Should I Start Over?

[MDatHeart]

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Hi,

I'm new to the forum so forgive me if this has already been covered. I'm an ICU nurse with a BSN and a BS. I've decided to go to medical school. I took Gen BIO w/ lab as an elective at a 4 year school while working on my first degree. I then took Gen Chem I and the other Nursing pre-reqs at a community college. I've heard that medical schools look down on pre-reqs taken at community colleges. Should I start fresh and take all my med school pre-reqs at a 4 year college on my own? Or should I go through a post-bacc program? 😕

Thanks in advance.

 

[postbacker]

Hi,

I'm new to the forum so forgive me if this has already been covered. I'm an ICU nurse with a BSN and a BS. I've decided to go to medical school. I took Gen BIO w/ lab as an elective at a 4 year school while working on my first degree. I then took Gen Chem I and the other Nursing pre-reqs at a community college. I've heard that medical schools look down on pre-reqs taken at community colleges. Should I start fresh and take all my med school pre-reqs at a 4 year college on my own? Or should I go through a post-bacc program? 😕

Thanks in advance.

Absolutely no need to repeat courses taken at CC...no opinion on the rest of your situation except to say you need to figure it out for yourself, and if CC is the best route for you, go CC...

 

[just thoughts]

Hi,

I'm new to the forum so forgive me if this has already been covered. I'm an ICU nurse with a BSN and a BS. I've decided to go to medical school. I took Gen BIO w/ lab as an elective at a 4 year school while working on my first degree. I then took Gen Chem I and the other Nursing pre-reqs at a community college. I've heard that medical schools look down on pre-reqs taken at community colleges. Should I start fresh and take all my med school pre-reqs at a 4 year college on my own? Or should I go through a post-bacc program? 😕

Thanks in advance.

from what I understand, nursing pre-reqs and med school pre-reqs aren't always the same. i'm not sure what the big difference is, but that is something to look into.

anything that you do after your bachelor's is a post-bacc so i'm not sure if you mean a formal post-bacc vs. just taking some courses at the local CC or 4 year. as for CC or not, it's a big debate (on these boards at least) and there are plenty of folks arguing both sides. i think that it might be a good idea to call up some med schools that you're interested in and ask them how they feel about pre-reqs taken at a CC. in the end, that's what matters, you know?

just thoughts...

 

[njbmd]

Hi,

I'm new to the forum so forgive me if this has already been covered. I'm an ICU nurse with a BSN and a BS. I've decided to go to medical school. I took Gen BIO w/ lab as an elective at a 4 year school while working on my first degree. I then took Gen Chem I and the other Nursing pre-reqs at a community college. I've heard that medical schools look down on pre-reqs taken at community colleges. Should I start fresh and take all my med school pre-reqs at a 4 year college on my own? Or should I go through a post-bacc program? 😕

Thanks in advance.

If your pre-med courses were of sufficient depth to provide good preparation for the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) and your performance was excellent (no grade less than B+), there is no reason to re-take these courses at a 4-year college/university.

On the other hand, if your coursework was not at the Pre-med level and would not transfer to a 4-year college/university, then you would need to repeat them. Many pre-med students start off at a community college before transferring to a 4-year institution without penalty.

Nursing pre-reqs will not generally cover the requirements for pre-med pre-reqs. Since you have a degree in nursing, you don't need another degree, you just need to fulfill the pre-med requirements. Find yourself a good a good premed adviser (not all are created equal) who can look at the level and content of your previous coursework and advise you.

If you need to do "undergraduate GPA damage control" that is a different situation altogether. If that is the case, then starting over with an informal or formal post bacc would be a good strategy.