<p>Also you need to do some hours shadowing/volunteering in clinics/hospitals – some schools let you know how many hours they want to see but 150-200 hours is normal. And if you want to go to a “research” med school, then you should have hours doing research too. The research schools are normally your top 20 med schools: Harvard, John Hopkins, Duke etc. </p>
<p>A few reasons to retake your AP classes: you should get an easy “A” (good for GPA) and you would have time to begin volunteering (plenty of hospitals around Pitt) since you won’t have to work as hard in those classes. </p>
<p>Enjoy your first year at Pitt :)</p>