Which classes should I take in community college to transfer to a 4 year university

[Future Emergency Doctor]

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I did poorly in high school, not because I'm not smart for school, but because of my attendance. Now that I have been going to school everyday I have all A's and B's. It's too late to fix my GPA to get into a 4 year university. So as a result, I'll have to go to community college for a year or so. The university accepts 24 credit hours for transfers. So I'll have to take about 4 classes each semester. I'll get 3 credit hours for 1 class in CC.
I want to major in biology. What classes should I take in community college? Will this Impact my chances of getting to medical school? The university that I want to go to has its own medical school.

 

[Miss_Premed]

I went to community college for my first two years and was advised not to take science classes there if I could help it. I think many medical schools are more receptive to community college credit than they used to be, but it is still a gamble to take pre-reqs at community college. If you do end up taking pre-reqs there you could always take upper level science at a 4-year to show proficiency. I ended up fulfilling all of my gen Ed requirements (for the 4-year) at the community college. So I took humanities type electives; psych, sociology, anthropology, histories, sign language, and a few English/writing courses.

 

[Future Emergency Doctor]

I went to community college for my first two years and was advised not to take science classes there if I could help it. I think many medical schools are more receptive to community college credit than they used to be, but it is still a gamble to take pre-reqs at community college. If you do end up taking pre-reqs there you could always take upper level science at a 4-year to show proficiency. I ended up fulfilling all of my gen Ed requirements (for the 4-year) at the community college. So I took humanities type electives; psych, sociology, anthropology, histories, sign language, and a few English/writing courses.

Is it possible to go to CC for 1 year then transfer?

 

[Miss_Premed]

Yes. You would have to check and make sure that the four year you are transferring to accepts community college credits, and will also accept the specific courses you took. I think I lost like 3 classes worth of credit when I transferred.

 

[Derpz]

Yes isn't a problem...colleges aren't too picky about what classes you take when you transfer and are pretty lenient about assigning credit. Languages, math (calc & stats), intro sciences, intro English are all good options. FWIW I had a crappy HS gpa ~3.0 went to a CC my 1st yr, a state school my 2nd yr, and was able to transfer to a top 5 ranked school for my last 2 yrs. Can totally work your way up. I advise people in your spot and had success getting the 4 people I was working with into Columbia, Penn, Hopkins & the last one is waiting on Yale and is in at Williams/Amherst/Dartmouth. Just get that 4.0 and you'll be in great shape.

 

[Future Emergency Doctor]

Yes isn't a problem...colleges aren't too picky about what classes you take when you transfer and are pretty lenient about assigning credit. Languages, math (calc & stats), intro sciences, intro English are all good options. FWIW I had a crappy HS gpa ~3.0 went to a CC my 1st yr, a state school my 2nd yr, and was able to transfer to a top 5 ranked school for my last 2 yrs. Can totally work your way up. I advise people in your spot and had success getting the 4 people I was working with into Columbia, Penn, Hopkins & the last one is waiting on Yale and is in at Williams/Amherst/Dartmouth. Just get that 4.0 and you'll be in great shape.

How hard is getting a 4.0? I'm currently in high school and can only get A's and B's. I can't get straight A's no matter how hard I try.

 

[Derpz]

Not particularly hard... use something like "myedu" it shows grade distributions for professors at lots of public schools...then pick wisely. As a frosh you can take whatever you want so don't kill yourself. Just take a well rounded schedule and get A's

 

[Derpz]

A lot depends on where you're trying to transfer into as well. Anything with a lower than 10-15% transfer rate realize you need serious EC's to get into them as a transfer. If you're willing to go to Cal/UCLA/UVA/UNC you just need the grades.

Might be informative:
http://transferweb.com/stats/transfer-acceptance-rates/#.VWNz10jlmWU