Abdallah

I've heard a lot of good stuff about this honors college at ASU, mostly about the many perks that it offers to it's students like first priority when signing up for classes. And I'm pretty sure that the undergrad you go to will influence where you get into for grad school.

I wanna eventually get to med school, so will going to Barrett instead of ASU even help get into med school. Like will the med schools like the fact that I wasn't just in ASU, I was in their honors college. Because I know ASU is not exactly a school with a top-notch reputation

And do you think I'd have a good chance at getting admittance into Barrett with these stats.

Incoming senior
GPA- 3.89 (unweighted)
SAT- 2060 (1400 M+WR)
Top 10% of class
5 on AP Psychology

NHS, key club (not that active), volunteered at hospital, shadowed doctor, president of msa.
Not a whole lot of ECs lol.

dollyllamaa

I would say that Barrett would certainly better your chance for med school compared to a basic ASU student. For instance, you have to do extra work to graduate with an honors degree from Barrett: write an honors thesis, accomplish 36 honors credits in eight terms and some other stuff as well.

As for your chances of getting into Barrett, I'd say you have a solid shot. The average 1600-scale SAT score for Barrett is a 1323, which you are above. The average GPA is 3.86, again you are above.

I'm going to be a freshman at Barrett next year and I've found that Barrett mostly focuses on GPA and test scores. You have some extracurriculars, you're doing fine there even though it isn't much. And I don't think AP test scores matter at all so don't stress about those.

Best of luck.

mmmcdowe

Barrett focuses on GPA and Test Scores only when you have good ones. When you might be a little on the low side, that's when the other things come into play.

As a recent graduate of Barrett on my way to medical school, I'd be more than happy to send you a message detailing my experiences there. Just PM me if you want it.

As far as undergraduate affecting your medical school, that really isn't true so long as you go to a school with enough opportunities for you to excel. What you do is always more important than where you go when you are in a meritocracy like medicine. You will find that the benefits that Barrett gives students at ASU is an enormous competitive advantage in the medical application cycle. In my medical school interviews, a few schools were interested in the BHC, but most of the focus was on what I had done. How the BHC helped me do it was of interest only to the point that I could make comparisons between my love of Barrett and my desire to go to the school in question.

Also, here is my blog (which doesn't discuss my BHC life). If you go back to the original posts you will find a lot of helpful hints and tips

Med School for Dummies

bird rock

Any chance you could pass that on to all of us via this thread? Or PM me also? Thanks.

broetchen

where is this info available? I have looked and could not find any stats for Barrett's.
What about ACT, any one know the breakdown on those scores?

dollyllamaa

Barrett, The Honors College - Arizona State University

That link has all that you asked for, broetchen.

broetchen

Thanks, dolly.
I was hoping that I could find some further breakdowns, i.e. top and bottom 25%s etc.
Hoping that a 31 ACT will be competitive.

mmmcdowe

A 31 ACT will be competitive. I believe the average is a tad below that.