<p>I want to take Physics: Mechanics (I have very a strong background in physics) but Calculus 1 is a requirement. I'm pre-med (chemistry major) and I was wondering if I should take calculus 1 this summer or not? If I did, I'd probably take it online and use hippocampus to study. It'd only be 6 weeks but the thing is, I'm so exhausted with school...I really need a break. There are two sessions though. I could take it the second session (second half of the summer) and that would give me some time to relax, I guess. Then the next question. What would medical schools think? Would taking a community college calculus course hurt me?</p>
<p>If I don't take physics next year I'll be bored out of my mind. I already have college credit for biology, chemistry, and english. Calculus will be easy..I've already covered half of the first semester in my pre-calc class. Mechanics will be the only class to keep me from partying too hard.</p>
<p>If I did decide to do that my schedule next year would look like this: </p>
<p>First Semester:</p>
<p>Physics: Mechanics
Calculus 2
Composition and Rhetoric 1
General Biology 1
Scuba Diving 1</p>
<p>Second Semester:</p>
<p>Physics: Electricity and Magnetism
Chemistry 2
Composition and Rhetoric 2
General Biology 2
_______(some general education req. Maybe psychology even though I've taken that with a community college already)</p>
<p>Even though my community college gpa is a 3.75 (soon to drop to a 3.6) I think I’ll transfer it in…medical schools won’t look down at me for getting B’s in a Art History class right? I hate that class. That way I’ll have my psychology credit, english credit, US hitory credit, government credit redit, and art history credit…I practically have all of my General Education Requirements minus physical education.</p>
<p>Medical schools will take into account your CC grades whether you transfer them or not. Calculus I from a CC shouldn’t be a problem either, provided that you perform well in other math-based courses while at Emory. Go ahead and take calculus I if you’d like to start your physics class right away–but don’t bite off more than you can chew–which will result in bad grades your freshman year. I have 3 Bs from my freshman year. I spent 3 years pulling up my freshman grades, and I don’t recommend that kind of pressure–but no, a few Bs won’t keep you out of medical school.</p>
<p>I am surprised that Composition and Rhetoric is only 3 hours. Almost all classes here are 4 hours of credit. I wouldn’t go around making a definite schedule just yet. I did that Freshman year and got screwed because the classes that I had planned to take were filled up by the time my selection time for classes came around. Freshman pick classes last and your selection time for classes is determined by a lottery. Its ■■■■■■■■, but after the first semester it gets better, because I think your selection time depends on the number of credit hours you have. </p>
<p>Your second semester schedule WILL NOT WORK. If you decide to take 3 science classes, composition and rhetoric, and calc that will be 23 hours. The maximum amount that a student can take is 22 hours, unless you somehow get written permission from a dean, which will be hard for a freshman. Plus many pre-med advisors at this school will tell you that taking more than 2 intro pre-req classes for medical school (bio, chem, other science) is overkill. Its a lot of work with just 2 intro pre-req classes here (if you want to get As). I don’t suggest trying to take 3 a semester.</p>
<p>Don’t take classes over the summer if you are “exhausted from school”, you will burn out quickly when you do start college. Try doing fun stuff over the summer before your freshman year.</p>
<p>How will they find out about my community college grades if I don’t transfer them? Will they do a search or something and pull up all my college records? How will they know I even took classes at a community college if I don’t submit them? </p>
<p>AMCAS requires you to list all credits for every college you’ve ever attended. Including dual enrollment from high school. And send in official transcripts from every college you ever attended. If you don’t, your application won’t get verified and it will never get submitted to any medical school</p>
<p>Don’t even think about lying about your college record on AMCAS. The consequences are severe.</p>
thanks for letting me know about that.</p>