Please, I need advice.

[MartinMD]

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Hey Guys, I'm definitely going to a community college, I have no problem with it.
I just need some quick advice, I just Graduated from High school. I have no clue how college scheduling works, I do on the other hand know about Med school requirements. I understand Med schools don't think to highly of CC's. I plan to transfer after 2 years.

I just don't know what my freshman schedual should look like... I understand taking SOME prereqs in CC isn't really frowned upon, can anyone tell me what my freshman schedual should look like.

 

[JPodel]

It depends on your major. Ask your guidance counselor or advisor. They should already have a map of how your 2 years should look like, ask them! No one knows how your schedule is going to look like but make sure you do courses that pertain to your interest.

 

[deleted462159]

Assuming you have a traditional major like biology, generally you will need a lot of pre-reqs (lower division bio, chem, physics) courses. First, check the requirements of universities you want to transfer to--and which of your community college courses are equivalent with them. If you live in California and are planning to transfer to a university in California, spend some time on this website: Assist.org. If not, I hope you can find one for your state or region.

My advice would be to not worry about med school yet. Focus on where you are now and do well. Many pre-med students even find the undergrad coursework to be so challenging they change career goals. In any case, med schools will be more interested in your upper division courses, especially in your junior and senior years. I wish you all the best.

 

[MartinMD]

Assuming you have a traditional major like biology, generally you will need a lot of pre-reqs (lower division bio, chem, physics) courses. First, check the requirements of universities you want to transfer to--and which of your community college courses are equivalent with them. If you live in California and are planning to transfer to a university in California, spend some time on this website: Assist.org. If not, I hope you can find one for your state or region.

My advice would be to not worry about med school yet. Focus on where you are now and do well. Many pre-med students even find the undergrad coursework to be so challenging they change career goals. In any case, med schools will be more interested in your upper division courses, especially in your junior and senior years. I wish you all the best.

Thanks so much for the advice, I really appreciate it, and yes I'm planning on majoring in Biology. I'm in NY, but thanks to your advice, I now atleast know where to start.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Take gen chem and gen bio at your CC, save physics and organic chem for a 4 year.

 

[theseeker4]

Definitely check with the university you hope to transfer to, not just the CC, regarding what will count towards you degree at the 4-year school. The CC can say whatever they want about "this will count, of course, don't worry!" but the decision rests with the university, and they won't change their policies because someone at the CC didn't know what they were talking about.

Since you are majoring in bio, go ahead and do your pre-reqs at the CC. You will take enough upper-level hard sciences at the university that the lack of pre-reqs at a 4-year shouldn't hurt you. However, if you have your heart set on a particular med school or two, check with those schools; they could have specific policies that are not universal among all med schools.

 

[dsoz]

Get the basics out of the way. WR121 and 122, and maybe even WR123. Take a speech class, and some math classes. I don't know what math you will be in, but the CC near me has up through calculus IV. You should be at least at calculus I level when you transfer. Statistics is also a good idea.

Psych, sociology, history, all are going to be needed for a liberal arts education. Take as many of these classes as you can in addition to your basic bio, chem and physics sequences.

The CC near me has some more advanced science classes like Anatomy&Physiology, microbiology, O-chem. Some of these would be OK, but save the O-chem for university, not CC.

Good luck, and keep your mind open. A lot of people start down the path of pre-med and change after a year or two.

Don't forget to find a volunteer position or work in a clinical area (hospital, clinic, nursing home, etc.) Don't do this if your grades suffer, but if you can keep good grades and do this too it will look great.

My last piece of advice, don't get into the party scene. Someone was just posting today about how he/she partied too much and now has a D+ in chem lab. Now s/he can't move on to organinc next year and all the hopes and dreams of becoming a rich doctor are smashed.

dsoz