Community college and retaking course

[killergiant34]

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I messed up my freshman year of college and got a D+ in gen Chem and didn't have the foresight to retake it, so before I apply to med shcool (applying to mostly DO schools), I need to retake Chem since almost all DO programs I'm looking into require at least a C-/C in the pre-req courses. My question is, does it look bad to retake a course at a CC, or should I try to find a local college that will let me take Chem there? I didn't think taking a course at a CC was much of a problem, but my advisor said that after going through college and taking a pretty rigorous course load, taking a course at a CC will look bad. How much of a detriment will it really be taking one course at a community college?

 

[darkeon]

seems to be ok according to consensus

 

[DrMikeP]

I messed up my freshman year of college and got a D+ in gen Chem and didn't have the foresight to retake it, so before I apply to med shcool (applying to mostly DO schools), I need to retake Chem since almost all DO programs I'm looking into require at least a C-/C in the pre-req courses. My question is, does it look bad to retake a course at a CC, or should I try to find a local college that will let me take Chem there? I didn't think taking a course at a CC was much of a problem, but my advisor said that after going through college and taking a pretty rigorous course load, taking a course at a CC will look bad. How much of a detriment will it really be taking one course at a community college?

It would be fine for DO but of course do well or it could hurt you.

 

[OrdinaryDO]

Your advisors seems somewhat inexperienced or just gave you bad advice based on his own insight into the matter. There is absolutely no negative consequence to retaking it at a CC.