I have a question about community college please read it? thank you?

i am going to this community college

http://www.tri-c.edu/home/default.htm

i have a question do community college are only for two years or four years? or in order to go to medical school i really have to apple for big university?

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most CC's are 2 year colleges. you come out with an associates degree, or 1/2 way to getting the next highest degree, a bachelors degree. many go to a 2 year CC to get the "basics" out of the way. these are courses that everyone who gets a 4 year bachelors degree needs to take, regardless of your major. make sure that the credits you get at he CC transfer to a 4 year college or university. most do, and most CC's have agreements with local colleges and state universities. hope this helps, but make an appointment to see a counselor and have them answer all your questions. remember, you (or someone) is paying for the education so consider yourself a customer of the CC. in order to get into medical school you have to apply and get chosen, so it's important to get good grades in the first 4 years (undergraduate school a/k/a Undergrad). if you get accepted into a medical school then there are 4 more years, 2 years of residency, and then you are a doctor. it seems like many years but don't get discouraged. you can do it. time is going to pass whether you go to school or not, so you might as well spend it getting an education, coz it's really only 8-10 years of your life. the first 18 have passed, and after the next 10 years (which seems like a bad thing but you will make all kinds of friends and have all kinds of adventures in college) you still have another 70 years to enjoy life. the 10 years in school will help make those 70 years very very comfortable.

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yes community colleges are for 2 years but some offer 4 year programs like nursing or things like that. Usually you would get your AA and AA is 60 credits. Every one has to take

1 social science class

1 history class

Humanities 1 and 2

Composition (English 1, 2, and 3)

then in your AA you get 2 science classes and rest are all electives.

However since you want to go to medical school you would already know what your major is going to be. so instead of those electives you can take lower level classes in your major. and get your med school pre-reqs out of the way too.

Like me for example I am going to a CC but I told my professor I want to major in biology so I am taking a lot of biology classes. A list of all the lower level classes can be found at Facts.org

Now some people say that it is not wise to get your medical school pre-reqs at a community college but then the other half say that if your majoring in some sort of science it would not matter. because then you would be taking harder upper level classes at a university anyway and the med school would know that you can handle it.

Also keep in mind your GPA has to be at leasts 3.6 and Mcat score should be 25 or up.

These two things matter more then extra activities. Of course it helps if you volunteer or have a job at a medical type place. Like if you have a choice between working in a grocery store or a doctors office choose the doctors office.

Good Luck
Most community colleges are for two years, however there are some that are moving toward four year programs these days. Either way, when you get toward the end of your program at the community college, you should start applying to transfer to a four year program that will offer you a bachelor's degree. Typically, most of your credits will transfer over to the four year school. If you have an idea of what schools you are interested in going to for your four year program, I would look into them and their pre-med programs. That way, you can take the classes they require at the community college and they will transfer over (as long as you earn at least a C in the course).

Another common misconception is that not all four year colleges are large universities. I went to a small school of about 4000 students for my undergraduate work and earned my bachelors there. Unfortunately, on the graduate or professional level, most of the schools are larger schools, but the advantage is that you will really get to know the people in your classes because you will be working together on things on a more intense level than in undergrad, so it becomes almost like a smaller school within a larger university.
most community college are for two years but you can transfer after one year. in order to go to med school you have to transfer to a four year university, not a big name university just a four year university and take the MCAT and do well on it.
a community college is supposed to be 2yrs, but that's only if u have no remedial classes and u attend the college as a full time student for 4 semesters. If u fail, skip a semester or go less than full time oh and of course if u have any remedial classes it will be longer than 2 years.
To get into med school you must have a undergrad degree a Bachelor of Science (BS) or Bachelor of Arts (BA) form a collage of good standing. (not a on line school) It can be in any thing, but chemistry is the best shot to get in. You will also need to have good grades.

But you can start in a community college as long as your degree id from a 4 year school.

Med school is 4 years on top of the first 4 then you have medical residents for 4 to 8 years after that. So you have 12 to 16 years before your out on your own as a Doctor.
community college have both 2 years and four yrs degree ( associates- 2 yrs; bachelor- 4 yrs ). If you are serious about medical school you should consider a better university because it might offer more variety of courses and be able to better prepare you for the MCAT. I am a biology major who started college as Pre-Med but I have friends that did her first 2 yrs at a community college but transfer into my school afterward and graduated from the university. Med school care most about MCAT and GPA, then your undergraduate school...... Most of the time community college doesn't have a extensive pre-med program as university do......... I guess my advice is to aim for the bigger university if you are serious about medicine ( Also be prepare for a tough undergraduate curriculum ) Good Luck =)