<p>so, on the transcript, it only shows the letter grades? nice</p>
<p>hey guys, i’m an incoming freshman at JHU and i’m thinking of doing premed as an english major (my passion, i guess). just curious- what is the premed program at hopkins like, exactly? hopkins has an inordinately high med school acceptance rate, but is that only because of the “half-true” weeding? as i’ve heard there is intense competition, grade deflation, etc., although research/internship opportunities are readily available as opposed to berkeley, which was my other top choice. would hopkins be a good place to do premed? would all the difficulties be worth the reputation?</p>
<p>Certainly relative to Berkeley, absolutely.</p>
<p>what about in general?</p>
<p>Does anyone know about UCLA’s pre-medical program?</p>
<p>A partial discussion can be found here:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=194924&highlight=UCLA[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=194924&highlight=UCLA</a></p>
<p>does med school care about the jobs/ interns in the area other than medical?</p>
<p>or they just like you to be involved in the wide range of activities and jobs.</p>
<p>i want to major in economics, and i found a job in World Financial Group. so, will that job do good for me?</p>
<p>i really don’t want to be like i spend a lot of time for that, and it turns out like med school does care…</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>1.) Medical schools care about everything you do, any positive activity is a good one.</p>
<p>2.) Don’t let this substitute for solid clinical or research experience.</p>
<p>3.) I don’t understand your last sentence. Are you concerned that medical schools will dislike this job?</p>
<p>BDM: A bit of background… I’m planning to major in the humanities. So, if I’m not able to find a stable research position at UCLA (due to the competition for research positions), will attending summer research programs at other universities (UConn, Nebraska, Dartmouth, etc.) compensate when applying for medical school? Also, does research in the humanities/social sciences count as research for medical school? Thanks!</p>
<p>Hi Fandango:</p>
<p>1.) It’s better to do it all year long if you can, but certainly a substantial (multi-summer, if possible) project can make up the vast majority of this gap. I can tell you that I did not do research ongoing during the year. Whether it happens at your home institution or not is of little importance except for the time-availability.</p>
<p>2.) Your second question is tough to answer. I have to say that no, it doesn’t quite, but I’ve never seen anything authoritative to back me up on this.</p>
<p>What does research need, and would SS research demonstrate this?
Intellectual curiousity (yes)
Competence in the natural sciences (no)
Competence in research mentality (mostly)
Commitment to medicine (depends)</p>
<p>Then, too, you have to ask whether your interviewers will have as much respect at a subconscious level for the research you’re doing, and that, too, is impossible to assess.</p>
<p>On balance, I would have to tell you that while it’s a good thing to do, I can’t honestly tell you that it compensates 100% for a lack of biomedical research. But that’s about the best answer I can give you to a difficult question.</p>
<p>thanks,
so do they care about the WIDE RANGE (variety) of activities and jobs we do?</p>
<p>I’m not sure what you’re asking. It sounds to me like your question is:</p>
<p>“If I already have a lot of research and clinical experience, should I also do something different, simply for the sake of doing something different?”</p>
<p>The answer to that question is, “It would probably help, but I can’t imagine that it would be mandatory.”</p>
<p>I’ve noticed a lot of students from <a href=“http://www.mdapplicants.com%5B/url%5D”>www.mdapplicants.com</a> who volunteered abroad (Asia, Africa, South America). Is this necessary to get into a top medical school?</p>
<p>Necessary? No. Very helpful? Yes. There aren’t very many “requirements” per se, and many kids take different routes, but yes, it’s a big deal.</p>
<p>is that better to stay in one institute or one department to research like forever or try to go to different places to have different experiences?</p>
<p>One place. Letters of recommendation and publication purposes. Better to stay on one project if at all possible - which it often won’t be, and that’s okay.</p>
<p>A general question about the medical school application. What sort of questions does it ask (i.e. volunteering, clubs, research, etc.)?</p>
<p>1.) If you’re planning to enter fall 2007, you should have filled it out and sent it in already - nearly two weeks ago, now.</p>
<p>2.) If you’re younger than that, then don’t worry about it until it gets to be your time.</p>
<p>3.) It asks for your school, your courses, and it gives you enough space to list fifteen things of your choosing. These will include activities, positions, awards, and publications. They keep the number relatively low intentionally - they only want to hear about the things that are most important to you. Rumors say that you shouldn’t use all fifteen slots, but I haven’t heard any confirmation of that and would not (had I had enough things) have obeyed it myself.</p>
<p>Thanks for clarifying, BDM.</p>
<p>i kno interhall is the largest student organization on our campus, but camparing to other leadership like student govt. or sorority/fraternity, which one will make the bigger difference? let med school think you are really special and capable?</p>
<p>in research, what kinda research topic and project is better? choose the more complex ones like the med school students are doing? </p>
<p>thanks</p>