<p>Just got back from CalSO. Signed up for my first two English courses, and now just waiting until phase two to take sign up for a chem course. appreciate all your guys’ help. I talked to many college advisors and financial aid, who all said I CAN stay three years since I took 36 units at my cc BEFORE I graduated high school, which means those units DO NOT go into my unit ceiling but they DO work towards my major still. (Ps: my mom talked with financial aid for a while and found out that they will cover my third year too!). </p>
<p>I honestly don’t know if I will stay three years or not, and I really am worried about the competition and grade curves with the premed classes, but we’ll see how it goes! I have tons of options ahead of me, and I am looking at post-bacc programs too and keeping an open mind about them. I also spoke with a few advisors and other premed students who agreed that going back to a cc after I graduate, just to finish my premed coursework wouldn’t be THE worst thing ever, or even bad at all necessarily. If you have a good reason for going back to a cc instead of a post-bacc program, (like for me it’d be for the sole purpose that I get GREAT f.a. at my cc), then I don’t see why med schools will look down on it soooooo bad! plus, I really really really would love to get that one on one connection with my premed professors, and get plenty of letters of rec as well. So, all I have to say is I’m keeping my options open. Going to Berkeley as an English major doesn’t make it harder on me. It’s just a different way at going about it. I love English and I’d rather major in English at my DREAM school than go anywhere else for a traditional science premed path.</p>
<p>Thank you guys all for your wonderful help!!!</p>