Brooklyn BA/MD v. Sophie Davis

sar
Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:51:33 +0000

Hi,

I’m a current Sophie student. I’ve never thought about transferring, but here’s what I’ve overheard over the years.

You don’t exactly have to start from scratch–it’s not like you’ll waste all the time you spent learning stuff at Sophie (it’s a lot of stuff). But you do have to make up for the year that you’re squeezing out of your track to an MD degree (since Sophie is a 7yr program). And if you’re pursuing a new area of study, you would have to take the classes you would need to fulfill the new major’s requirements. If you’re already a junior or senior, that might involve taking extra classes = extra time.

At Sophie, we skip some classes that we would need to take for a regular BS or BA degree. So if you somehow drop out of the program, you would have to take time to make up for those classes. It’s only fair that, being a regular college student now, you should take all the regular college classes. Also, I think some schools require certain courses to be taken at their own institution, no matter where you took them before (but I could be wrong).

At Brooklyn College, you’re taking the full college load anyway (it’s a 8yr program), so of course it’s slightly easier for you to change direction. But if you want to transfer to another college, some schools might still require you to re-take some courses. And if you want to change your major after most of your classes are already done, you would still have to take extra classes to get enough credits in that major.

I don’t know if our more advanced credits (medical courses) are accepted at other schools, but it probably depends on the schools you want to transfer to.

If you’re really, really concerned about this, the best thing to do would be to contact the school directly and ask them. They won’t mind that you’re taking the initiative to make a well-informed decision.

But in any case, before you send in your acceptance slip (or whatever it’s called lol), you should ask yourself how likely it is that you will be transferring… if it seems likely, maybe that school isn’t the right fit for you, and it’s time for some last-minute soul-searching. Otherwise, send out that mail, and come what may. :)