Do my community college courses factor into my science and regular GPA for medical schools?

Hello!

I graduated high school 2 years early and went to community college. I got B’s in math and chem all the way through to Ochem and I’m wondering if these will factor into my GPA for medical school. I am planning on transferring to a four year and I might retake classes (because either it wont transfer over or I think it would be beneficial for MCAT studying since I didn’t retain much). Would both of the times that I took the class count?? I heard that my CC GPA won’t transfer to a 4-year so if I retake ochem then will only that one count?

I am very confused. Considering my age and starting my pre-req’s on a whim before even knowing I wanted to go into medicine, I did not put my all in the classes and I know I could do better.

Thank you for your input! :slight_smile:

Yes. They count.

Yes, your CC classes “count.”

Every college level class you’ve ever taken–including dual enrollment classes in high school–have to report to AMCAS and AACOM and will be included in your GPA and sGPA calculations. It doesn’t matter if your undergrad will not accepted credits for those courses. AMCAS and AACOMAS still require you to report those grades (and send official transcripts from the CC) and will include them as part of your application.

AMCAS rules on reporting coursework here:

AACOM rules on reporting coursework here:

All college courses and grades count.

Repeating courses will have to be marked, and presumably will not look good to an admission reader.

It doesn’t look good to retake classes with B grades, but since they were at a cc, you could retake the harder courses like Ochem. Med schools will want to see that you can handle university level science courses. Therefore, you will have to take higher level sciences above what you’ve taken at the cc to prove yourself to admissions deans. If you don’t feel prepared to do that (because you absolutely don’t want to risk getting lower scores at the university - it will look like you can’t handle university level science coursework), then retake what you think you’ll need before taking a higher level course. Your new grades won’t wipe out the old grades though. They will all be reported and averaged together for your AMCAS GPA, even if your school does replacement scores at the school level where your GPA would look higher.