Community College Question

[bamtuba]

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Hello all,

I need advice!

I have been thinking about applying to a post-bac program, but do not have local access to any "formal" programs in the Rochester, NY area. I do not want to leave the area at this time.

For many reasons (financial considerations and time restrictions) I have decided to take my pre-requisites at a SUNY school (state university) and a local community college. My question is this: does it really matter what you take where or is there a "CC stima" because of those trying to take an "easy route" for tough classes while completing their undergrad?

My completed undergrad is from a major music conservatory and my final GPA is a 3.67.

Will it hurt my chances of med school admissions to take 8-16 pre-req credits at a community college and the rest at a state university?

Thanks for any advice!

Bamtuba

 

[relentless11]

I would push to take it at a 4-year university since you have already finished your undergrad degree. Many schools state that they have no preference, but that stigma, true or not can still apply. Especially when a person goes back to school to a community college since as you said, it may seem like you're trying to boost your GPA at a community college. Since you're already planning to go to SUNY anyway, i say just take all the classes there.

I for one was a transfer student so I'm an advocate for people going to CC for the right reasons, however you also have to do the propaganda game too, where you have to show adcoms that you still performed as good or better at a university. Even here at the med schools under the University of California, there are plenty of people who were transfer students during their undergrad careers. But the key point is they transferred to a university before applying to med school. Not the other way around. Note that med schools also emphasize recent coursework, since it obviously shows your CURRENT academic abilities, and therefore you want to prove to them that "today" you are still able to do well in pre-med courses at a reasonably rigorous institution.