<p>So for those of you guys going into Med school or whatever, are you guys taking summer courses either at a CC or online?</p>
<p>The reason I'm asking is to pretty much tell you guys that, YES, a class at a CC DOES transfer over to your Med School GPA (when they themselves calculate it) but it doesnt transfer over at UCSD.</p>
<p>Hence, I'm planning on taking 4-5 classes at my CC over the summer (all online and pretty easy A+ classes)</p>
<p>SO DO IT!</p>
<p>Eh, don't take anything other than GEs/fun classes at a CC. Taking med school-required classes at a CC reflects badly on your record because you took the "easy way out." The only exceptions are probably transfers, who then prove themselves with UD classes at their transfer school.</p>
<p>agreed.</p>
<p>but i think you're pretty safe, because nothing beyond the second-year requirements are usually offered at JCs ... which only offer AS degrees, i believe.</p>
<p>dude, i effin stated that it was NOT pre-reqs required classes!</p>
<p>(****, no i didnt but they are NOT preqs)</p>
<p>I know someone who attended a uni but took all his science prereqs at a jc and got into grad school :o</p>
<p>Scout05: Reality check, grad school =/= med school. </p>
<p>Btw, Iran.4, lol, what non-prereq classes are you taking?</p>
<p>Art Appreciation, Family Nutrition, Healthful Living, US History</p>
<p>Won't med schools focus on your pre-req GPA?</p>
<p>Yep, that person didn't go to med school, but he went to dental school.</p>
<p>They calculate your overall GPA, your science GPA, etc.</p>
<p>But I mean, you could just take a bunch of easy science classes like astronomy and u know, get A+ and boost that GPA up</p>
<p>Med schools look at 3 GPA's: overall, science, BCPM.</p>
<p>BCPM (biology, chemistry, physics, math) is basically a subgroup of science but accounts for the fact that there are easy science courses out there.</p>
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<li><p>If you use assist.org and petition it with your college BEFORE you take the class, you can get it to count for GEs...that's always a nice bonus. Especially since, you're what, in ERC?</p></li>
<li><p>Schools aren't going to be able to differentiate between an online class vs an actual classroom class. I've taken both, and no where on my transcript does it indicate whether I physically had to attend class or not.</p></li>
<li><p>I'm pretty sure when they're reviewing your transcript, if you have a bunch of "pseudo-sciences" (Astronomy, Oceanography, Earth Science, etc.) and get a bunch of A+s to round out the C- you got in general chem that that's not going to be highly looked upon. But if you get A's in the "real" science classes and get A's in other science classes, it won't make that much of a difference.</p></li>
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<p>Think about it: Would you want a doctor who got A's in oceanography but got C's in biology?</p>
<p>I don't plan on getting C's. The only C's I've gotten were MATH and thats cause I suck at math. What's wrong with getting an A+ in Oceanography to round up, say, a B in BILD3?</p>
<p>I didn't say or imply that you get C's in sciences. I was using it as an extreme example.</p>
<p>The difference is that BILD3 counts for your major GPA (which matter if you're trying to get a job right out of college) and oceanography doesn't. And if I was an admissions person, I'd say BILD3 > oceanography, because it's still biology and even though it's EBE, you still learned about animals and bacteria and evolution, which is at least applicable to medicine and the problem with drugs. I really can't imagine how oceanography would apply to medicine, unless you were specializing by being a diver's personal doctor.</p>
<p>"I don't plan on getting C's."</p>
<p>Oh, to be young and naive again ...</p>
<p>Astrina hit it right on the money. You WILL get a C sometime... ;)</p>
<p>are u sure about that?? cuz I can't imagine getting a C.</p>
<p>we're not saying that you're not smart enough to maintain your grades, we're just laughing at the fact that you guys are so eager to prove yourselves. college is about the journey, not the destination, and sooner or later you'll learn to accept the fact that grades aren't everything. when that time comes, you'll be much happier actually doing something you enjoy.</p>
<p>(and yes, most of my friends have gotten Cs at some point in their lives, even if we were all 4.0+ students in high school)</p>
<p>1) Med School adcoms are not idiots. Even though most of us think they're too stupid to see our tricks, they're not.</p>
<p>2) If they see you took "oceanography" or "astronomy" and especially if it was at a CC, they will disregard the grade. Why? Because doctors don't need to read stars or starfishes. If you really want to pull up your GPA, take some relevant lower/upper division science courses (and do well in them).</p>
<p>^True but getting into medical school isn't about grades either. It is about having a passion for medicine. If you don't med school adcoms will see right through you and you won't get in.</p>