<p>Nica is right about the variety of paths to medical school. While my D expected older students in her med school class, I think their numbers far exceeded her original expectation. And they have come from a wide variety of paths to get there. Many could have come straight from undergrad but chose to do otherwise, but many went through initial rejections and never gave up because it was what they really wanted to do. If you want to go to med school, commit to your academics, take a good MCAT review class in your junior year, shadow doctors to expose yourself to what it is really like, and also commit to community service work through your college years. And if that doesn’t get you in initially, then go to plan B.</p>