<p>When I'm applying to Medical School, do they average the GPA from a community college with the GPA from a university. Currently, I'm a high school senior and if this is the case, I will most likely take 2-3 classes during the summer.</p>
<p>ALL college courses count in calculating your gpa for med/grad school purposes. DO schools will replace a grade for a repeated course, but allopathic schools do not.</p>
<p>Alright, inflated GPA here I come!</p>
<p>OP, in case you have not heard of this: It is often suggested here a premed should not take any of his science prereqs at a community college (at least not to more than one science prereq class there.)</p>
<p>Oh, so they saw through that one… It would be a lot more beneficial to my knowledge and training if I took it at a university anyways. How about math courses? Will they look down upon that? I was originally wanted to do Math and History courses…</p>
<p>If a person picks up a couple of courses at their CC, it is not a problem, but it might be an issue if you seek your pre-med requirements there and if it appears that is what you are doing.</p>
<p>For example if you took history, no problem if you took math and went on to take more higher level math, no problem. If you took half your pre-med requirements at the CC = problem, one or two along with other classes, no big deal</p>
<p>I’ll go with somemom on this one too. Stick with your university for premed prereqs–biology + lab, inorganic/general chemistry + lab, organic chemistry + lab, physics + lab for sure. Math and science are questionably prereqs because only some schools require them, some recommend them, and some don’t list any preference. Obviously your safest bet would be to have 2 semesters of English and 2 semesters of math too–but that’s not exactly necessary. Out of the 13 schools I applied to this year, only 7 required English, and I don’t recall how many required math.</p>
<p>If you’re looking to get some gen eds out of the way the summer before freshman year (great plan–they should be both easier and less expensive), look into the ones that a) transfer directly and b) don’t interfere with med school prereqs. History would be great! Same with other humanities, behavioral science courses, or any non-science courses you’d need.</p>
<p>But in terms of GPA, by the time you apply, the marginal benefit of having an A in an easy gen ed course from a CC isn’t going to affect you much. Let’s say you have 6h of A from CC and 90h of credit from your university. In this scenario, the 6h GPA from your CC wouldn’t offset your 90h GPA from the university that much. I’d go at it with the idea of freeing up your fall schedule (by taking easy courses in the summer) so you can fill it with more interesting classes rather than with the idea of pumping up your GPA.</p>