CRITICAL: Chances for PreMed

mom2collegekids
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:34:51 +0000

Oh, I thought that you would go into some sort of Pre Med thing in college where they assign you courses. But I see that you go to college and get a BA in any science degree, and choose classes that Med School could use.

Not exactly.

You apply to schools with ANY major (English, Bio, Econ, whatever) and you do your major. You ALSO take about 8 other courses…

Bio I and II
Gen Chem I and II
Physics I and II
Cal I and maybe Stats

Since there are these req’ts, many kids choose a science major just because the above classes are often required anyway.

That said…since you asked for chances…with your GPA, it’s not likely that you will do well enough in undergrad to emerge with the needed high GPA for med school.