Pre-Med courses taken at Community College?? (and during HS) ANY AND ALL HELP WELCOME!!!

[kaylaleilani]

Hi there, please take the time to read. It looks longer than it actually is, I PROMISE!

I am currently a junior in high school who plans on going to medical school; however, I am part of a program called middle college, in which I take college classes at a local CC in order to fulfill both high school and college requirements. Before I graduate high school, I plan on taking a bunch of general education classes (arts and humanities) but also the following classes which overlap and fall under the category of "pre-med" requirements. My main concern is how medical schools will view these credits, especially the fact that they will be taken during high school. SPECIFICALLY Chemistry and Math....

MATH SEQUENCE:
finite mathematics (currently in)
trigonometry (needed for physics)
then either:
pre-calc + applied calc
OR statistics


BIO CLASSES:
human biology
human anatomy
intro to the life sciences (a introductory bio class for non science majors.. didn't have the best HS bio teacher so i plan on taking this before general biology so i can be adequately prepared)


CHEM CLASSES:
general chemistry - two semesters (the reviews on this teacher from fellow students are great, they say she really teaches a lot, ivy league grad, etc.) OR elementary chemistry, a one semester class as review/preparation - and just wait to take the chem sequence + ochem at a 4 year


PHYSICS:
preparation for physics course to be taken the semester before i graduate hs

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The thing I am most conflicted about is chemistry. I really want to take it from this professor. Should I? And if I do, when I go to a four year university should I take OCHEM directly after? Or possibly even take the same chem class again at the university since the previous had been done although at a college, while still in HS and to prove I can handle higher institution coursework?

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[Boolean]

I tested out of physics/maths/chemistry/english. All but english I repeated in uni to show I could handle the increased rigor of the coursework.

 

[efle]

You will probably still want to do a year of chem/bio/physics/math at university to show you can handle it, but at a lot of universities having these CC credits will let you skip the introductory sequence and go straight into the more interesting 200 and 300 level classes.

 

[karayaa]

if you take some upper-level science classes at a 4-yr school, to show you can handle the work, you'll be fine.

 

[butternutsquash]

If you keep the credits, you can get into upper-level courses rather quickly, which are usually more interesting than the intro classes. The difficulty of these courses can vary, and you should generally take one semester of a higher-level subject for each semester of a pre-req that you fulfill with dual-enrollment credit.

If you decide to retake, you'll have the luxury of prior exposure to the material, which would certainly help as you adjust to the academic rigors of a 4-yr institution. Only downside is that you might get bored with the repetitiveness

Take chemistry in your program, and then decide which of these two situations would fit you better!

 

[kaylaleilani]

ok

If you keep the credits, you can get into upper-level courses rather quickly, which are usually more interesting than the intro classes. The difficulty of these courses can vary, and you should generally take one semester of a higher-level subject for each semester of a pre-req that you fulfill with dual-enrollment credit.

If you decide to retake, you'll have the luxury of prior exposure to the material, which would certainly help as you adjust to the academic rigors of a 4-yr institution. Only downside is that you might get bored with the repetitiveness

Take chemistry in your program, and then decide which of these two situations would fit you better!

alright thanks!