Will medical schools look down on community college coursework?

[Lita0632]

I haven't been in high school since 2007 but I've been I other schools for my CNA license and have been working in medical-related jobs. I applied to a 4-year university and they said since I haven't been in high-school for so long or a traditional college, they want to see recent college work first and then they want me to apply as a transfer student. This was not a very competitive college I applied to and was planning on transferring from THAT college to a more competitive college. So if I go to a community college for the 1st year and transfer to a 4-year university, will medical schools look down on the community college coursework?
I also asked this question a long time ago on an old account but I forgot the log-in info, but I just asked if medical schools will look down on community college coursework and people said yes.
But I'm seeing other answers on the forum saying no. So I'm confused.

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[beepboop39]

I am a no traditional student and went back to school 4 years after graduating to finish my prereqs. I took some at my alma mater, a reputable four year university, and took some at community college. I got 3 MD IIs and 2 DO IiS. So far 2 DO A’s and 3 MD WL’s. No one brought up my CC coursework in an interview.

I think as long as you take plenty of science at a four year university and do well you’ll be fine. But just my opinion. Not an expert.

 

[LizzyM]

The situation you are in is not the one that admissions officers look down on. It is perfectly reasonable for a non-tradtional student (not going directly from HS, to college, to medical school to start out at a community college or to take community college courses to cover a pre-req or two after college graduation.

What is looked down on is for someone at an elite 4 year university to take a "weed-out" course such as organic chemistry or physics at a community college (often over the summer) in a way that makes it appear that the student is trying to avoid taking a tough course in their home institution where the competition for grades may be fierce, or is trying to take it at a place where the talent pool is thin and it would seem easy to rise to the top, particularly if the courses are graded on a curve. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work that way and some students end up in summer classes with instructors who are not very good and a bunch of people like themselves trying to take a tough course in a compressed time frame in an unfamiliar location.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

No.