<p>Hello guys I am going to try an apply to a dental school in the future that allows up to 60 community college credits and all of them may be dental school prerequisites I.E. Physics, chemistry, ect. (Please don't waste my and your time by saying they don't and we end up playing posting tag trying to prove that they do, just take my word for it and even if you don't believe me who gives a crap haha) My question is I am going to first get an associates at cc and then transfer over to a 4 year university to get my bachelors. The problem is at community college the associates would be 60 credits right from the door which would force me to fulfill my prerequisites at a 4-year university which I can't afford (Please leave out the rude "If you can't afford it then don't become a dentist" or the oh so common "community college kids are stupid" I am very passionate about this career path but despite this fact I know some smart aleck people will still leave these types of comments Im just trying to nip them in the bud before hand haha) Anyways all I wanna know is say I completed all of pre dental prerequisites as well as my associates and transfered my associates (60 credits) to a 4 year university to get my bachelors how would the dental schools evaluate that? Would they say okay this kid has way to many credits at community college over 120 or instead because I got my bachelors at a 4-year institution will they just see it as a bachelors at a 4 year university on the transcript and not even pay attention to the fact that i got half of the credits being the associates at a cc? </p>
<p>Also when I transfer the cc credits to a 4 year university that accepts them does this in a way make it look as if I didn't even go to a cc because in the end Im earning a higher degree at a 4-year institution. In other words does it looks as if I didn't even get my associates at a cc in the first place because the degree will just say "bachelors". I hope I haven't confused you please be very descriptive and if you have done this before or something similar please let me know if not give me your best opinion. Thank You!</p>
<p>Your transcript for your BS will include a section (usually at the top) for transfer credits. The dental school will know that you took those classes elsewhere. Actually the grades don’t even usually appear for transfer credits. You will also send a transcript from the cc to the dental school. This should show the grades for all of those classes and any assoc. degree.</p>
<p>Any time you transfer or apply to grad school you will have to send transcripts from every school that you have attended previously (not just the last one or degree-granting one.)</p>
<p>First off I want to say thank you for taking the time answer my question efficiently, I just have one more concern though. Are you saying that in the case I do go this route will the dental school not take my bachelors degree or will they not take my cc upper level credits because I have to many at cc or would I be okay?</p>
<p>It is not clear what you are saying.</p>
<p>The usual route for students who start at CC is to fulfill the lower division courses at CC, then transfer to a four year school to complete the upper division courses for their majors at the four year school to complete a bachelor’s degree. CCs normally do not have upper division courses, which is why they do not offer bachelor’s degrees.</p>
<p>I’m saying that the dental school will see both your associates degree and your bachelors. The bachelors is the only one they will really care about, but they will see your other transcript, credits and degrees. That’s just a fact, not good or bad.</p>
<p>Highly competitive professional programs might prefer that you complete all four years at a prestigious university, but others will be fine will be fine with a more traditional two years cc and two years uni. They are looking at the whole package of your grades, scores, etc.</p>
<p>The other question is the “over 120 hours at cc” you mention. It sounds like you are suggesting that you are going to put in four years at cc and then two years at the uni to get your bachelors. I’m not sure why? I don’t think this would look bad at dental schools, though they might wonder why you wasted two years of your life. You do know that the same credits that count toward your assoc. will also count toward your prereq. for your bachelors, right? The same 60 hours will count for both, if the course titles match up. Your best bet it to pick the assoc. degree where the requirements best meet the pre-dental prereqs or the core for the four-year major you are choosing.</p>
<p>I hope that helps more.</p>
<p>It does thank you very much. If there was a best answer button or something you would defiantly get it. (They should look into that haha)</p>
<p>As a very general rule, a standard number of credits is 120 for a 4 year college graduate. Ideally, for those transferring into such a college from a cc will have no more than half from that cc. That is a common model for CC to 4 year college. Each school has to send its own transcripts to a professional school or other program. The 4 year school will have those courses that transferred over on the transcript as accepted credit courses, but may not have the grades. Each school will have a gpa for you only using the courses that you took at the school, That’s the way I’ve usually seen it work.</p>
<p>My neighbor went to medical school after graduating from college with a liberal arts degree hardly taking any math or science courses. She went back to school, primarily at the local CC to get as many premed courses that she could there and when she exhausted that option took what was left in requirements at a 4 year college. Worked just fine, but she did have to submit all 3 transcripts.</p>
<p>How many pre med credits and classes did have from the cc?</p>