Well, I didn’t go to med school, but I do have an ivy league PhD and an associate’s from a CC, so I’m calling shenanigans on anybody who says that a top-end graduate or professional degree is out of reach for someone who starts at a CC.
Also, Rutgers is a solid school. Can you get into their honors college?
Whatever you do, though, keep your debt to a minimum if you’re aiming for med school, because med school is going to take you from simply painful levels of undergrad debt to an insane world of hurt if you’re not really careful about it.