JYD,
I took all my prereqs at JC & it never ceases to amaze me when I hear people talk about a lower quality of education at a JC. At a JC, we used the exact same books as in UCR & received a better quality of education due to the close interaction between professors & students along with the smaller class size. In a university, you may be in a lecture hall with 300 other people & your professor never know you exist. But in JC, the learning experience is more intimate & there is more interaction amonsgt the students so can learn faster.
Science classes at a JC are either harder or at same level as university. At UCR for instance, O-chem is a joke compared to Riverside Community College. And many of the JC instructors also teach part-time at the 4 year colleges.
I can honestly tell you that the sciences for me were very difficult and I needed to be in a nurturing environment that a JC provides. How less prepared was I for the DAT than my 4 year college counterparts?
Bio 21, O-chem 23, G-chem 29, QR 22.
Not bad considering I took no DAT prep courses & never opened a chem book in high school.
And how prepared was I to handle the upper division courses at a 4 year college?
Major GPA: 3.86... Cumulative GPA: 3.58
Ask anyone about the University of California system, it's no walk in the park.
I posted to your question on different thread, so you know about the success I had with admissions.
Fascinating unknown statistic, in my O-chem class at the JC, there were a total of 28 students. Of those 28, 15 are now in dental, medical, or optometry programs. That's over 50% of the class!
Bottom line is, dont matter were you go on & get you edumucation, the Adcoms wont care either. Just perform well, be consistent, & stay on top of your extracurriculars
