<p>Dear luckycharms07 : The advice you are receiving about english/written skills is extremely valuable as a life-skill, however this is not what will be reviewed by a medical school where your science and full academic background will be everything. To be fair, now is the time for you to grow and start questioning what you are hearing, not only from me and our college confidential colleagues, but also from your english teacher : specifically, what does an english teacher actually know about medical school admissions?</p>
<p>Like vinceh and bluebayou have posted previously, it baffles the reader as to why you would gravitate your application towards your known weakest areas. This is not a criticism as stated to vinceh, but the overall picture does not “hang together”. For example, it might be the case that your current english teacher is an extremely valuable mentor in your life, but you must be able to discern advice and ideas from a teacher from the collegiate career path that you yourself will need to carve.</p>
<p>Next, a few words about other elements of your application/profile. </p>
<p>First, I question whether you have actually seen Boston College and spent a day or two on campus. The school selections that you have put together are such an ecclectic collection that one just has to wonder whether this is a random walk among out of state schools. </p>
<p>Second, if you are attracted by Drexel, remember that they have tri-semester academics; I note that as you will be traveling from California and the Drexel schedule will put you out-of-synch with many of your friends. We know students at Drexel and this is a commonly heard complaint. </p>
<p>Third, students typically interested in internship programs usually gravitate towards Northeastern although that option does not appear in your listing.</p>
<p>In closing, now is the time to do some serious soul searching as to what is important to you moving forward.</p>