what would be your advice to me?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>I want to go to a university with pre-med major/programme, but I am afraid my grades aren't good enough right out of high school. I am not sure of my GPA because my school doesn't say, but I could roughly say that most of my grades are B's, a few A's might have come along, as a few C's also, but in majority my grades are all B's. </p>

<p>I asked some people around me what I should do regarding college ect. And some told me I should go to a community college, get an associates degree in something related to pre-med, such as bio, and then transfer to a 4 year university with a pre-med programme. But I am afraid that I will be 'loosing' 2 years of my precious life, when the plan was to go straight to a 4-year university.
Someone also told me that I could transfer to an university and transfer the college credits with me, but then she also said not all universities accept credit transfers from community colleges. </p>

<p>(If your advice includes something about community college, then can you mention cc names and which universities I would be able to transfer after transferring my credits too?)</p>

<p>Oooor, should I just apply straight away for a 4 year pre-med major, but do it at a school that reflects my high school grades, such as NY institue of technology or can you suggest any others?</p>

<p>Many thanks, I really appreciate it because I feel rather lost.</p>

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<p>I would try to stray away from CC if you can (unless it isn’t financially-doable to go to a 4year). The reason being is most med schools prefer it that you take your pre-med req’s at a 4 year. So if you go straight there, you won’t have to worry about taking them at a CC at all. Your GPA doesn’t sound all that bad actually, so I wouldn’t go so far as to say no univ. would accept you. Apply to your state schools + others that would be of low-cost. NYIT would be fine. If you are a NY-resident, definitely apply to most of the SUNY’s that you can see yourself at. </p>

<p>But yeah, try to go for a 4 year university.
PS you don’t “major in pre-med,” you say that you intend to go to medical school and that you are taking the pre-med track/route/path/pre-requisites. Most schools don’t have a major in “pre-med” so a lot of people might flame you for saying that - just a heads up.</p>

<p>So good luck!</p>