Pre Req questions (somewhat urgent)

[OBK]

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hey all

Graduated from University in May of 08. Decided late that year that I would be pursuing medicine. By the time I had everything figured out (hahah....hahaha), it was too late to register at the state university. As a result, I started my chemistry at community college. This class incorporated the lab into it. I registered to complete chem II at the state school over the summer but the lab is not a part of the course. Now, after the first exam (B) and a couple of quizzes , I find myself in a situation where if I continue to work at my current pace, I will most likely get a B. However, I am also taking physics and physics lab. I am concerned that I will be digging myself too deep trying to rescue a Chem grade and will neglect Physics (which I am rocking).

Long Short

Take a W for chem at state, finish what I started at county (chem I) and complete the lab req at the same time (with a high prob. of an A based on past experience with instructor and teaching styles) OR risk the B in addition to having to take the lab over again in the fall. Worried about the W on the transcript more than anything else. The rest of my prereqs will have been done at the state school. Thoughts welcome. Thanks

 

[katapilla]

I would be more worried about getting an A in the class than the W!! If you have an A and the W, that's okay. If you have a W THEN a B, that's bad.

Also, don't take classes at community colleges. They don't look so favorable to med schools.

 

[NTF]

Only you really know yourself and what you can handle, so this is really your call. But...

Doing well at State > Doing well at community > Doing mediocre at State > Doing mediocre at community > W > tanking at State > tanking at community

I think people may argue about the exact placement of the "W", but otherwise I believe the rest stands.

 

[OBK]

thanks - im just concerned with the look of the W and then taking it at CC immediately after- The only thing I have to justify it is that I am taking Physics I lab, and Physics I with it (so 8 credits in 5 weeks). Also, the course lab wont transfer if I do not complete it there. The reasons seem solid but I feel like im cheating myself...its unfortunate that I have to concern myself with the grade vs. the amount of work i put into it