<p>the counselor at my community college gave me a schedule with basically all science classes, bio, chem, physics.... idk whether i should take them their or i should take general ed at the CC and wait for Science courses at the university. Ive heard people say that Medical schools sort of look down on it.... any comments or opinions are apreciated. Thanks in Advance!!!</p>
<p>Well Sakky would probably advise you to take it at the CC but I personally think med schools will frown upon taking your premed prereqs at a community college.</p>
<p>wait r u at a community college over the summer or you are at 1 for the 2 years and then transfer to a university...cause wouldnt it be 2 late to wait for ur last 2 yrs at the university if u havent done it at ur CC?</p>
<p>If you are actually enrolled in a CC full-time, then I don't see that you have any choice but to take them.</p>
<p>yeah im going full time and right now my gpa is a 4.0, im going to do a 2 year stint then transfer.... im slighty worried becuase my counselor says one thing while my uncle ( Dermatologist) says otherwise. The counselor says take science at CC get into Ucsd... My uncle on the other hand says med school is going to be hesistant about me taking my science courses at CC.... Another thing he says is that if i take the science classes at CC im going to have to take High division science classes at UCSD would be very difficult.He says to just take gen ed at CC and then wait for the science classes... Do i have a choice? wouldnt it very hectic to take all those bio requirments as a junior? So two people two differnt paths... What should i do? thanks a lot for any comments!</p>
<p>someone told me that if one is a science major (ok, say biology) he shouldn't take that class(bio) in a community college. you still need to use it for your major. Chances are that you are going to stick with that major at your home school. Your school knows what is taught in the intro bio classes so that you wouldn't be screwed in teh later courses. So as a bio major, it would be fine to take chem and physics at a cc in my opinion. As a chem major, one should take bio or physics but not chem and organic chem at a cc and so on.</p>
<p>ecnerwalc, I was going to make the exact opposite recommendation!</p>
<p>Unless you believe you can complete your major in two years, you will have to take some of them at the CC - there's simply no other choice! With a class like intro bio, which is a prerequisite for so many other courses, the timing dictates that you'd have to take some during your first two years.</p>
<p>Can any of you imagine completing your major after spending no time whatsoever in it during your first two years?</p>
<p>to take them or not too take them? whos right whos wrong... im scared out of my ****ing mind....</p>
<p>Take Them And Don't Worry About It. You Have Much Bigger Stuff...mcat, Good Gpa,lor, And Ec. </p>
<p>Just Take Some Upper Level Courses To Be More Competive.</p>
<p>Take the courses. Take the courses. Take the courses.</p>
<p>I'm sure ADCOMS realize that not everyone can afford going to a 4-year institution directly out of high school, that's partly why community college is available. Most california community colleges are feeder schools into the UC system. For example, many science classes offered at CC (near UCSD or other UCs) are geared toward the UCSD curriculum.</p>
<p>There is absolutely no way you can finish up community college having completed only the regular GEs and expect to apply to Med School on time. Why? Those introductory courses (Bio, Inorganic Chem, sometimes Physics) are PRE-REQUISITES to the UPPER-DIVISION classes at UCSD or other UCs. If you don't complete them you will be a Junior at UCSD stuck in a bunch of Intro classes (WHICH DO NOT COUNT TOWARD UPPER DIVISION). In other words, you're taking intro classes in order to take the upper-division classes. You're not recieving upper division credit. You will not graduate in 2 years (at UCSD), it's nearly impossible.</p>
<p>So the verdict? Unless you want to be an undergrad for 6 years just to take science courses at the 4-year school, go for it. However, keep in mind that many of the community colleges are feeder schools. The curriculum is veeery similar. In fact, why the hell would UCSD accept you if they didn't think you're qualified or could compete? Quite frankly, they wouldn't. But do they, YES! They KNOW you can.</p>
<p>so what if you take the intro bio course at the community college and DON'T have time to take upper level courses at your home school since you're already a science major who has tons of labs filling up all your time? (No, seriously, there is no way that I can fit intro bio 2 into my schedule throughout four years, I checked)</p>
<p>I am going to be a pre-med pol sci major at UC Berkeley next year and i was wondering whether i should take any of the science requirements at a CC. Since i am only taking the required pre-med courses (inorganic, organic, bio, physics, math), should i take all of them at Berk, or is it ok to take some of them at a CC? If it would be ok to take any of the classes at a CC, which ones would you recommend that i definetly take at Berk?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance</p>
<p>Take courses at your home institution. If that's a CC, take it there. If that's Berkeley, take them there. If it's Harvard, take them there. Take them at your home institution, barring some major geographic upheaval (your mother lives in London, and you have to spend the summer with her, so you take classes at Oxford).</p>
<p>Yeah like I'm thinking of taking Organ Chem 1 and 2 at a CC. I don't know if that's bad. But if there is a Organ Chem 3 at the college that I'm going to I will definetely take it.</p>