<p>I'm currently in my 1st semester at a cc & plan on transferring to UCLA or other UCs. I'm planning on majoring in something in the Humanities or Social Sciences. Should I take my pre-med courses at a cc or UC after I transfer?</p>
<p>Both. There are about 10 classes that are required to apply to med school, most of them lower-division. If you transfer to a UC you are probably not going to have enough time to take all those classes in addition to the ones you’ll need for your major. On the other hand med schools are said to look a little askance at CC classes used to fulfill all the requirements, so it would be good idea to take some additional classes in the sciences at a UC to show that your good grades were not a fluke. What “some” means can be worked out with the premed advisors at your UC. </p>
<p>You might also want to post your question in the premed forum here. </p>
<p>If you aren’t already, you should become familiar with all the premed steps needed. Classes are just one part of it. There is a great online guide at <a href=“Amherst College Guide for Premedical Students”>https://www3.amherst.edu/~sageorge/guide1.html</a> and another one at <a href=“Health Professions Advising (HPA) | Rhodes College”>http://www.rhodes.edu/hpa/</a> </p>
<p>Note that most of the pre-med sciences are typically offered in year sequences (e.g. year of general chemistry, year of organic chemistry, year of general biology, year of physics). Because most CCs are semester system, and most UCs are quarter system (other than UCB and UCM), it would be best if each year sequence were taken entirely at one school or the other, since the courses that are parts of the sequence may not be divided in the same places at the CC and UC.</p>
<p>You can use <a href=“http://www.assist.org”>http://www.assist.org</a> to look up which CC courses are considered suitable for biology majors at the UCs you are targeting, since those courses are typically the ones that pre-meds take.</p>