After taking chemistry in a community college. I find myself that when I take a test its not hard compared to the other colleges like penn state, Ohio state and etc. I’m preparing to study for my chemistry final.
My question is: Why do colleges accept community college credits?
I finally know why many people take pre-med courses in a community college instead of a four year school.
Well, I guess that the first question should be: What experience leads you to believe it’s not as hard there as at other colleges?
(Not saying you’re necessarily wrong, but I am saying you have to be careful of letting expectations fool you into believing they’re actual reality.)
My experiences is the way the test are structured. I found it easy compared to other colleges. This may be because a lot of people who go to a community college are adults?
Not all colleges do. At my S’s college once you are an enrolled student the school would not accept any credits from a 2 year college.
IMO, if a student is pre-med I’d wonder if taking pre-med requirements at a CC would be a wise move if you are enrolled in a 4 year colleges as: 1) med schools could wonder why the courses were not taken at your 4 year college and 2) you may not be as well prepared for the MCATs if you are taking courses that you describe as easier than they would be in a 4 year college.
“My experiences is the way the test are structured. I found it easy compared to other colleges.”
If the purpose of the assessment is to evaluate mastery of particular content items, then it may not be necessary for the instructor to deliberately elect to use a harder-to-understand (for the student) or harder-to-grade (for the instructor) format.
And, it is important to remember that lots of CC instructors have come up from K-12 and have had formal training in pedagogy, while all too many college/university instructors have come straight from PhD programs and have never formally considered assessment theory.
How many colleges have you attended? Did you take science courses at all of them? If not, what are you basing your comparison on?
I’ve been to 4 colleges – a cc, 2 privates, and a state university – so I have a little experience with different types of schools. I didn’t find the privates or state uni to be any more difficult than the cc. Most professors are happy to challenge students who are willing to work. The reason those courses transfer is because the colleges that accept them have determined that they’re acceptable equivalents to what they offer. But if you’re not satisfied and want to offer a university money to retake the course, I think they’ll take it.
Many med schools will not accept science prereqs from a CC, so applicants who take them at CC may actually be at a disadvantage.
I had the same questions as @austinmshauri. It’s highly unusual for a student to have taken Chem at a CC, Penn State, Ohio State and other colleges…
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I finally know why many people take pre-med courses in a community college instead of a four year school.
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Well, that could be a mistake. Many med schools won’t accept CC science courses, so the student has to take “higher level” science courses at a univ.
A premed who takes his prereqs at a CC better be prepared to take harder courses at his univ to show that he can handle university level work.