Taking courses at multiple colleges during same semester.

[DrFabulasity]

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Hi all,

I am a non trad that graduation from a small liberal arts school in 2011. I plan on going the DO route and am started to retake my pre-reqs. Due to being a "non-degree seeking" student I had last pickings with classes. I am currently registered to take three courses at two different colleges. I am registered to take Gen Chem I & Urban Sociology at a local university and Biology I (cells) at a community college. Should I not take classes at the community college? Will taking courses at different universities during the same semester send a red flag to medical school admin when I apply?

TIA!

 

[eteshoe]

I would advise you take the bio course at the local university. Adcoms may accept the cc credit but no point in tempting faith. Good luck.

 

[Law2Doc]

Hi all,

I am a non trad that graduation from a small liberal arts school in 2011. I plan on going the DO route and am started to retake my pre-reqs. Due to being a "non-degree seeking" student I had last pickings with classes. I am currently registered to take three courses at two different colleges. I am registered to take Gen Chem I & Urban Sociology at a local university and Biology I (cells) at a community college. Should I not take classes at the community college? Will taking courses at different universities during the same semester send a red flag to medical school admin when I apply?

TIA!

If you are acing prereqs at a cc, rather than taking them at your home school, it can look like you are shopping for As. Premed a have played these games so often that Adcoms have to assume some scheming. Also a cc is fine if that's the only school around that you can attend, but it looks bad if you are already going to a local university.

 

[DrFabulasity]

If you are acing prereqs at a cc, rather than taking them at your home school, it can look like you are shopping for As. Premed a have played these games so often that Adcoms have to assume some scheming. Also a cc is fine if that's the only school around that you can attend, but it looks bad if you are already going to a local university.

Thank you!
I'm pretty much doing a DIY post bacc. Some courses that I need to retake credit hours are less than when I took them at my home institution. For example Genetics is 3 credits at the university and 4 credits at the CC. Should the credit hours be equivalent in order to do "grade replacement"?

 

[mw18]

In regard to your first post, I went to two schools at the same time and it wasn't an issue for me.

 

[DrFabulasity]

In regard to your first post, I went to two schools at the same time and it wasn't an issue for me.

Thank you for replying. It's definitely a combination of taking the same amount of credit hours and getting into a course that isn't full.

 

[tnedoots]

I took classes at the local CC while taking classes at the university for at least two semesters. I got into a decent MD school.
It's definitely better to take all pre-reqs at a 4 year school, but you have to do what you have to do.