<p>Just get over it. Join everybody else (no exception, 100% of all students) who just working harder in classes that are hard for them or the classes that simply do not fit into their brains at all. If you think that you are exception, you are totally wrong, you are like others, all of them.</p>
<p>Taking Calculus over the summer is probably not a big problem since Calculus is not used in medical school nor does it appear on the MCAT so whether you are proficient in it or not is not really a big deal. Only some medical schools require Calculus and this is a fairly recent development since when I went to medical school in the 1990s I do not think any medical schools required it.</p>
<p>Physics, on the other hand, has long been required of all applicants by every US MD school so they probably not be happy to see applicants taking it over the summer at a local community college. You may think Physics is difficult but as a premed student you do get a break. Most universities have two different Physics sequences; One is a three semester Calculus based sequence that is taken by Physical Science and Engineering majors and a two semester Algebra and Trigonometry based sequence for Life Science majors. You are able to take the latter sequence which is much less difficult than the former. The Calculus based sequence prematurely ends the careers of many very hard working Engineering majors while the non-Calculus based sequence can be mastered by most students if they just put sufficient effort into it.</p>
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<p>Not necessarily. Calc-based physics at the big Uni usually has a higher curve (low B instead of a C). The Calc-base physics has fewer (cut-throat premeds), and the engineering/physicis majors can be a lot more helpful/collaborative. And finally, all of the geeks say that physics makes more sense with Calc. (At my D’s college, the Calc-based physics also has the better teachers.)</p>
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<p>While Eng is tough, yes, I’ve never known an engineer wannabe to struggle in this basic (for them) class for the above reasons. But perhaps just my small world view.</p>
<p>From a risk perspective, I say it’s better to go with taking it at your university.</p>
<p>I’m assuming that you don’t know who will be teaching it at the local college. It could be a hard grader. It could be someone who doesn’t explain the material well. It might be someone who is fed up with all his/her summer students being students who normally study at an acclaimed four-year university but take his/her physics class because they think he/she will be easier. </p>
<p>In addition, you might have fewer resources outside of class (tutors, friends who you can ask about the material or work with, etc).</p>
<p>In short, no guarantees of an A at the local college.</p>
<p>You’ll be kicking yourself (and likely your chances of getting into medical school) if you make a less-than-A grade at the local college. Like I said, I don’t think it’d be worth the risk.</p>
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<p>I actually do. Good ratings on RMP. But I did decide to take my physics courses at my home school. But lets assume that I get A’s in both of those classes at a CC. Are the med schools really going to throw a fit?</p>
<p>I haven’t read all the posts in this thread, so this may already have been suggested. Why don’t you audit physics in the summer at the local college, then take it over the regular academic year at your home school. That way you will definitely understand the material, get a good grade, and be prepared for physics portion of MCAT.</p>
<p>I think the problem with that idea is that an official course audit (one that requires registration at the college) generates a academic transcript. The student must report the audit on his AMCAS application and send an academic transcript to AMCAS as part of the verification process.</p>
<p>(Then it kinda looks like the student has taken the course twice–once for no grade followed by once for a grade.)</p>
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<p>Auditing means sitting in the class but not taking it for a grade. That way you will get exposure to the topics without the compromise of having taken physics at a community college but you will be much better prepared for the course when actually taking it in the Fall at your regular 4-year college or univ.</p>
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<p>Actually AMCAS requires that all audited courses be reported (p. 22 of 2013 AMCAS Instruction Manual) and a official transcript be submitted for verification.</p>
<p>As I mentioned in post #106 (out of order because CC is having clocking issues)–this means it will appear that you have taken physics twice: once for no grade and once for a grade.</p>
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<p>It’s like the exact opposite of this thread hahahahaaaa</p>
<p>OP, so somewhere in this thread you decided to focus on DO only?</p>
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<p>:lock: please</p>
<p>Somewhere else here on CC I saw where the OP was asking about nursing.</p>
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<p>Well what does it matter between M.D and D.O ? They’re almost the same.</p>
<p>An MD and a DO are almost the same. However, admissions is different: 1) DO GPA < MD GPA on average, 2) DO MCAT < MD MCAT on average, 3) DO allows grade replacement, MD does not, 4) DO requires you shadow a DO, etc etc etc. </p>
<p>But that doesn’t matter. What matters is that you ROUTINELY ask for advice here, and when it isn’t exactly what you’re wanting to hear, you mock the people who tried to advise you and suggest that their advice is incorrect and that they are stupid for giving it to you. I still don’t understand why you even continue to post here–obviously we’re not telling you what you want to hear, and all you really do now is post defensive, rude posts. </p>
<p>Your response to this will inevitably be “I’m just looking for information, why won’t people give me information?” and my reply to that would be “You’ve gotten plenty of correct information that you have chosen to ignore. Pretending to be the victim and asking again in a rude way isn’t going to change the information we present.”</p>
<p>Why is this thread still open?</p>