Help a Rising Junior Pre-med Latina who’s very confused [CA resident, 4.0, <$30k?, pre-med]

[ucbalumnus]

Be aware that there are various issues to consider with AP credit and courses taken at community colleges for pre-med course requirements: FAQ Pre-med courses, AP/IB/etc. credit and college/DE courses, etc. . Unfortunately, choices to be made as a new college frosh pre-med can be complicated and can be speculative (since different medical schools may have different requirements or preferences that contradict each other). The bottom line is that, for pre-med courses, AP credit and community college courses may be looked down on by medical schools, repeating AP credit and college courses looks like grade grubbing to medical schools, and acceptance of substitution of more advanced courses to “validate” AP credit and community college courses varies by medical school.