<p>Is it preferable to go to community college rather than a four-year college, even though you have the grades and money necessary to attend a four-year college from high school?</p>
<p>Community college classes are much easier to get As in and cost less to boot. This, I believe, is a boon for premed students, who need the high GPA and money for medical school afterwards. But is the "freshman experience" really worth that much compared to GPA in the end?</p>
<p>Is it worth it, then, to drop out of a four-year college after the freshman year and continue the sophomore year at a community college?</p>
<p>That's tough, I went to a four year school first semester and transfered to community college at the break just because I realized that my career plans were different than I thought they were when I went in and the school I was at wasn't going to get me there. I'm really happy with my decision. I had a great "freshman experience" and made great friends first semester and now I'm taking 22 credits (for free!), tutoring refugee kids, writing for the paper and having a great if geeky time foccussing on academics. </p>
<p>The problem with pre-Med is there are some med schools (I know University of Michigan is one of them) that won't accept pre-reqs from CCs. Also, transferring and leaving all your friends is a big pain in the butt but its an option worth looking into.</p>
<p>Now that you are in a four year school...like boowooj said, I would avoid the extra transition....I however did the same thing that you thought about...I decided to do my whole first yeat at a cc because of the cheaper tuition and I was able to get my Associates in 1 year...this way I can save up for my last two years and Med School to follow...I think that it is a great idea to do this but then you limit yourself on where you can go to med school because it is true that some schools do accept cc pre-reqs...that said, if you are interested in med school I think it would look better to stay where you are and not go through the transition back to a cc and then back to a four year school....plus, you will have way more options for med school</p>
<p>I did what wandergirl did...I left my 4-year school after the fall semester and I love that I did it. Cheaper tuition (which my parents LOVE by the way) and where I live, you're automatically accepted into any 4-year university of your choice (guarenteed acceptance, but not guarenteed if you have a "limited access major" like I do :()</p>
<p>About the "freshman experience" part, I didn't really enjoy my "freshman experience" at my other school. It wasn't what I wanted and it felt like my 13th year of high school, but that's just me. Best of luck!</p>