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ok guys i posted this to adcom but he seems to be on vacation since a few days, so would appreciate your responses as well.
Here is my question: I am an out-of-state student at a top state school. I am from NYC, so this past summer, I took Gen Chem 2 at CUNY-Brooklyn College (a 4-year school). After coming back, I met with a bio prof who has some experience in pre-med advising and he looked at my transcript and (assuming that Brooklyn College was a community college), he said that would look really bad to adcoms. And my grade was a B, which he said was pretty much equivalent to an F at a real school like our own. He told me he didn't like it but this was the snobby nature of med school admissions. He said adcoms would assume that I went to BC because I couldn't handle the course at our own school (which I admit is partially true.) Btw, the GenChem2 transferred onto my transcript as a direct equivalent to my own school's GenChem2.
So, my issue is that since I am an out-of-state student, I don't get student aid to take courses at my own school in the summer. To do so would cost be $1k/credit, which I don't want to add on to my loans. Plus I like to spend my summers at home, which is why I'm considering taking Organic II at Brooklyn College next summer. Because it is near my home, and b/c its "only" $300/cred. Is this okay? Or will adcoms assume I'm an idiot--because I didn't take the course at my own (competitive) school?
So I guess my choices are: 1)take it at my own school-pay $1k/cred, 2)take it at NYU or Columbia as a non-degree student-pay $1k/cred (and probably get a crappy grade), 3) take it at say SUNY-Stony Brook (a school not as competitive as my own, but better than a CUNY), commute 2 hrs a day, or 4) take it at Brooklyn College and say screw you to all the snobby adcoms out there
Obviously I really want to do 4); its just that I think maybe the extra cost (for 1, 2) or commute (3) might be worth it to ensure adcoms respect my course and the hopefully good grade I get.
I think this in general is an issue for students who are enrolled at a top school who want to take a few courses (for whatever reason) at a school that is in a lower tier.
What do you think?
Here is my question: I am an out-of-state student at a top state school. I am from NYC, so this past summer, I took Gen Chem 2 at CUNY-Brooklyn College (a 4-year school). After coming back, I met with a bio prof who has some experience in pre-med advising and he looked at my transcript and (assuming that Brooklyn College was a community college), he said that would look really bad to adcoms. And my grade was a B, which he said was pretty much equivalent to an F at a real school like our own. He told me he didn't like it but this was the snobby nature of med school admissions. He said adcoms would assume that I went to BC because I couldn't handle the course at our own school (which I admit is partially true.) Btw, the GenChem2 transferred onto my transcript as a direct equivalent to my own school's GenChem2.
So, my issue is that since I am an out-of-state student, I don't get student aid to take courses at my own school in the summer. To do so would cost be $1k/credit, which I don't want to add on to my loans. Plus I like to spend my summers at home, which is why I'm considering taking Organic II at Brooklyn College next summer. Because it is near my home, and b/c its "only" $300/cred. Is this okay? Or will adcoms assume I'm an idiot--because I didn't take the course at my own (competitive) school?
So I guess my choices are: 1)take it at my own school-pay $1k/cred, 2)take it at NYU or Columbia as a non-degree student-pay $1k/cred (and probably get a crappy grade), 3) take it at say SUNY-Stony Brook (a school not as competitive as my own, but better than a CUNY), commute 2 hrs a day, or 4) take it at Brooklyn College and say screw you to all the snobby adcoms out there
Obviously I really want to do 4); its just that I think maybe the extra cost (for 1, 2) or commute (3) might be worth it to ensure adcoms respect my course and the hopefully good grade I get.
I think this in general is an issue for students who are enrolled at a top school who want to take a few courses (for whatever reason) at a school that is in a lower tier.
What do you think?