Pre-Requisite Courses at Community College

[based_tuskenraider]

Hey guys, so when I was in high school I took inorganic chemistry and physics through a community college that is associated with the university I'm at right now. Will these be fine? I took higher level chemistry courses and also biochemistry and I will be taking cellular biophysics.

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[based_tuskenraider]

Also, I cross-referenced with all the schools on my list and most of them don't say anything about community college or say they accept them. The only ones that I seem to be running into issues are U Miami which says you need to take more courses at a university and Case Western which says it will look at them on a "case by case" basis.

 

[Kokonaut]

I think the answer is that there is no one answer. I had to take my pre-reqs at a CC-level since I was non-trad and working. I ended up e-mailing admissions for many of the schools that I was interested in. Many of them didn't have a problem, but did it result in a strike against me at other places? No clue.

DO schools, with the exception of VCOM, generally seem to be more CC-credit friendly.

 

[based_tuskenraider]

I think the answer is that there is no one answer. I had to take my pre-reqs at a CC-level since I was non-trad and working. I ended up e-mailing admissions for many of the schools that I was interested in. Many of them didn't have a problem, but did it result in a strike against me at other places? No clue.

DO schools, with the exception of VCOM, generally seem to be more CC-credit friendly.

I ended up asking my advisor and they said it's fine because I took them before entering into college. It would've been a problem if I had took them while in university. Like you said very few schools have said they would only accept it on a case-by-case basis or outright will not accept them so I think I should be fine. Thanks!

 

[Bwesternn]

You'll be fine. I was a terrible high school student and didn't even get into a 4 year university. I took 1.5 years in CC and took several prereqs there before transferring to the 4 year university I ended up graduating from. Have I been filtered out by some schools because of that? Who knows. All I know is that I've had 5 interviews with 1A and it hasn't been brought up once.

 

[jamaica jan sun princess]

DO schools, with the exception of VCOM, generally seem to be more CC-credit friendly.

What's VCOM's policy regarding community college courses? I ask because I interviewed there after completing 21 hours of prerequisites at a CC and they never mentioned it.

 

[Kokonaut]

What's VCOM's policy regarding community college courses? I ask because I interviewed there after completing 21 hours of prerequisites at a CC and they never mentioned it.

I could 100% be mistaken, but at one point I believe that they weren't accepting some of the science pre-reqs from CC's. Now that i'm reviewing their page, I see nothing to that effect beyond stating regionally accredited college or university. Probably safe to say i'm wrong then with my earlier post (at least about VCOM)

 

[based_tuskenraider]

I could 100% be mistaken, but at one point I believe that they weren't accepting some of the science pre-reqs from CC's. Now that i'm reviewing their page, I see nothing to that effect beyond stating regionally accredited college or university. Probably safe to say i'm wrong then with my earlier post (at least about VCOM)

Colleges have become more lenient over the years I think about CC credits

 

[Kokonaut]

Colleges have become more lenient over the years I think about CC credits

I think you're right. I heard many posts saying that it would be inadvisable, would be a barrier, etc. I had to comb through the MSAR a bit more thoroughly, but I don't think to any great detriment - have a few A's. I'd be happy if the trend continues as community colleges tend to be a solid option for those taking a more roundabout route to medicine.

 

[based_tuskenraider]

I think you're right. I heard many posts saying that it would be inadvisable, would be a barrier, etc. I had to comb through the MSAR a bit more thoroughly, but I don't think to any great detriment - have a few A's. I'd be happy if the trend continues as community colleges tend to be a solid option for those taking a more roundabout route to medicine.

Absolutely, in my personal experience it seems like the colleges who aren’t a fan of cc credits say that they will consider them in a case by case basis or they would want you take higher level courses which isn’t too bad