<p>i want to go to medical school, yet my lackluster gpa of 2.8 overall denies me any chance. so im wondering, if i go to a cc, will i have a clean slate?</p>
<p>No. Medical schools require you to send transcripts from all post-secondary institutions. Don't necessarily think that your case is unsalvageable, however. Head over to the premed forum.</p>
<p>i don't know how it works out when you applying to schools beyond undergrad, but other than the school you get your degree in, the rest, i would think, is irrelevant. in other words, if you don't transfer your transcript from UC to the CC and then go on to another school to get your bachelor's degree (transferring the credits from the CC, not UC), then all that would really count would be the credits you graduated with. why would anything else matter?</p>
<p>in any case, you have a 2.8 gpa. i don't know what year you're in, but perhaps taking another look at potential careers might be needed here, and i say that because as you know already med school will probably be ten times harder than what you're dealing with now. taking easy courses and going to easier schools just to get into med school, won't mean that you'll have an easier time when you get to med school.</p>
<p>Med schools (and other professional schools) require transcripts from every college you've attended or taken a course from.</p>
<p>that's interesting. didn't know that. not that i would be tempted to hide any grades from other schools that i had credits (since i transferred them to my current school anyways), but i wonder how professional schools check up on this sort of stuff. failing to include all transcripts probably (assuming they find out) will lead to the school rescinding whatever offer may have been on the table for admissions there.</p>
<p>You can look at "off-shore" medical schools.</p>
<p>If your grades show an improving patten, you might consider a DO program (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine). This is a very credible medical degree. They get to cut people open, prescribe narcotics and everything!</p>
<p>Your transcript will follow you to your grave; it's haunting me as we speak. No clean slates, unfortunately.</p>
<p>you can retake the classes you did poorly in. also as far as looking into new careers ignore that talk if you really want to get into med school. Chem is my biggest problem but my father who is a doctor has informed that once in med school most of wut u learned goes out the window. statistically 95% of people who get into med school earn their degrees so the material is not harder its just different. Retake some classes, boost ur extra currics and take the MCAT anyone can get into med school they just gotta want it</p>
<p>Your transcript actually sort of resets....I have gone to 2 colleges. The first one when I left I had a 2.49 GPA. I went to the second college and they transferred 20 credit hours. When I finished with my first semester at the second college I had 12 credit hours and got B's. My GPA was a 3.000. Not the old GPA added in. </p>
<p>Yes, granted, your transcript follows you to every new school you go to, but they usually reset your GPA to what classes you took in their school only. If you went to a school and you ended up with a 2.8, but then went to a community college and got a 3.8 then when you transferred to a med school, they would notice that. </p>
<p>In your interview or application letter you could state how it was 2.8 and how much you learned from that experience.</p>
<p>You can retake classes, though I'm not sure it'll reset the grades from previously taking them. If you can't boost your GPA up to a 3.5, I suggest getting it as high as you can anyway and then go to grad school for a "second chance".</p>