<p>I'm going to community college next year and I want to go to medical school in the future... I heard medical schools don't like premed courses completed at community college... Would it be better if I take premed courses (such as biology/chemistry) at UC extension? </p>
<p>From my knowledge, that would only apply if you take the community college premed reqs at the same time you are enrolled in a 4-year university, like if you were in a sense “avoiding” the more rigorous option of taking them at your 4-year university.</p>
<p>However, i am not sure if there is a significant difference in the acceptance rate of students who transferred from a community college to a 4-year school while applying to med school. Perhaps some of the more experienced members can comment on this </p>
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<p>if possible, i would avoid taking the pre-med pre reqs while at CC and take your other GE classes. If you can’t avoid it, as long as you then take some classes at your 4 year and do well it will be fine. Jweinst is right that the real issue with CC courses are the students who are enrolled at a 4 year and take summer classes at a CC. There are a small handful of schools that flat out don’t accept CC classes for credit - i forget which ones (I think hopkins, vanderbilt, and UVA) but the schools clearly state whether or not CC credit is accepted on their websites and theoretically that could change by the time you apply.</p>
<p>How about at UC extension? Hopefully some experienced Californian members can help answering this question :)…</p>
<p>I’m fairly sure the same applies for the UC extension classes, since these aren’t the same classes that full time UC students take. </p>
<p>I mean the UC extension concurrent enrollment program, the one where I can take regular classes same as UC students.</p>
<p>Not sure about that, but I’d guess it’s ok? Why wouldn’t you just wait to take your pre-reqs when you transfer to a 4 year (even if it means doing a gap year so your senior classes are included)?</p>
<p>Those premed classes (bio,chem,ochem) are needed to transfer to UCs…</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/articles/2012/11/01/study-college-transfer-students-may-have-trouble-getting-into-med-school”>http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/articles/2012/11/01/study-college-transfer-students-may-have-trouble-getting-into-med-school</a></p>
<p>According to this, it states that transfer applicants to med school have a lower acceptance rate, but this includes all transfer undergrads, not only community college students.</p>
<p>However, it also states getting a 4.0 GPA at a community college and transferring to a prestigious university is still held in a high regard</p>