How do Med Schools view taking Gen Eds at Community College

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<p>I’m not 100% sure if I want to go to med school, but I don’t want to mess myself up in case I do decide to apply.</p>

<p>During my freshman year I took gen chem 1 & 2, calc 1, intro to bio research, MCB 1, biostats, and two semesters of Japanese. The Japanese seems silly in hindsight, but they were fun.</p>

<p>Since I took 10 credit hours of Japanese I’m a little behind on gen eds. I was just accepted into the MCB honors program for next fall and will be taking orgo as well. That’s 12 credit hours alone, so I have room for 2 gen eds. However, chemistry is not by best subject. I have to study my butt off to get a good grade. I rather only take 1 gen ed in the fall semester bringing me to 15-16 credit hours and take 2 gen eds (possibly psychology and anthropology) over the summer at a community college. I wanted to take the gen eds at the university but summer housing is very expensive. </p>

<p>Would potential med schools look down on this decision?</p>

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<p>Gen eds? Probably not. Just to play it safe, I personally wouldn’t take more than a few there. </p>

<p>(For what it’s worth, I took freshman English from a community college and I took it online; I had “writing intensive” classes in my major to fulfill the rest of the English credit. Had a nice run with the application process, and am currently a med student)</p>