Going to a community college

[Oontz]

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My apologies if this is in the wrong section. :/

Let me start off by saying that I am an Army wife. My husband will be finished with AIT in a few weeks and then we will be going to his first duty station. There is a community college and a university near the base. I don't think I'll be able to get into the university due to a really bad semester at my first school. There were two deaths in my family that hit me like a ton of bricks and I couldn't focus on my work, so I ended up withdrawing from the school.

I'm thinking that the community college would be the best way to fix that semester and complete my general requirements. I'm only worried that I may not have enough time to complete those classes and then transfer to the university in the area if they move us earlier than expected. If we end up at a base that doesn't have a university in the area and I take math/science courses at a CC, is that going to hurt my chances of getting into a medical school? I'm not shooting for a top tier school (not that I plan on slacking, because that's not me). I just want to be a doctor.

Any insight would be much appreciated. And once again, my apologies if this is in the wrong section.

 

[Phlame217]

Not going to hinder you much...

Go to a CC and discuss which classes are transferable and which aren't. Make sure you take only transferable classes. You are taking a gamble in that if you move out of state, a CC college will most likely not transfer since they coordinate with local universities.

I'd shoot for the 4-year university first to see if you can get it in and then fall back on the CC as a safety net. Just realize that you will have to transfer to the 4-year within two years anyways. Keep your grades up and do well on the MCAT and all will be fine.

 

[pharm B]

The above post sounds good to me. The biggest thing is making sure your credits are transferrable, like he said. Some people end up taking the wrong chemistry or biology, for example, and end up having incomplete apps because they don't have the required credits.