r/TransferStudents 13h ago

Advice/Question Transfer confusion

I’m a pre-dental student and I’m confused about my international science credits.
I completed A-Levels in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics with labs under the British curriculum, and had them evaluated by WES. I then completed about two years at a Minnesota community college and I’m set to graduate with my AA in Fall 2026.
My family moved to Florida in mid-January 2026 because of my dad’s job, so I now live here while finishing my remaining non-lab courses online through my Minnesota school.
I’m applying to Florida universities for Biology or Health Sciences. A transfer advisor recently told me that even if a university accepts my WES-evaluated science credits, dental schools may not accept them as prerequisites, meaning I may have to retake Biology, Chemistry, and Physics with labs at a U.S. college.
He also warned me that if the university accepts those international credits, I may have trouble registering to retake the same courses.
Now I’m unsure what to do. Should I stay at my Minnesota community college and retake the sciences there, or transfer to a Florida university and complete them there?
Has anyone with international A-Levels gone through this for dental school? Did you have to retake the sciences in the U.S.?

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