<p>For those of you who are doing pre-med and are currently or have attended a community college, how do you guys think adcoms will look at you? I'm asking this because i've read on pre-med boards that going to a cc will hurt your chances and they wont accept science classes from cc? Supposedly because community college classes are easier than university classes? But really what makes a community college class easier? Dont you learn the same material?</p>
<p>To be safe, save all of your pre med coursework when you transfer to the university and just take the General Education requirements at the community college..</p>
<p>if you save all the premed courses until you transfer than it would be hard to graduate in 4 years.</p>
<p>If you are a chemistry or math major, then yes, probably. There are many courses for those two majors that must be taken in sequence and certain courses are only available during a particular season.</p>
<p>Here are some good pre med sites I have found on the internet that might be helpful:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.med-psych.net/%5B/url%5D">http://www.med-psych.net/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.studentdoctor.net/%5B/url%5D">http://www.studentdoctor.net/</a></p>
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<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/spa/announc/mcc.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.stanford.edu/group/spa/announc/mcc.html</a></p>
<p>thank you yearofthepig</p>
<p>You might try to take advantage of the summer sessions if the university you want to transfer to has them. What you can do is go to the university registrars website and download the fall and spring course schedules and plan all of your courses thru the rest of your undergraduate years. Furthermore, pick up the university course catalog and your colleges catalog and see if you can match anything course for course. This advanced planning should help you plan what courses to take at your community college and may even possibly save you some time and frustration later.</p>
<p>Med schools WILL accept your CC science classes. However, how they view them is dependent on the med school. Some may frown upon CC science classes but will still accept them.</p>
<p>The reason the perception exists that CC classes are easier is largely due to the faculty. To teach at a CC and certain univesities you need only a masters degree, but major universities require their professor's have doctorate degrees. This means that the classes are taught by supposedly better instructors. This is not always true of course, but it is the perception that is important.</p>
<p>Think about it this way: Which would impress you more, someone who took a year of Bio and Chem at Podunk Junior College or at Duke University?</p>
<p>I guess the teacher thing could be right but some teachers at my cc do have doctorate degrees.</p>
<p>Hi guys,
I've heard similiar things like that too.</p>
<p>I am also a pre-med student at my local cc. I've taken the 8 credit biology requirement, and the 8 credit inorganic requirement will be done before fall 05.
Will that hurt me though? I have a 3.94 GPA here.
I plan to take higher level classes like org chem, physics, calc at a university.
I'm sure many pre-meds at cc's have similar situations like this.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone,</p>
<p>Yes, I have Ph.d's at my JC as well...but that is not mandatory to teach there. However, top universities, do require that all of their professor's have doctorate degrees.</p>
<p>When you transfer, you can retake the bio and chem at the university. It may be a waste of time and money though. Try to contact some medical school admissions offices and see what they think.</p>
<p>Don't retake any bio or chem classes that you already completed and did well in.</p>
<p>If you really want to prove something to a med school adcom you should take upper division bio/chem courses and do well. This will go a long way to making you are more competitive candidate.</p>
<p>Hmm, I had the same questions and concerns. I've come to realize.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Not much we can do except try to get as many as A possible.</p></li>
<li><p>It's very unfair, my JC has all PHD students and has extremely tough science classes where maybe one or two people get A in a class such as bio.</p></li>
<li><p>Sure if u can afford to spend 3 years at a univ, go ahead and take the minimal amount of classes.</p></li>
<li><p>Don't be too concerned, there are people at Med schools from JC, just study hard, get A </p></li>
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<p>*5. MCAT scores must be high to demonstrate ur knowledge *</p>
<p>I am prepharm person myself though.</p>
<p>actually highschoolda, so am i.</p>