<p>I've read that it would be ideal to take the premed prereqs at a 4 year university and that community colleges are looked down upon by adcoms, etc.</p>
<p>So here's my situation. I've talked to three counselors and all three have told me that I can not transfer to UC Davis or UCSD without completing my major's lower division requirements (neuroscience), which also happens to be the premed requirements. So what I'm saying is, I can't take the premed requirements at a 4 year university and will have to take chem, bio, physics, calculus, and possibly organic chem at my community college, some of which I will be taking over the summer (unless I CAN transfer and they're just not telling me how...)</p>
<p>So my question
How much of a disadvantage does this put me in terms of medical school acceptance?
I've heard that, with a high mcat score and and a high gpa at a university, the fact that the applicant took the prereqs at a CC won't matter anymore. Is this true? How do they view applicants who take summer classes to fulfill some of the premed requirements? Any info would be nice :)</p>
<p>I believe that all Science classes in addition to Pre-Med prereqs are calculated into a Science GPA for adcoms to look at (you have two different GPAs-a science GPA and an undergrad gpa). Some med schools do not count pre-reqs fulfilled at a CC towards this science GPA, which would leave you with no GPA for science at all...however, this shouldn't be a problem for you as you intend to transfer as a Neuroscience major. You'll be taking upper division science classes to supplement your lower div pre-reqs, so you'll have a Science GPA from a 4-year, not solely from a CC. The only time this could be a problem would be if you wanted to finish all science classes at a CC and transfer as, say, an English major with no hard science upper division classes for adcom's to judge you on. In this case, I'd recommend taking at least Biochem or something to show that you can handle difficult science classes--but you're a neurosci major so no worries! As long as you take some science classes when you transfer and get good grades on them you'll be fine! Hope that made sense...</p>
<p>Yes, actually that made perfect sense. Thank you!!!</p>