<p>Hey guys! I am a high school senior at the best high school in my state and it is currently ranked 3rd in the country. My question is, based off my grades, do you think I have the aptitude to become a physician?</p>
<p>Biology CP: B+ , A-
Chemistry CP: B, B+
Physics CP: B+, A-</p>
<p>I don’t think HS grades are a good measure of that. If you got those grades in college, though, it would hurt your chances significantly (successful premeds avg a GPA of 3.65 and most schools take few applicants below 3.4-3.5, while your GPA based on those would be 3.38).</p>
<p>I don’t mean any offense by this, but come back when you have college coursework and an MCAT score.</p>
<p>If you’re actually at one of the top three high schools in the US – Andover, Exeter, and… I don’t know, probably Brearly or something – then you’re fine.</p>
<p>If not, then it’s on the low side. But GS’s post #3 is correct.</p>
<p>^Going by the US News rankings the #3 ranked high school is Whitney HS in Cerritos, CA. I don’t know if this is right because there are a lot of good high schools in CA so there probably isn’t one considered “the best”. I think top prep schools like Andover or Exeter are excluded from the US News ranking.</p>
<p>If memory serves, USN uses only public schools. And it ranks them purely based on the number of AP classes offered.</p>
<p>In other words, it’s a completely meaningless metric.</p>
<p>^ EXACTLY right on that one BDM…completely meaningless</p>
<p>I think that the class rank, SAT scores, and how much effort one put in would be a useful guide.</p>
<p>Yeah, SAT scores are fairly useful in this context. Time spent studying would be another one. To my mind, though, the best predictor would be college admissions – by far closer to medical school admissions than any other single high school predictor.</p>
<p>BDM this has nothing to do with this post but I have the rest of the list when you clear your mailbox.</p>
<p>I got a 2220 on the SAT. My school doesn’t rank. I worked fairly hard and was one of the only students in Physics to get an A.</p>
<p>take an aptitude test, like the Johnson O’connor one</p>
<p>Sorry MCD – just cleared a couple more spots.</p>
<p>I hate threads like this. Annoying high schoolers lol…</p>
<p>Thank you for all of the responses, sincere and sarcastic. I guess we’re just going to have to see when I start school next year. =)</p>
<p>lol only 2200 thats a good score</p>
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