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[KnightDoc]

I am starting Fall 2020 as a junior at a school closer to home. I decided to transfer due to COVID and I feel that I am making the right decision to be around to help my parents out, since my dad is immunocompromised and both my mom and dad are getting older. I know classes will be online regardless of what college I go to, but even after the pandemic is over I want to finish my degree close to home. I'm transferring from a four-year university to a lower ranked four year university, but both are in the Top 70 USNWR ranking (this doesn't matter to me, just wanted to give as much info as possible while retaining anonymity).

I've taken most of my pre-reqs at my old university and still have some to do at my new one. I am currently waiting on my MCAT score. My grades are pretty good and hoping to retain that or improve further at my new university.

Assuming I have good clinical experience this year in the same region as my new university, and ample research experience from my first two years of college at my old school, would I still be able to apply at the end of this year to go straight through? Or do adcoms prefer applicants to be well-situated for at least two years at the university from which they apply?

Absolutely no reason why it would matter that you transferred. Everyone who spends 2 years at a community college does so. Being able to go straight through will depend totally on the number and quality of your ECs (plus, of course, your grades and MCAT), and will have nothing at all to do with whether your UG is 2+2 or 4! Both of your schools are 4 year schools. No one will care that you transferred.

 

[Blueprint Med School]

This. As someone who started at a community college and transferred to a 4 year, it's totally normal. Coincided with a pandemic, all bets are off.

Just follow the golden rule: overcommunicate and never assume.

David D MD - USMLE and MCAT Tutor
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