Taking organic at a community college instead of a university?

[inspiration100]

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Read a post back in 2001 about this but I wanted to get another take on it. I have taken all the following classes at my community college:
english/3 quarters of spanish (4.0),
calculus I (4.0)
calculus II (4.0)
calculus III (4.0)
calculus IV (3.9)
diffeq (3.7)
physics engineering I (4.0)
physics engineering II (3.8)
general chemistry I (4.0)
general chemistry II (4.0)
general chemistry III (4.0)
organic chemistry I (3.8)

as you can see I still have a physics class next quarter and two more quarters of organic chemistry. I will be taking my biology at the university.

The question is, how do medical schools look at community college grades for prereqs? So many people are now doing running start (or whatever your state names it) where you can go to the community college in place of highschool. This is the path I took and I was not about to go to a major university while I was still a highschool grade. My Physics, General Chem and Organic Chem teachers were all Ph.D.s.

Your thoughts and comments are appreciated on what I need to do in order to show the admissions that I indeed deserved these grades?

Also, when I am finished going for my chemical engineering degree, do most students take a year off to study for the MCAT? I'll need it as I have a hard time remembering everything I learned quarters past.

 

[teenmachinery1]

Read a post back in 2001 about this but I wanted to get another take on it. I have taken all the following classes at my community college:
english/3 quarters of spanish (4.0),
calculus I (4.0)
calculus II (4.0)
calculus III (4.0)
calculus IV (3.9)
diffeq (3.7)
physics engineering I (4.0)
physics engineering II (3.8)
general chemistry I (4.0)
general chemistry II (4.0)
general chemistry III (4.0)
organic chemistry I (3.8)

as you can see I still have a physics class next quarter and two more quarters of organic chemistry. I will be taking my biology at the university.

The question is, how do medical schools look at community college grades for prereqs? So many people are now doing running start (or whatever your state names it) where you can go to the community college in place of highschool. This is the path I took and I was not about to go to a major university while I was still a highschool grade. My Physics, General Chem and Organic Chem teachers were all Ph.D.s.

Your thoughts and comments are appreciated on what I need to do in order to show the admissions that I indeed deserved these grades?

Also, when I am finished going for my chemical engineering degree, do most students take a year off to study for the MCAT? I'll need it as I have a hard time remembering everything I learned quarters past.

i did running start too. As long as your university grades are consistent with your community college grades, you're in super-fantastic shape.

Keep your university courses challenging and do well in your bio series and take upper level classes so adcoms can compare grades.

If your grades start tanking at the university level, then you're in trouble.

 

[sully677]

Read a post back in 2001 about this but I wanted to get another take on it. I have taken all the following classes at my community college:
english/3 quarters of spanish (4.0),
calculus I (4.0)
calculus II (4.0)
calculus III (4.0)
calculus IV (3.9)
diffeq (3.7)
physics engineering I (4.0)
physics engineering II (3.8)
general chemistry I (4.0)
general chemistry II (4.0)
general chemistry III (4.0)
organic chemistry I (3.8)

as you can see I still have a physics class next quarter and two more quarters of organic chemistry. I will be taking my biology at the university.

The question is, how do medical schools look at community college grades for prereqs? So many people are now doing running start (or whatever your state names it) where you can go to the community college in place of highschool. This is the path I took and I was not about to go to a major university while I was still a highschool grade. My Physics, General Chem and Organic Chem teachers were all Ph.D.s.

Your thoughts and comments are appreciated on what I need to do in order to show the admissions that I indeed deserved these grades?

Also, when I am finished going for my chemical engineering degree, do most students take a year off to study for the MCAT? I'll need it as I have a hard time remembering everything I learned quarters past.

I would strongly suggest you take the rest of your pre-reqs at a university. Community colleges can be frowned on by the admissions committee. Even if all of the profs had graduate level degrees, the coursework is probably not as thorough as an accredited university.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

since you are a CC student..
theres no big deal.. just continue taking a few more upper level classes at the uni..
and no.. most people don take a year off to study for the mcat..
i personally will take a easier work load my 2nd year summer and 3rd year.
thus giving me a good amount of time to study for my mcat and what not..

 

[ReptarBar]

what the hell do 3.7, 3.8, and 3.9 mean?

 

[teenmachinery1]

what the hell do 3.7, 3.8, and 3.9 mean?

they're called grades? Some schools use this system as opposed to a letter system.

At my school, an A is a 4.0, a- 3.7, b+ 3.4, b 3.0, etc.

 

[DirtyJustice]

they're called grades? Some schools use this system as opposed to a letter system.

At my school, an A is a 4.0, a- 3.7, b+ 3.4, b 3.0, etc.

I do not see a single 3.9 on that list.

 

[ReptarBar]

no **** sherlock but how would they translate to amcas gpa? is a 3.8/3.9 an A or A-?

 

[sully677]

no **** sherlock but how would they translate to amcas gpa? is a 3.8/3.9 an A or A-?

I want to see the movie!

 

[7starmantis]

Keep your university courses challenging and do well in your bio series and take upper level classes so adcoms can compare grades.

If your grades start tanking at the university level, then you're in trouble.

I agree, completely.

I would strongly suggest you take the rest of your pre-reqs at a university. Community colleges can be frowned on by the admissions committee. Even if all of the profs had graduate level degrees, the coursework is probably not as thorough as an accredited university.

This is a common misconception. A quick search here on SDN should give you more than enough material to read about these questions.

I want to see the movie!

Great movie 🙂