What do high schools look at?

Do medical schools look at comunity college classes taken durring high school?

• From dual credit programs like running start. I'm interested because while I was in high school I took a bunch of science classes (like Cell Biology & Organic Chem) because I thought they would prepare me for University level work. Well, I did great in some classes, but not so good in others, partly because I was having trouble balancing going to a community college with my high school stuff, and partly because I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to do in life. I've decided that I want to eventually get into a good medical school, but I am worried because I heard that medical schools will looks at the grades you receive at a community college in their assessment process. I don't plan on transferring the classes, because I was just taking them for practice (so I would have an easier time at a University). Will they look at my community college GPA and will it have a negative affect on my med school applications?

• Answer:

  They will look at your Community College work (you must report ALL college transcripts in your Med School application). Since you're planning on retaking all the Science courses at a 4 year school, the Med School will consider your most recent grades more highly than your CC grades, and your 4 year GPA will be much more important to them than your CC GPA. Just make sure that you get a competitive GPA in college (3.5 or higher) and a good MCAT score (32 or higher), and participate in research and extracurriculars that will round out your application. They'll see the CC scores, but they'll consider all the factors I've just listed more highly than anything you do at CC.