<p>First off, I would like to go to a pharmaceutical school once I complete my four year degree. </p>
<p>Tell me how this sounds:
First, I would to a community college for two years, takes the required courses for business administration, maintain a high GPA, and transfer into UCLA/UCB/UCSD ect. Once I transfer over, I will continue my path to get a bachelors degree in business administration, but I would also take all the required courses for pre med/pharm at the university. </p>
<p>Reason why I would like to take the pre med classes at the university is because I have heard from numerous sources that med schools will look down on you if you have took any pre med courses at a community college. I choose business over biology because it’s a more well rounded degree, applicable to many things, and I would not be taking any of the pre med classes at my cc. If I do this, I get the option to go to a top school in California, save a little money, and have a more flexible degree. My other option is, to just go to uc riverside, major in biology, and see how I do. </p>
<p>I don’t know so much about the wisdom medical schools look down on you if you take pre-med courses at community colleges. Many students have majored in something else only to decide that they want to go to medical school, take all their pre-med courses at community colleges, and then go on to successfully apply to medical school. The information you will learn at UCLA and at a community college as far as the content goes is the same – biology is the same regardless of where you go, and so are chemistry, math, psychology, and basic English writing.</p>
<p>I agree that business is a more well-rounded degree than biology, could get you farther and will help you if you choose to open your own practice, but I think that the idea that you won’t be taking any pre-med classes before junior year is a bit misguided. Pre-med courses of study are rigorous and often take all four years of college to complete properly. Beyond that, if you don’t take an pre-med courses until your junior year, you won’t be able to take the MCAT until after you graduate (you won’t prepared for it), delaying your application to medical schools at least a year after you graduate from college (more likely 2 years). In order to be on the right track to go to medical school straight from college, you need to start introductory biology in your first year or at the very latest, your second year.</p>
<p>You don’t have to major in biology to be pre-med. What I would do, were I you, is apply to a range of universities. Apply to the UCs and other in-state schools as well as community colleges in your area. See what kind of funding packages you get from the universities, as well as the variety of majors offered. Then make a decision.</p>
<p>But either way, if you choose to attend a community college for 2 years and you plan to go to medical school directly after college, you will have to take at least a few of your pre-med classes at a CC. But I wouldn’t worry about it because I don’t know if I believe that medical schools look down on where you take your courses – they just want to see you do well in them, and that you have the other experiences that they want medical students to have in undergrad.</p>
<p>Neither UCLA or UCSD offers a degree in business administration. I’m confused, do you want to be in business, be a doctor or be a pharmacist when all is said and done?</p>