Oh my goodness I just realized that this post never got posted! I wrote this a while ago, but for some reason, it got saved as a draft! I am soo sorry s.k- I hope this still helps in some way :(
Hi K!
First of all, I want to thank you for being so informative and helpful by making posts about like in berkeley!!:D
I just finished a 10th grade in high school, and I have decided to go to a community college next year. I want to major in MCB, hopefully in UCB for my junior and senior year.
While looking through your posts, I realized that taking MCB lower division prereqs in community college reflects badly when I apply to a Medical School. (I was planning on finishing all of my prereqs in community college, so that I can take upper division courses for my junior and senior year).
My question is: Is there anything I can do to show that I have learned as much as others (Berkeley students who have taken prereqs at BERKELEY) did? I was thinking about watching the webcast lectures and signing up for the bspace guest account while taking prereq courses at CC.IDK, I feel like having a good score on MCAT and doing well with upper division courses will show that I have learned well when I was at CC. (even though it will be hard for a premed CC student to do well).
Thanks for the infos! I love your blog:))
-S.K.
Dear S.K,
Thanks for stopping by and you're welcome! :D
That's a hard question to answer haha
Taking all of your lower division prereqs at a CC might raise a red flag to med schools, since usually, lower division classes are the "foundation" classes for upper divs. A lot of people consider lower div classes to be more important than upper div classes, even though both classes get counted toward your BCPM gpa. Although I'm not completely sure if it'll help, if you absolutely have to take all of your prereqs at a CC, than make sure you explain why in your app (and make sure it's an extremely good reason!). And yes, you might need a high MCAT score and do well in your upper divs to supplement the CC lower divs. Nonetheless, it's not unheard of for students to take lower divs at a CC (although I'm not sure about all of them haha) and get into great med schools, as long as everything else in your application is up to par :). Actually, I talked with someone yesterday who is kind of in the same boat you are. She's looking to transfer to berkeley or UCLA as a junior from a CC, and she said they still require you to take some lower div/intermediate classes at berkeley concurrently with upper divs.. (or at least, that's what I think she said- i couldn't hear that clearly though the phone haha). So make sure to look into that before deciding on your classes :)
Hi K!
First of all, I want to thank you for being so informative and helpful by making posts about like in berkeley!!:D
I just finished a 10th grade in high school, and I have decided to go to a community college next year. I want to major in MCB, hopefully in UCB for my junior and senior year.
While looking through your posts, I realized that taking MCB lower division prereqs in community college reflects badly when I apply to a Medical School. (I was planning on finishing all of my prereqs in community college, so that I can take upper division courses for my junior and senior year).
My question is: Is there anything I can do to show that I have learned as much as others (Berkeley students who have taken prereqs at BERKELEY) did? I was thinking about watching the webcast lectures and signing up for the bspace guest account while taking prereq courses at CC.IDK, I feel like having a good score on MCAT and doing well with upper division courses will show that I have learned well when I was at CC. (even though it will be hard for a premed CC student to do well).
Thanks for the infos! I love your blog:))
-S.K.
Dear S.K,
Thanks for stopping by and you're welcome! :D
That's a hard question to answer haha
Taking all of your lower division prereqs at a CC might raise a red flag to med schools, since usually, lower division classes are the "foundation" classes for upper divs. A lot of people consider lower div classes to be more important than upper div classes, even though both classes get counted toward your BCPM gpa. Although I'm not completely sure if it'll help, if you absolutely have to take all of your prereqs at a CC, than make sure you explain why in your app (and make sure it's an extremely good reason!). And yes, you might need a high MCAT score and do well in your upper divs to supplement the CC lower divs. Nonetheless, it's not unheard of for students to take lower divs at a CC (although I'm not sure about all of them haha) and get into great med schools, as long as everything else in your application is up to par :). Actually, I talked with someone yesterday who is kind of in the same boat you are. She's looking to transfer to berkeley or UCLA as a junior from a CC, and she said they still require you to take some lower div/intermediate classes at berkeley concurrently with upper divs.. (or at least, that's what I think she said- i couldn't hear that clearly though the phone haha). So make sure to look into that before deciding on your classes :)
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