10 tips for succeeding as a premed at Cornell

norcalguy
Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:36:02 +0000

Yes, EC’s are practically useless for law schools. And the only EC that matters for grad school is research.

Med school, as I said, totally different story. With my GPA and MCAT score, I still only got into 5 out of the 25 schools I applied to. And I had all the standard EC’s (3 jobs, 3 years of research + a research internship, 1 year NIH fellowship, Phi beta Kappa, multiple volunteering gigs, hospital volunteering, shadowing, couple of clubs). That shows you that a spectacular GPA and MCAT score can’t get you into med school. Qualifying for the Olympics or writing a book really has nothing to do with being a good doctor. But, since medical schools routinely receive 100 applications for every seat, they can afford to be choosy.