Should I premed at UIC or community college?

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I am a high school senior and aspiring physician, and I’m facing a dilemma about where to complete my premedical studies. I've heard that UIC's premed program is a challenging weed-out process, and I'm concerned that I might not thrive in such a competitive environment. My second option is to attend a good community college for two years and then transfer to Loyola Chicago to complete my premedical courses there. 
It's not that I doubt my ability to handle UIC's program—it's more about my preference for a serene, low-stress learning environment. I believe that in such an atmosphere, I would perform my best. Given these considerations, which route should I take, and why? 
I would greatly appreciate insights from anyone with personal experience in these programs. What suggestions do you have? Thank you!

Max Satterfield V · Accepted Answer

Yes, it is okay to attend community college for the purpose of transferring to Loyola Chicago. Just make sure that you fulfill your pre-med requirements (biology, chemistry, etc.) at Loyola Chicago. This is important for a number of reasons. A story on US News World & Report’s site can tell you why:
http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/medical-scho…

Giles Farrell · Answer

Uic Pre Med

Adeline Price · Answer

In community college Japanese, I had 6 months to learn the Hiragana alphabet. At University of Merlind, I had 4 days. At four friend’s community college Intro to Computers class, they were told what a keyboard was, what the monitor was, and what the tower do. In Harvard’s intro to computers class, you have your first week to make a simple DDR or Mario-style videogame. Graded on orginality. Sometimes, fancy schools are more than just the name on the door. Trust me- community college will only hurt you in the long run, unless you are insanely driven. All of my community college friends work at Starbucks, Subway, and Papa John’s, while my University friends are doctors, lawyers, translators, engineers or programmers. I’d say maybe 2 out of 30 community college friends went on to good jobs, and neither is making more than 32,000 a year- but, they are making more than the $5,000-14,000 a year the Papa John’s kids make

Anonymous · Answer

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It’s true that some schools have “weed-out courses” for pre-meds. However be aware many Med Schools to not recognize, or discourage pre-med courses being taken at community college. The best strategy for determined pre-meds is to start in a decent but inexpensive and low-pressure state university, maybe not even the flagship campus.

Anonymous · Answer

By the nature of the courses required, pre-med programs are going to be hard. If you cannot stand the stress of a pre-med program, you won’t survived medicine. Doing pre-med at a community college, can be harmful because many schools look down upon taking science classes at a community college. There is no such thing as a stress-free pre-med program.

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