Its all about GPA, MCAT, Volunteering, Shadowing, Leadership and research.
If you want to go pre-med then think about:
- The cheapest reasonable college so you/your parents can use the money for med school
- The college needs to prepare you for MCATs but still allow you to get a good GPA
- Access to volunteering opportunities (e.g., near a hospital)
- Success in graduates getting into med school
- Options if you don’t go to med school. You think you are going to med school, but less than 20% of pre-med freshman actually do.
But @albertsax
But make sure you know what that “percentages who get into medical schools” means.
is it the %:
of freshman who say they are pre-med? no
the ones who get through Bio and Chem?
The ones who get through Organic Chem?
The ones who finish all the pre-med courses?
The ones who have a good GPA and good sGPA?
The ones who showed leadership in their ECs?
The ones who still want to go to medical school?
The ones who volunteer and shadow?
The ones who take the MCAT?
The ones who get a good score on the MCAT?
Of the ones who get that far…
The ones then who got a recommendation letter from the Health committee (if that is a thing at your college)?
Then 70% them get into medical school. But you have to get that far.