Hey there!
I moved to the US about 3 years ago from England, so I'm not overly familiar with the school system over here. I have been hearing lots of different opinions as to whether or not doing sciences at a community college, opposed to a full-blown university, is a bad thing. I already have a degree from a UK university, but I am missing many of the US pre-reqs, so I have been taking my non-science classes at a CC. I have found the teachings to be excellent, but I do hear many people say CCs have a stigma attached to them.
I emailed a few med-school admissions departments only to receive fairly ambiguous, and possibly politically correct, answers. However, the admissions officers do seem to err on the side of studying at a university. On the contrary, I have been hearing that "this is all a ploy for universities to get money" and that "CC sciences are fine". Confused! Are core sciences (in the 2000s) taken at university much more sought after than the same classes from community colleges? Any experiences?
Thanks for your help!
I moved to the US about 3 years ago from England, so I'm not overly familiar with the school system over here. I have been hearing lots of different opinions as to whether or not doing sciences at a community college, opposed to a full-blown university, is a bad thing. I already have a degree from a UK university, but I am missing many of the US pre-reqs, so I have been taking my non-science classes at a CC. I have found the teachings to be excellent, but I do hear many people say CCs have a stigma attached to them.
I emailed a few med-school admissions departments only to receive fairly ambiguous, and possibly politically correct, answers. However, the admissions officers do seem to err on the side of studying at a university. On the contrary, I have been hearing that "this is all a ploy for universities to get money" and that "CC sciences are fine". Confused! Are core sciences (in the 2000s) taken at university much more sought after than the same classes from community colleges? Any experiences?
Thanks for your help!