Do I need to stay in undergrad for an extra year due to insufficient credits?

[YoungMoneyMint]

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I transferred to a UC from a CCC, and just finished my bachelor's in Biology with a 4.0. In order to graduate, I only needed 60 units from the UC, as I had many credits from my CCC. However, I just learned that some medical schools require 90 units from an accredited 4-year in order to be eligible for application. Is this an actual requirement, or would credits from a CC suffice? And if not, should I delay my applications and continue taking classes at my college as a post-bacc in order to reach the 90 credit mark?

 

[YoungMoneyMint]

@Goro @gyngyn

 

[deleted895369]

I transferred 72 CC credits to my 4 year university. Granted, I wasn't applying to top-tier MD schools, but I found that very few schools have restrictions on the amount of CC credits you can transfer (whether or not they view CC credits as inferior is another issue that I can't speak on). The only ones that I was able to find that are explicitly not CC friendly are:

UChicago - must complete 90 credit hours at a 4 year school
UMinnesota and Harvard - "limited number of CC courses to fulfill prerequisites"

Not aware of any other schools that explicitly limit the number of credits you can transfer. Don't know if this answers your question, but hope this helps.

 

[YoungMoneyMint]

I'm not so much worried about the number of CC credits they'll take, as I am about some med schools having minimum requirements for the number of 4 year credits that applicants need. For example, UCinci (my top choice) says on their website that applicants need to have "a minimum of 90 semester hours from an accredited 4-year college or university."

If you don't mind me asking though, how many 4-year university credits did you end up accumulating by the time you graduated?

 

[deleted895369]

I'm not so much worried about the number of CC credits they'll take, as I am about some med schools having minimum requirements for the number of 4 year credits that applicants need. For example, UCinci (my top choice) says on their website that applicants need to have "a minimum of 90 semester hours from an accredited 4-year college or university."

If you don't mind me asking though, how many 4-year university credits did you end up accumulating by the time you graduated?

Interesting - I did not know that UCinci had that requirement. Perhaps someone else more knowledgeable could weigh in on this issue, especially since UCinci is your top choice.

I had 70 4-year university credits by graduation.

 

[gyngyn]

Sorry, I've never heard of such a thing.
Frankly, I find it a bit elitist.

 

[Goro]

I transferred to a UC from a CCC, and just finished my bachelor's in Biology with a 4.0. In order to graduate, I only needed 60 units from the UC, as I had many credits from my CCC. However, I just learned that some medical schools require 90 units from an accredited 4-year in order to be eligible for application. Is this an actual requirement, or would credits from a CC suffice? And if not, should I delay my applications and continue taking classes at my college as a post-bacc in order to reach the 90 credit mark?

Outside my knowledge base

 

[proudofmykids]

You can always call the schools (especially Cinci) and ask how rigid of a requirement this is for them after explaining that you transferred from CCC and didn't just take CCC summer classes to make anything easier. You can also specify whether the required classes were taken at the CCC or UC school (which is perceived as more rigorous but ultimately leveled out by your MCAT performance which you didn't mention).

Curious, coming from Cali, what is drawing you to Cinci?

 

[KnightDoc]

This is either a stupid question or the obvious answer -- do the CC credits transfer onto your UC transcript? If so, that's how you'll satisfy the requirement. If not, how is anyone with an associates degree supposed to meet the requirement?

I honestly think the 90 credit requirement means they won't accept an application from anyone who does not at least have senior status (i.e., completed junior year). There is no way they are actually requiring anyone with an associates degree to take at least 90 credits after that, for a minimum 150 credit total, when the minimum for a bachelors is typically 120.

 

[Google_was_my_idea]

This is either a stupid question or the obvious answer -- do the CC credits transfer onto your UC transcript? If so, that's how you'll satisfy the requirement. If not, how is anyone with an associates degree supposed to meet the requirement?

I honestly think the 90 credit requirement means they won't accept an application from anyone who does not at least have senior status (i.e., completed junior year). There is no way they are actually requiring anyone with an associates degree to take at least 90 credits after that, for a minimum 150 credit total, when the minimum for a bachelors is typically 120.

Yeah I’m thinking this is the case too

 

[YoungMoneyMint]

You can always call the schools (especially Cinci) and ask how rigid of a requirement this is for them after explaining that you transferred from CCC and didn't just take CCC summer classes to make anything easier. You can also specify whether the required classes were taken at the CCC or UC school (which is perceived as more rigorous but ultimately leveled out by your MCAT performance which you didn't mention).

Curious, coming from Cali, what is drawing you to Cinci?

I did a SURF program at Cinci Children's, and the facilities and faculty that I worked with were phenomenal. I also liked that the rent prices weren't anywhere near as steep as they are in Cali. And my MCAT score is a 515, which is right around the median for admitted students at Cinci.

 

[YoungMoneyMint]

This is either a stupid question or the obvious answer -- do the CC credits transfer onto your UC transcript? If so, that's how you'll satisfy the requirement. If not, how is anyone with an associates degree supposed to meet the requirement?

I honestly think the 90 credit requirement means they won't accept an application from anyone who does not at least have senior status (i.e., completed junior year). There is no way they are actually requiring anyone with an associates degree to take at least 90 credits after that, for a minimum 150 credit total, when the minimum for a bachelors is typically 120.

After some thought, this definitely seems like its much more feasible than what I was initially thinking. I will call the admissions office just to double-check though.