Uni vs CC

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I was curious as to whether admission panel takes into factor the schoolwork of a University student vs a Comm College student. Universities are usually more competitive and therefore, can be harder to make better grades.
 
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I'll just say that the answer, as it is with most questions, highly dependent on school. (Yeah, P4S? 🙂)
 
Yep, pretty much.

It is highly regional. States and regions with a reputation for excellent community colleges, like here in CA and in TX, the schools tend to be more lenient. There are always outliers, however, like USC in CA strongly discourages pre-requisites being taken at a CC. They accept them, but "with reservation."
 
Passion4Sci said:
Yep, pretty much.

It is highly regional. States and regions with a reputation for excellent community colleges, like here in CA and in TX, the schools tend to be more lenient. There are always outliers, however, like USC in CA strongly discourages pre-requisites being taken at a CC. They accept them, but "with reservation."
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Don't forget Arizona. We have great community colleges in Maricopa County, too.
 
Passion4Sci said:
Yep, pretty much.

It is highly regional. States and regions with a reputation for excellent community colleges, like here in CA and in TX, the schools tend to be more lenient. There are always outliers, however, like USC in CA strongly discourages pre-requisites being taken at a CC. They accept them, but "with reservation."
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I agree. The cc provide the same quality information as the universities. But the advantages of the universities are that they have higher resources and can provide you with a bachelor degree.
 
ct0012 said:
I agree. The cc provide the same quality information as the universities. But the advantages of the universities are that they have higher resources and can provide you with a bachelor degree.
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I would argue that universities do much more in the way of developing critical thinking and problem solving skills in science prerequisites

CCs may even cover a wider range of information, but is a more topical survey, which might be all a pre-health candidate is looking for
 
Although I don't know for sure, logic and recounts from other people suggest that the standards of CCs are lower than good U's. Sure it may be the same fundamental concepts, but the learning expectations tend to be lower to cater towards the population attending CCs - for the most part, students unable to obtain admission into good U's and those with working lives that interferes with academic focus. This may come in the form of reduced breadth/depth of exam questions, exam format (MC vs short answer, "cheat sheets", etc.), and grading curve.
 
Project2015 said:
Although I don't know for sure, logic and recounts from other people suggest that the standards of CCs are lower than good U's. Sure it may be the same fundamental concepts, but the learning expectations tend to be lower to cater towards the population attending CCs - for the most part, students unable to obtain admission into good U's and those with working lives that interferes with academic focus. This may come in the form of reduced breadth/depth of exam questions, exam format (MC vs short answer, "cheat sheets", etc.), and grading curve.
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I find this to be true of anything except the "difficult" science courses, like Organic and Physics, and the harder math courses, like Calc+.

And even then, it's highly specific to region and CC, just like university...
 
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