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<p>A sincere suggestion I’m sure, but for premeds, taking premed prereqs at a community college is generally frowned upon. If Providence = another URI campus, then maybe take it there…but overwhelmingly, the advice here would be to take it at your “normal” school.</p>
<p>DocT, I wonder what type of students you know from URI–I doubt every URI student is like them. I also go to a big state school, and I’m certain students from my school are just like the ones you’ve met at URI. In fact, there are so many of those students, that many of my state’s top high school students refuse to even consider my school lest they become students like the ones you know. To the OP, it’s easy to avoid students like DocT’s talking about and possible to excel in academics and distinguish yourself on campus even when the campus is a big state public school. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>