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Hey folks; I apologize for the novella length post here,
I've been lurking the forums for about half a year now. I'm currently entering my second semester in community college (had a year between high school and college where I worked), so I'm a youngin'. I was lucky enough to attend a college prep high school on major financial aid, coming out of the horrid California public school system, and was idiotic enough to not apply myself to my studies. Hence, though I was capable of excelling in the humanities and English courses with little work (which has helped me become a great writer), I did horribly in my science courses (Cs and Ds...I think my science score on the ACT was a 22 or 23, which is actually a point or two higher than average in my state but that's not surprising) because I simply didn't care. My extreme apathy was partially due to the fact that I had planned all throughout high school to enlist in the military after graduation, so I felt that I didn't need to push myself past the bare minimum.
Now, the military thing didn't work out and I received a medical separation during training (I'm pretty much fine now), but now I'm stuck at community college (granted, the community college I go to is in San Francisco and it's one of the largest academic institutions in the country; it serves about 100,000 students, with many of which transferring to outstanding 4 year universities like the UCs). So with that, I'm not overwhelmingly worried as to if I will receive a good prereq education from my community college (though I understand that it will come down to the individual instructor and how in-depth he or she covers the material at hand).
I've been veraciously researching various clinical careers over the past year and am leaning toward med school at the moment, though I will obviously have to shadow and pick up some notable, clinical volunteer hours before I make the decision. Nevertheless, I figure getting a degree in Biology with a concentration in Physio (ala SF State) will provide me with all of the prerequisites for essentially any clinical career I would desire (PT, Dentistry, Nursing, PA, Pod, and Med School are all covered via this degree). Now, I'm going to be taking introduction courses to Biology, Physics, and Chemistry as preparation for the general courses (prerequisites for med school and for the Bio degree), but I fear that may not be enough to offset my bare-minimum science knowledge outside of a very rudimentary understanding of anatomy and physiology from being a power lifter. I also don't know, because I was apathetic across the board in high school, if I will end up enjoying science in general, or at least with enough vigor to propel myself into a scientific career. I know the survey intro courses will solidify an enjoyment or not, to an extent...
Guess I'm being a bit neurotic...but hey, aren't all of us?
Thanks for any assistance.
I've been lurking the forums for about half a year now. I'm currently entering my second semester in community college (had a year between high school and college where I worked), so I'm a youngin'. I was lucky enough to attend a college prep high school on major financial aid, coming out of the horrid California public school system, and was idiotic enough to not apply myself to my studies. Hence, though I was capable of excelling in the humanities and English courses with little work (which has helped me become a great writer), I did horribly in my science courses (Cs and Ds...I think my science score on the ACT was a 22 or 23, which is actually a point or two higher than average in my state but that's not surprising) because I simply didn't care. My extreme apathy was partially due to the fact that I had planned all throughout high school to enlist in the military after graduation, so I felt that I didn't need to push myself past the bare minimum.
Now, the military thing didn't work out and I received a medical separation during training (I'm pretty much fine now), but now I'm stuck at community college (granted, the community college I go to is in San Francisco and it's one of the largest academic institutions in the country; it serves about 100,000 students, with many of which transferring to outstanding 4 year universities like the UCs). So with that, I'm not overwhelmingly worried as to if I will receive a good prereq education from my community college (though I understand that it will come down to the individual instructor and how in-depth he or she covers the material at hand).
I've been veraciously researching various clinical careers over the past year and am leaning toward med school at the moment, though I will obviously have to shadow and pick up some notable, clinical volunteer hours before I make the decision. Nevertheless, I figure getting a degree in Biology with a concentration in Physio (ala SF State) will provide me with all of the prerequisites for essentially any clinical career I would desire (PT, Dentistry, Nursing, PA, Pod, and Med School are all covered via this degree). Now, I'm going to be taking introduction courses to Biology, Physics, and Chemistry as preparation for the general courses (prerequisites for med school and for the Bio degree), but I fear that may not be enough to offset my bare-minimum science knowledge outside of a very rudimentary understanding of anatomy and physiology from being a power lifter. I also don't know, because I was apathetic across the board in high school, if I will end up enjoying science in general, or at least with enough vigor to propel myself into a scientific career. I know the survey intro courses will solidify an enjoyment or not, to an extent...
Guess I'm being a bit neurotic...but hey, aren't all of us?
Thanks for any assistance.
