Advice for Undergrad Student

[Surfinggrl89]

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Hey I have been reading this forum for a while but have never posted anything, and now I'm really confused and need some advice...

I am a freshman at a community college and was planning on majoring in biology to do the whole pre-dental thing. After talking to my counselor, I was really shocked to hear that in order to transfer and fulfill the major requirements I should plan on staying at the cc for 3 years. This is only because she strongly urged me to not pile on the workload and risk getting a lower gpa. A lot of the people in this forum have said that they do not recommend taking any pre-reqs at a cc and wait until you transfer. Now I am wondering should I consider majoring in something else (psychology), in which I do not mind, and transfer to a 4yr university and then take my dental pre-reqs there? I figure this way I will study something I am interested in, but I just do not know if I am suppose to take my science classes after I transfer or now in order to still do pre-dental.

Thanks! I really appreciate any advice.

 

[Frederico Albin]

Well... you can do that, but it will take you a lot longer than needed. Why don't you get the minimum amount of credits to transfer to a 4 year institution and finish everything in 4 years?
You can major in anything... but just make sure you dont do too many of the pre-reqs at a CC, some dental schools don't accept CC pre-reqs at all, so think about that.
Don't stay in undergraduate for more than 4 years, thats my advice... You have another 4 years to go... that's without residency/specialty.

Good luck 😛

 

[ummjoey]

i know people who took the majority of their pre reqs at a CC. when they got into the university after 2 years they took a bunch of upper division science classes to show the dental school they can handle science classes at a university level.

 

[DrCrentist]

If there is a 4 year university that you would like to attend, either search on their website or call for the web address, but there are some classes that transfer over to 4 yr colleges from you cc and some that don't.

You don't have to major in anything at your cc, I took 77 credit at my cc and never got a degree. That is until I transfered to a 4 yr school and finished there.

 

[Surfinggrl89]

what type of classes did you take at the community college?

 

[Frederico Albin]

Im in a community college right now. Im taking bio1 now, probably going to take bio2 and probably chem 1 during summer. Im trying to finish 30 credits as fast as possible so I can transfer to VCU!!! 😛

 

[doc3232]

IMO do 2 years CC, transfer, take 2-4 classes in summer and your set. apply your 3rd year and finish in 4. Most dental schools limit the CC credit you can do.

 

[adizzle87]

Tufts won't take JC courses at all for their pre-reqs....just so you know.