Is it worth having the class under your belt opposed to assuring you'll finish it?

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<p>Hi everyone, </p>

<p>I'm currently in my third, going on fourth year in the community college system. I plan on applying for transfer to a UC next fall.</p>

<p>I am wondering when we apply and send in our applications, if having taken a class already as opposed to indicating that you will take a class within a specified time frame and before end of preceding spring semester before official enrollment really has much weight or influence on whether or not one will get accepted into the institution of interest. </p>

<p>I ask because I caught wind recently from one of my biology classmates of an accelerated organic chemistry course offered by Santa Clara University over the summer. I would be able to finish the entire organic chemistry breadth of 15 units over 3 months. This means when I do apply, they'll see that I've completed the classes and earned the grades as opposed to my original plan of taking organic chem during the fall and spring semester at my local community college before transferring. However, at $500 a unit at SCU, I'm a little reluctant. I plan on taking organic chemistry anyhow before transferring; that is for certain; but I wonder if I take it over the summer it will have a big impact on whether or not I seem more qualified to be accepted.</p>

<p>What say everyone? My parents have agreed to foot half the bill, so I would only have to pay the other half. It is a lot still, but not half so exacerbating if it means that I'll be able to transfer to my school of interest. </p>

<p>I don't know if this will be relevant somehow, but I plan on applying to the following schools for chemical biology: UCSB, UCSD, UCD, & UCB.</p>

<p>Also, as far as coursework, I'll have completed by end semester the equivalent of semester Biology A and B, quarter Calculus A, B, C, and D, semester Chem A and B, semester physics for non-eng major A and B. My intended classes are still o-chem and physics for engineering majors. </p>

<p>Appreciate any responses or input, thank you,
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<p>Organic Chemistry is a killer. You should take it at the place where you believe you will do your best in the course. The chief advantage for taking it at SCU would be that it would be your only course that term. However, as an intensive summer class, you would not have the time or energy left for anything but that class. If you need to be working to pay your bills, take O-Chem during the regular school year when the pace is slower.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input happymomof1. After giving it a little more thought, I think that I will forgoe taking organic chemistry over the summer. I just can’t justify the cost to myself. While I won’t put it outside of my ability to earn good grades over the accelerated summer course, I think perhaps I’ll retain more of what I learn, and have it fresher on my mind if I just take it over the two semesters before transferring.</p>