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MEDICAL SCHOOLS do not like this--not Undergrads. Again, go over to the student/doctor forums and look at the information there...
I"d really appreciate it if you could just provide a link. I don't feel like slogging through Google to find this info.
If someone does 2 years at CC, what has s/he taken that is a pre-req for med school anyway? Maybe a bio or chem course that is a pre-req to other bio and chem undergrad courses.
Becoming a dentist is not for u. It would be a waste of time. Its hard as it to get into one, so u would have almost no chance and would be stuck with so much debt that it will hurt your familyy
I"d really appreciate it if you could just provide a link. I don't feel like slogging through Google to find this info.
If someone does 2 years at CC, what has s/he taken that is a pre-req for med school anyway? Maybe a bio or chem course that is a pre-req to other bio and chem undergrad courses.
See the TOS as to why I didn't provide a link...search Student/Doctor Forums....
Biology and Chemistry are both pre-reqs for medical school....
See the TOS as to why I didn't provide a link...search Student/Doctor Forums....
Biology and Chemistry are both pre-reqs for medical school....
LOL! I just did google this, and apparently you've got a lot of people doing same. The consensus seems to be that YES, med schools will accept CC credit. mod cut
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LOL! I just did google this, and apparently you've got a lot of people doing same. The consensus seems to be that YES, med schools will accept CC credit. No lie, med schools require biology and chemistry! I'm so glad you told me that! I would have never guessed! (Sarcasm, sarcasm, sarcasm!)
I recently spoke with an admissions counselor at Tufts Med School about enrolling. I come from a social sciences background but my employer offers a dual MBA in healthcare management (which I am working on now)/MD with Tufts so I wanted to maximize on the "free" until I recoup financially from cancer and am able to enroll full time. I had hoped to take the bulk of my science and math prereqs at a community college to save some money and for the easier scheduling. They told me that would be a no-go, regardless of the fact that I have a degree from a well regarded undergraduate program, healthcare-based graduate work, and a LOT of experience in the cancer community.
YMMV at other med schools, but I have a feeling that's pretty typical.
Last edited by charolastra00; 03-13-2012 at 08:38 AM..
I was a pre-dent before realizing that it wasn't for me. You don't want to do a dental hygiene route and you need a bachelors degree. You need a very good gpa with a lot of shadowing hours and also a high DAT score. There's absolutely nothing easy about it, I'm glad I found my calling in life to do Engineering, I'm watching an old friend of mine going on his 3rd rotation for dental school admissions. He is now working on a mastersi in Biology to be more competitive.
The fastest way is to go directly to a 4 year college and get on a degree track to allow you to graduate in 4 years or less. Major in Chemistry. A chemistry degree will cover all of the pre-reqs needed for dental school so you won't have to take any extra classes.
To add to the current discussion, dental schools and med schools DO accept community college credits. How do I know this? A girl I went to a community college with a while back is now in med school. Don't listen to the people who say med schools don't accept it. That is complete BS, there might be some schools out there that look down on it, but just don't apply to those schools. You should never feel you are a less competitive applicant because you started at a community college. Work hard, get research in and study for your standarized test and you'll be fine.
I was a pre-dent before realizing that it wasn't for me. You don't want to do a dental hygiene route and you need a bachelors degree. You need a very good gpa with a lot of shadowing hours and also a high DAT score. There's absolutely nothing easy about it, I'm glad I found my calling in life to do Engineering, I'm watching an old friend of mine going on his 3rd rotation for dental school admissions. He is now working on a mastersi in Biology to be more competitive.
The fastest way is to go directly to a 4 year college and get on a degree track to allow you to graduate in 4 years or less. Major in Chemistry. A chemistry degree will cover all of the pre-reqs needed for dental school so you won't have to take any extra classes.
To add to the current discussion, dental schools and med schools DO accept community college credits. How do I know this? A girl I went to a community college with a while back is now in med school. Don't listen to the people who say med schools don't accept it. That is complete BS, there might be some schools out there that look down on it, but just don't apply to those schools. You should never feel you are a less competitive applicant because you started at a community college. Work hard, get research in and study for your standarized test and you'll be fine.
Will OUWB accept community college classes for prerequisite coursework?
Yes, the OUWB School of Medicine will accept prerequisite coursework taken at a community college. However, students are encouraged to take additional upper level science courses at a four-year institution in preparation for MCAT and medical school coursework
From one of the student/doctor forums:
There is nothing wrong with taking some classes at CC. I did 2 years at a community school. As long as you take many upper level science courses at a university and do well in them, you'll be fine. This may not be the optimum choice, but in my opinion if you take enough upper level courses at the university, CC classes will hurt you very little, if at all. Probably not at all at MOST schools. Then again, if your heart is set on Harvard/ Hopkins, etc., it would probably be smart to stick to the university.
I took an overwhelming number of courses at a cc before I transferred to UCSD. It never came up during any of my interviews. The only concern with cc classes is that if you already go to a 4 year uni and go back to take classes at a cc to finish pre-reqs, it will seem like you were looking for an easy grade.
Only 105 acceptable quarter units can be transferred from a junior or community college.
Note "only" 105 quarter credits, or ~ 2 years' worth of credits.
Frequently Asked Admissions Questions - School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota (http://www.dentistry.umn.edu/programs_admissions/DDS_Program/admissions_information/faq_2005_to_2006_dds/home.html - broken link) The minimum number of credits required for admission is 87 semester hours or 130 quarter hours. Applicants can take a maximum of 64 semester hours or 96 quarter hours at a community college but credits from a technical college generally do not transfer.
Sure, they love transfer students into their nursing programs, their teaching programs, etc. but MEDIAL and DENTAL schools do not like CC credits for pre-reqs for medical school (science and math mostly). Head over to the student/doctor forums and see what one of the most common reasons for rejection into medical or dental school is, CC classes for pre-reqs.
You better tell The Universities of Kentucky and Louisville BOTH that then, cause they both have excellent reciprocal relationships with the KCTCS community college systems, and redily accept credits from there for ANY program.
Maybe it's different where you are, but here in the Bluegrass our two major Uni's accept CC credits for any program with no issues. Especially since the KCTCS system used to be a part of the UK extension system.
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