Transfer advice.

[La Doctora]

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Currently, I am a junior. I am transferring to a new college where I was informed that the anatomy and physiology classes I took will not be awarded to me, along with the molecular cell biology class that I also took.
This will put me even more behind than I already am (bad advisor advice, etc during my freshman year).
What should I do? Should I fight this, appeal this, go to the board..? Or should I submit an application to a different college who aren't hard asses after my money?

I feel like there is no getting ahead of anything. Even with the course loads I am taking (17 credits this semester of all science and a silly art appreciation class), I feel like I can't grasp proof that I am "going anywhere" with my college curriculum.



Advice please.

 

[Catalystik]

Do you mean that you will have to delay graduation or attend summer school to graduate on time? It's not uncommon for a school not to give credit for all transferred coursework (especially with CC to 4-year school transfers), but at least when you apply through the med school application service, all the grades you earned in those courses will still "count" toward your application GPA.




(I love your avatar. I see that you afflict your cat with photo ops, too.)

 

[cliffhuxtableDO]

Hi. Don't transfer. As a former transfer student I'm telling you you'll regret it.

 

[La Doctora]

Hi. Don't transfer. As a former transfer student I'm telling you you'll regret it.

Explain please?

 

[La Doctora]

Do you mean that you will have to delay graduation or attend summer school to graduate on time? It's not uncommon for a school not to give credit for all transferred coursework (especially with CC to 4-year school transfers), but at least when you apply through the med school application service, all the grades you earned in those courses will still "count" toward your application GPA.




(I love your avatar. I see that you afflict your cat with photo ops, too.)

I will have to delay graduation. I'm not excited about that since I already had to delay it even before I found out about this.

 

[cliffhuxtableDO]

Explain please?

Wherever you currently you are already involved with the community, which includes everything from knowing where the grocery store is, where you like to hang out in your free time, etc, not to mention you already know people, have friends there, connected to faculty (research and LOR opportunities), and are most likely involved in the community in some form of outreach.

If you transfer make sure it's really worth it to reestablish ALL of those important aspects of life and getting into medical school.