Taking required prerequisites at a cc instead of a uc....its easier, but is it better

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>im trying to go to medical school and my gpa is low, so im trying to raise it up anyway possible. i go to ucsc and im wondering if med schools will mind</p>

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<p>You need to take the prereqs at your home institution. Taking one or two at a CC (like over summer or something) would probably be ok, but you definitely should not be taking all of them at a CC. Thats not the way to raise your GPA. You should do that by fixing what has been causing your low grades and working harder to get A’s.</p>

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<p>^^I’d definitely second this^^</p>

<p>Taking courses, esp. pre-reqs, at a CC to raise your GPA is a very transparent strategy that even the most naive adcom member is going to pick up on right away and it will hurt you. You should definitely figure out what you’re struggling w/ in your classes that is holding your GPA back and then fix it. Ask the basic questions first – are you going to every class? are you doing all the assignments? are you spending at least as much time out of class studying the materials before they are covered in class as you spend in class reviewing those materials you have already studied before class? and so forth…</p>

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<p>Sure, it’s easier, but it’s worse for your application.</p>

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<p>hold on just a minute here! Some one just tried to explain to me that the classes I have taken at my community college, my med school wouldn’t ever see. He said that for my GE’s they’d just see the units, but not the gpa? As in, is my 4.0 not good for anything other then applying to a good UC?
That would make me extremely unhappy.</p>

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<p>Assuming GE means something like “general education requirements” in Cali speak…all college academic classes you have ever taken , CC or not, are added in. You spoke to an idi…uhhh…a person without great knowledge of what they speak. ;)</p>

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<p>Like curm said, that person is talking out of some orifice other than their mouth… you are required to submit all courses and grades taken at institutions of higher education to medical schools, and they are all taken into account</p>

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<p>haha, I had a feeling he was using the wrong orifice. Thank you!</p>