarts, lots and lots of very hard work and a superb work ethic.</p>
<p>Most applicants do not complete all their pre-reqs in 2 years. With the upcoming changes to MCAT and the additional required classes, pre-reqs now take a minimum of 2.5-3 years. (5 semesters of chem.)</p>
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<p>If you aren’t sure, start slow. Don’t overload yourself with tons of tough classes. </p>
<p>Work on improving your study skills. It takes time and effort to earn good grades. Plan to spend ~3 hours of study and preparation for each 1 hour of lecture.</p>
<p>Make sure you attend all classes, including any recitations and study sessions. Make any missed work ASAP.</p>
<p>Don’t procrastinate on doing homework or assignments. Try to do homework as soon as it’s assigned. (So if you have trouble, you have time to get help.)</p>
<p>If feel like you don’t understand the material, get help right away. Most CCs have a free tutoring center–use it. If your instructor holds office hours–go to them.</p>
<p>Well, you’re not going to fit them all into the last 2 years. Your last 2 years will have your upper division courses for your major. You will need to take some of your premed prereqs during your 2 years at the CC.</p>
<p>As suggested above, for your first 2 years, you can take Bio, Gen Chem, Psych, Calc, and Physics along with Frosh Comp and any other lower division courses for your major. What will your major be? Psychology? </p>
<p>then when you transfer, you can take OChem, Bio Chem, maybe another Bio (Genetics?), and your upper division courses. </p>
<p>One concern is that since you “didn’t care” during your first two years of high school, you may not have a good foundation. If so, you may need to spend 5-6 semesters at a CC instead of just 4. You may need some sub-100 courses to get yourself really ready for college.</p>