I have to disagree with you on the community college route. Colin County CC in Dallas is only $900 (in state) a semester for a 12 hour load. I have never heard of anyone who had to retake their core classes when transfering to UT Austin, or any of the other big schools in Texas. I know several kid who in fact took that route. Mostly because they were homeschoolers who had nothing to do anyway so they went to Colin County, when they finished highschool they had already passed a year and a half of freshman course work. Their credits transferred no problem. Perhaps you had a different experience...
-- Perhaps you had a different experience...--- i should add-and probably in different field. if you are going for a pre med things like chemistry and biology won't fly from community college. the courses are too weak
Thats fair enough. The people I know who did that finished in Math, engineering. However the one that went to Pharmacy School at UT did get his freshman Bio and Chem classes accepted. Not sure how that would work if he applied to Med School though. But these were not stupid people that u normally get in a community college. They scored very very high on SAT, and they were taking these JUCO classes as 15-16 year olds. For people who may be reading this with 14 or 15 year olds. I encourage you to look into the dual enrollment at your local CC, you can finish almost a year of freshman work (history,government, speech, etc) before you finish highschool. Makes things a lot easier, since you are basically doing the same work in highschool, you might as well get college credits for it.
CC is a great start. You can rack up a good GPA and transfer to any 4 year school. Not to mention, it's so very cheap, and if you qualify for financial aid you will not have to pay a penny. I think it's looked down upon by foolish idiots that are delusional with reality. It's shameful that kids are pushed from an early age to go to private universities that do not offer them much more than public schools, and in their blissful ignorance they manage to accrue massive debt. Damn shame.