Advice about prerequisites at CC or 4-year institution for a nontraditional student

[katieap]

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Hello,

I've been researching different MD application requirements. I've found that most schools express that they will accept classes done at a CC. However, from browsing on this forum, I've seen that this tends to be true with people who have the trajectory of CC--> UG. Furthermore, some people have said medical schools are not fond of people taking all pre-med classes at a CC rather than a 4 year. Is this entirely true if you've graduated from your 4 year school and have a masters?

My trajectory would look like: UG --> MAT --> CC (for pre-med)
(The MAT stands for Masters of Arts in Teaching)

Would this be frowned upon?

 

[Lucky Day]

Hello,

I've been researching different MD application requirements. I've found that most schools express that they will accept classes done at a CC. However, from browsing on this forum, I've seen that this tends to be true with people who have the trajectory of CC--> UG. Furthermore, some people have said medical schools are not fond of people taking all pre-med classes at a CC rather than a 4 year. Is this entirely true if you've graduated from your 4 year school and have a masters?

My trajectory would look like: UG --> MAT --> CC (for pre-med)
(The MAT stands for Masters of Arts in Teaching)

Would this be frowned upon?

It’s more important to understand the logic than defining the preferred order. Medical schools must know that you can handle a rigorous science curriculum. If you killed it in your undergrad, killed it in your masters, kill your pre-reqs at a CC and get a solid MCAT score, I strongly doubt anyone will penalize you for taking classes at a CC.

Of course, this is with the assumption that you did all these things as a full load.

Good luck!

 

[AnotherLawyer]

It’s more important to understand the logic than defining the preferred order. Medical schools must know that you can handle a rigorous science curriculum. If you killed it in your undergrad, killed it in your masters, kill your pre-reqs at a CC and get a solid MCAT score, I strongly doubt anyone will penalize you for taking classes at a CC.

Of course, this is with the assumption that you did all these things as a full load.

Good luck!

I completely agree with this. All my science pre-reqs were online or at CCs (or both), but I did well as a traditional undergrad and had a high MCAT score.