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[Captainrekt000]

Awesome write up. I usually recommend the people I help to take the prereqs first then the rest of the credits. I understand your rational, but if you can't pass the prerequisites in person, what's the point in proceeding? There is no way a CC General Chemistry course is harder than any med school course. Also, if you mess up your science GPA, you could give up early and not pay the additional tuition money to improve the overall gpa. However, some optometry and pharmacy schools also accept online prereqs so I previously looked into it. To be transparent, I haven't taken any of these courses online and I would retake them in person if I had to.

I appreciate the critique, and I definitely see where you're coming from. However I'm speaking from my own experiences. I say the exact opposite because if you don't have the study skills and strategies to get an A in an easy introduction to communication course, you probably won't do well in general chemistry 1. 

I was one of those 18-year-olds who should have started with just the easiest non-science courses first to get a handle on how to become a student, learn how to take notes, and how to prepare for exams. 

My parents are immigrants who don't know English and didn't go to high school or college. Not using it as an excuse but students with parents from these backgrounds generally don't go to college or do well enough to graduate, let alone go to medical school.  

Those kids who flame out of gen bio and gen chem aren't always dumb kids who can't be doctors who "have no point in proceeding". Most of the time, I believe that they are students who never learned how to be effective students.

By starting out with easy courses, they get a firm and confident background in study strategies to start the significantly harder prereqs.

With your logic, "What's the point in learning how to walk if you can't run a marathon first? Just give up early and not even try."