Chance me for T20s - Asian male, Molecular Biology major, Pre-med track

[ucbalumnus]

@MommaLue

Is the community college perception by med admission com true? I ask because I know about 4 doctors who went to two years of CC and then transferred to USC, and UCs to finish their undergrad and are now doctors.

There are some considerations:

• Transfer students starting at community colleges are typically expected to take upper level science courses at a four year school to “validate” their community college science courses and grades. This may come mostly automatically if they are science majors, but needs careful planning for non-science majors.
• California community colleges may be recognized as good quality more so than in many other states.

@sgopal2

Taking the science pre-requisites at a CC is perceived by Adcoms as less rigorous. But if he takes gen-ed requirements and transfers, it will be fine.

A science major transfer student needs to take lower level science courses at community college to prepare for transfer in the major, but will mostly automatically take upper level science courses at the four year school. A non-science major transfer needs to plan carefully so that enough of the pre-med science courses are taken at the four year school (but it may be hard to take all of them in the last two years at the four year school due to volume and prerequisite sequencing).

@WayOutWestMom any more comments on this subject?