Community College and University at the same time?

[94hdogs]

Hey guys,

So I am graduating in December and will have a gpa of 3.45 if I do nothing but get A's in my remaining two classes. I want to use this time between now and the start of the next cycle to boost my gpa. My pre-med adviser said to keep taking upper level coursework. I haven't taken the MCAT yet (I'm registered for a September date). I can't really afford to take out more money for a full blown university course load, but I was thinking of attending my university and the community college right next to it (probably like a 5 min walking distance) at the same time. Since the consensus on CC seems to be negative, I wanted to know if I was to get all A's at both the CC and at the university, how would adcoms see this? Would a good performance at the university mitigate the fact that I took classes at CC? What other alternatives are there? I'm sorry if this is the wrong thread or if it was posted already. Thank you so much!

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[anonymoose1640]

When you concurrently take courses at a 4 yr university and a CC, it appears like you are simply taking courses at the CC for an easy A and to boost your GPA. It is not viewed favorably. Although you state your reasoning is because of financial consideration, I still think it would be best for you to take all of your upper level science courses at your 4 year institution.

In order to help offset costs, you could become an RA, get a job, get a work study grant, apply for scholarships, take out additional loans, or ask your parents/extended family to help you out. Your alternatives would be to graduate from your 4 year school and then take CC classes or online classes in your upper level science classes as a post-bacc.

Hope that helps, good luck!

 

[TheBiologist]

if your school lets you do that; I know mine doesn't

med schools understand the money situation; my concern would be why your GPA is kind of on the low side; did you do poorly in your science classes? or was it one semester/year you screwed up, because that could make a difference

 

[94hdogs]

if your school lets you do that; I know mine doesn't

med schools understand the money situation; my concern would be why your GPA is kind of on the low side; did you do poorly in your science classes? or was it one semester/year you screwed up, because that could make a difference

Yeah, they allow something called a dual enrollment, so I would be a guest student at the CC. My guess is since I'm graduating, they don't really care about transfer credits or anything like that.

As for the GPA, I had a bad freshman year because of some depression and because I was new to the whole college thing and didn't know what I wanted to do. Since then, it's been a positive trend upwards, but I still don't think a 3.45 is anything to write home about.

 

[Nerdeka]

I don't know why it would be a problem. I'm doing it (but I already graduated) because the 4-year I'm taking classes at has ridiculous class times (8 hours a week per class).