<p>I’m a sophomore in his spring semester; next semester I’m studying abroad.</p>
<p>I’ve only taken chem1+calc (did horribly in chem).</p>
<p>Can I become a doc by taking my prereqs during the summer @ community college?</p>
<p>^ There’s much more to getting into medical school than just the pre-reqs. You need to have consistent, long-term volunteerism and clinical exposure, a good MCAT score, etc. Obviously, this isn’t to say that you can’t decide to do it now - only that you need to put a lot of thought and effort into your class schedule and your ECs starting now. Going to study abroad isn’t going to help you start the process, unfortunately.</p>
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<p>that’s gonna look questionable, it means you couldn’t handle the curriculum at your own college</p>
<p>I’m just a high school student, but from what I’ve read, I don’t think that would be a good idea. Out of all applicants to med school, only half get into any med school at all, and most apply to many. Even at highly respected schools, often only 2/3 of students get in, sometimes less. Therefore, I would be very hesitant taking community college classes for your required credits. If you have a high MCAT, and standout EC’s it could probably work though.</p>
<p>Don’t do it. You have a limited # of courses to prove your worthiness to med schools. Don’t waste them at CC, where an A might mean everything from I memorized without understanding anything, to I am currently making an awesome discovery on the subject I’m studying.</p>
<p>I’m majoring in English, and need to take certain classes.</p>
<p>Also, I’ve only taken 2 of the prereqs.</p>
<p>Basically, I can’t take a majority of the prereqs @ my college</p>
<p>I have three friends who majored in liberal arts (English, philosophy), got their B.A.s, and then decided to pursue medicine. They went back to school for the courses and ended up doctors. Also, my friend’s daughter decided after 9/11 to leave her Wall St. job and go to medical school; she had to do the core science coursework at that point and she’s now in med school (Harvard).</p>
<p>There are many paths to becoming an M.D. and having a different background is NOT at all a negative to med school admissions as long as you have done the rest – good grades and MCATs and related activities.</p>
<p>well you don’t want the only prereq you took from your own school to be a horrible grade</p>
<p>If you took a few more science classes at your college and did well and took a few at a community college, it wouldn’t look as bad.</p>