junior/community colleges

[ryche22]

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hey hey,

i have read here and there on these forums that some schools put a limit on how many classes you can take at junior/community colleges?

which schools, and what kind of limits do they have?

this concerns me because i was going to temple undergrad, and i came out to cali with a zero bankroll, and now taking chem I and bio I at a junior college. i plan to continue over summer as well.

thanks
rick

 

[medius]

Mt friend took 66 hours of coursework at a junior comm college, and 35 hours of coursework at a 4 year school. His GPA at both schools was something around a 3.9. He also made a 22 DAT score. He has been accepted to 5 schools across the country. Find ot what schools you want to go to and see what limits they have on comm college coursework

 

[accidental]

I've known many people who have taken all of the prereq classes at jr. colleges and have gotten in to dental school with no problems, although its not ideal that you do it that way. I think if you do well in your classes you shouldn't have anything to worry about. I've have taken all the prereqs at jr. college except O chem and other classes like biochem and microbiology. I've actually found my jr. college classes tougher that at ASU. Even with that being the case its still a good idea to take some of them at a university.

 

[RaiderNation]

I also believe that most say "required coursework". So, if you took 80 units at a JC, but only 40 applied towards graduation, and you take some upper div science (if you aren't a science major), then you are more than OK.

 

[RaiderNation]

One more thing, I wanna mention a point brought up in another thread. If I'm not mistaken, the whole "limit on CC coursework" only applies if you don't have a BA or BS. If you are trying to get in with say only 90 units, I don't think you can apply (depending upon the school) with more than 30 from a CC/JC. But...if you have your degree already, I don't think they care.

 

[inthuhhisows]

This may sound outlandish, but if it were up to me i'd REQUIRE that you take all pre-reqs at community college, and not count the courses if taken at a university. YOU LEARN A HECK OF A LOT MORE AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

okay, start the flaming....😱

 

[medius]

Originally posted by RaiderNation
One more thing, I wanna mention a point brought up in another thread. If I'm not mistaken, the whole "limit on CC coursework" only applies if you don't have a BA or BS. If you are trying to get in with say only 90 units, I don't think you can apply (depending upon the school) with more than 30 from a CC/JC. But...if you have your degree already, I don't think they care.

Don't listen to this. Didn't you read my post raider? My friend had something like a 110 combined hoours with no BS and he got in. He had 66 hrs from a community college. Stop making things up dude

 

[RaiderNation]

I'm not sure if I would say you learn more, but from my experience, the CC was more challenging (getting the desired grade) than a University. In other words, I had to work a heck of alot harder at the CC.

 

[RaiderNation]

Originally posted by medius
Don't listen to this. Didn't you read my post raider? My friend had something like a 110 combined hoours with no BS and he got in. He had 66 hrs from a community college. Stop making things up dude

Read the post *****. I said "depending upon the school". Some schools could care less, but others have strict limits on CC coursework. All you have to do is search the schools websites bro. Now please don't make another ignorant comment my feisty friend.

 

[medius]

No dental schools in the United States require a B.S. degree to get into their programs (not yet anyways). And believe me, some of the most difficult schools to get into in this country have given letters of acceptance to this friend of mine, so do us all a favor and stop dishing out useless information that you are obviously so ignorant about.

 

[RaiderNation]

Originally posted by medius
No dental schools in the United States require a B.S. degree to get into their programs (not yet anyways). And believe me, some of the most difficult schools to get into in this country have given letters of acceptance to this friend of mine, so do us all a favor and stop dishing out useless information that you are obviously so ignorant about.

Can anyone explain to me where I said you had to have a BS to get inot dental school? Again, read the freaking post before you reply. Like I said before, more schools have a limit on CC coursework than schools that don't. Maybe you should quit making stuff up, or read the post...or maybe your "friend" who got "accepted to some of the most difficult schools" should enlighten us all a little further.

 

[medius]

You are saying that at certain schools in this country, you cannot apply if you have more that 30 hours of Jc/CC coursework? Prove me wrong on this matter and I will stop posting. And learn to behave yourself a little bit you little dick

 

[medius]

Originally posted by RaiderNation
Can anyone explain to me where I said you had to have a BS to get inot dental school? Again, read the freaking post before you reply. Like I said before, more schools have a limit on CC coursework than schools that don't. Maybe you should quit making stuff up, or read the post...or maybe your "friend" who got "accepted to some of the most difficult schools" should enlighten us all a little further.

The schools :harvard, UTH, UTSA, UCLA, UCSF

 

[ASUgrad]

I being an Unorthodox student have searched this topic quite intensely.

No, dental schools don't require any Degree, However if you look at acceptance rates, they are accepting over 90% of their applicants with atleast a bachelor's degree. It is not required but it sure helps.

Limitations on JC work are only true for non-degree holders, because if you count up the amount of predental sciences they don't come close to the limit they impose. That limit would be for more classes then just sciences.

I have my bachelor's from Arizona State University but because my fianc?? was accepted to a master's program back in suburbs of Chicago, I am finishing my required sciences at a JC and I don't find any lax treatment of the topics or the exams.

Have taken Bio at ASU and JC, JC seems to go more in depth with most of the topics I remember. Which is great for preping for DAT So in the terms of Easy/Difficult, I guess it doesn't matter where the class was taken, but who is teaching it?

That is my 2 cents

BillE