University of Washington has reputable premed program OPINIONS WANTED

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Community Colleges generally are NOT looking to fail students. My daughter is taking CH 227, 228, and 229 (6 credits each with Lab) three straight at the University of Oregon and they BRAG about flunking 400 students this year in Sophomore CHEM alone.:ack: University does NOT mean a better education. It just reinforces my opinion that the UofO is a waste of time the first two years.banghead

While it's extremely rare, I did come across a premed major (or concentration) at a community college. I can't remember which school it was. I normally see premed as a track. You tell your advisor that you want to be premed, and he or she will advise you on which courses to take. That's what my sister did, and she was a psychology major. She ended up with a minor in biology, but she took a couple of biology courses she didn't need just out of interest. The premed courses, alone, wouldn't have fulfilled the requirements for the minor.

I think the quality of the science course you take depends on the quality of the department. A school can have a good biology department, but a mediocre or poor chemistry department. Also, the quality of individual courses can vary based on who is teaching them. There are courses in my PhD program that are great when taken with one professor, but bad when taken with another.