<p>so i was ready for community college, taking biology as my major, then i came across a post in this forum that says it's not wise to take any science class at all in community college.... so.... if i don't take any science class, how do i prepare for the MCAT that i would take in my junior year after i transfer out from community college? do i cram all the med school requirement to my junior and senior year? i'm kinda confused now. hoping somebody could help clear something up for me.</p>
<p>im sure that you read whatever post you saw out of context. What you probably saw was that someone recommended not to take a SUMMER science course at a local cc if you are currently enrolled at a 4 year university. However, if you are going to a cc as your primary institution, then obviously you would have to take science courses there.</p>
<p>oh, that’s great. and i also read that it’sbetter to take humanities than biology as a major? i don’t really have a lock on major yet, but math and biology were easy for me in highschool, so i thought i might pick either math or biology major. but im not sure now. i read somewhere in this forum, med school don’t really like biochem major student?</p>
<p>^ that’s not really true. You may have read that the majority of applicants tend to major in a science like bio, and hence have a little lower acceptance rate to med schools, but i wouldn’t say that med school adcoms DONT LIKE students who major in biochem. If you like science/math and are interested in them than by all means major in them. You shouldn’t just major in the humanities bc you think it’s better or because someone told you to or bc you’re trying to increase your chances at getting into med school. Major in what you like, and you will do well. If math and bio come easy and you’re interested in them, take some courses in both and see which you’d prefer to major in.</p>
<p>so i should go undecided first semester, and second semester choose which major i like more, biology or math? and what class should i take to prepare for MCAT? Biology, Physics, Organic Chemistry, and General chemistry?</p>
<p>Ac’: That’s not really right. He should avoid science classes at his CC and defer them until university if it’s possible. Sometimes it’s not.</p>
<p>It’s usually pretty important in these situations to take a year off after university and before medical school; this gives you two years of university grades when you’re applying, which is important. Not coincidentally, this also gives you an extra year in which you can delay the MCAT.</p>
<p>so it would be
community college
year 1: Freshman
every transfer class i need other than all the med-requirement
year 2: Sophomore
every transfer class i need other than all the med-requirement</p>
<p>University
Year 3: Junior
Biology, Physics, and other
Year 4: Senior
Organic Chemistry, General chemistry, MCAT</p>
<p>Year Off
Year 5:
Send in Med School application</p>
<p>Med School
Year 6: Med school Year 1
Year 7: Med School Year 2</p>
<p>Hospital
Year 8-11+:
Residence</p>
<p>Your residency would be, in this timeline, years 10-13+. Years 9 and 10 would be your third and fourth years of medical school; those are clinical rotations but they are not part of your residency.</p>
<p>And of course in year 5 you’d be doing something else as well.</p>
<p>something else like?</p>
<p>community college
year 1: Freshman
every transfer class i need other than all the med-requirement
year 2: Sophomore
every transfer class i need other than all the med-requirement</p>
<p>University
Year 3: Junior
Biology, Physics, and other
Year 4: Senior
Organic Chemistry, General chemistry, MCAT</p>
<p>Year Off
Year 5:
Send in Med School application</p>
<p>Med School
Year 6: Med School Year 1
Year 7: Med School Year 2
Year 8: Med School Year 3 Clinical Rotation
Year 9: Med School Year 4 Clinical Rotation
Hospital
Year 10-13+:
Residence</p>
<p>Age 31+:
Work.</p>
<p>Something like… working, researching, volunteering, more school, whatever. Just something.</p>
<p>Should I take a year or a semester
off? And should I just take the math class? Or
should I wait till university too? And I’m going to have to leave my major as undecided? Because I would have to take biology if I took biology as my major. But if I leave my major as undecided, I would have a lower chance to transfer to a good university, right?</p>
<p>Well, since no medical schools accept “spring admits,” it’ll have to be a whole year since the whole point is to get your fall grades on there. Math could go either way; it’d be advantageous to wait but it’s understandable if you need to get it out of the way. I don’t know anything about undergraduate admissions; hopefully somebody else can help.</p>
<p>so the deal is that i should try to get to a university ASAP. and only take the required class,and GPA inflater to get there, and take all the med school requirement and recommended class after i get in university. and during the easy Community College part, i do all the EC activity.
I got a couple of more questions
What EC activity would look good for transfer and Medical schools admission, How would playing Sports, like Football, Swimming, Golf, or Gymnastic for school look?
Would med-school frown upon me taking MCAT late,taking a year off,or applying a Year Late?
I read somewhere that most people don’t get accepted because of late admission. Sorry that i’m misunderstanding alot of these informative post, i just want to get things straight before i make a major mistake that would set me back.</p>
<p>Late applications do harm you, but that’s late within a given admissions cycle. Delaying by a full year does not harm you; actually it gives you time to build your application and is usually recommended. Taking the MCAT at any cycle-appropriate time (at least a couple months before you apply) is fine. The average medical student is 25 when they start, so one year means you’ll still be fine.</p>
<p>Sports are fine.</p>
<p>hmm, i just re-read the junior level transfer program</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Complete 60 semester (90 quarter) units of transferable college credit with a GPA of at least 2.4. No more than 14 semester (21 quarter) units may be taken Pass/Not Pass.</p></li>
<li><p>Complete the following course pattern requirements, earning a grade of C or better in each course: Two transferable college courses (3 semester or 4–5 quarter units each) in English composition; one transferable college course (3 semester or 4–5 quarter units) in mathematical concepts and quantitative reasoning; four transferable college courses (3 semester or 4–5 quarter units each) chosen from at least two of the following subject areas: the arts and humanities, the social and behavioral sciences, and the physical and biological sciences.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Each course must be worth at least 3 semester units.</p>
<p>does this mean that i’ll end up taking math and science either way? or should i just avoid physical and biological sciences and take the other 2 subject area?</p>
<p>you’ve been a great help bluedevilmike.</p>
<p>I’d just take them from the other subject areas. The goal is to fill out your eventual university’s general education requirements rather than your premedical requirements. Looks like you can’t get around the English and Math bits, though.</p>
<p>english, math, the arts and humanities, the social and behavioral sciences in 2 years. i can probably manage that.
do you recommend any other class that i should get it over with in community college?</p>
<p>Any general education requirements that your eventual university will require.</p>
<p>Thankyou very much for your answer. I’m going to have to take 2 science course one biological and one physical, how’s astronomy and anthropology? I’m trying to save the med requirement for my junior year, </p>
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<p>Can you dual enroll at a 4-year (part-time) to take some of the science courses in the first 2 yrs? Ideally, you’d want to be done w/ the 2-year gchem-ochem sequence by the end of your jr yr if at all possible (even if taking a gap yr), so that you can take upper division courses such as biochem. Doing this would also give you more time for the MCAT, although the value of the latter is debatable and circumstantial.</p>