<p>Mr.Patel</p>
<p>Can you please elaborate more on what you mean by under represented students.</p>
<p>Under represented minorities are those ethnic and racial groups with few doctors.</p>
<p>This typically includes</p>
<p>Hispanic/Latino
African-American
Native American
Pacific Islander</p>
<p>This would not include most Asian or Indian students.</p>
<p>if i wanted to shadow a doctor during college, when would be a good time to start? right away? do we need any experience to shadow?</p>
<p>You need to have the ability to walk and stay quiet. And be TB-free (if your doctor’s anal about that sort of stuff)</p>
<p>Would being an Asian actually hurt your chances of getting in? Since there are so gosh darn many of us :(</p>
<p>Unlike undergrad, it doesn’t appear to make a difference relative to whites.</p>
<p>Can anyone help me with problem? I’m 21 got good grades in school but I couldn’t finish highschool because I had to help with my dad’s business. Now I am financialy secure and would like to become a doctor. I’m passing a GED in a couple of months and would like to start college before the end of year. People have told me that my best option is to go to community college and then transfer to a university to finish the pre med. Is this really the best way, or is there a better way? If not, does anyone know what would be some of the best community colleges to apply too?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>No, the best way is to go straight to a four-year university if you can.</p>
<p>And how do I that? No colleges that I found online except students who only have a GED and no SAT(which I don’t have time to do before admission deadlines). Do you know any 4 year colleges that do?</p>
<p>In your shoes, I would delay another year and take the SAT’s.</p>
<p>yeah I’ve been thinking of that but I can’t find something worthwhile study wise to do during the year to help me get into a good 4 year university, because I hate the idea of wasting a year. Do you know of some kind of one year or 6 month program that comes with a certificate and is accredible?</p>
<p>Can you continue working at the job you’ve been doing for the past three (or more) years?</p>
<p>Yes I can, but I work for my dad so it doesn’t have much weight with a college admission commitee. Anyway, I would like to have more academic knowledge than job credit. What if I just do some community college certificates(in biology,chemistry,…) for year and then apply and hopefully start a 4 year degree in a university? Do you think this would be a good idea?</p>
<p>Well, I don’t see that it would do you much good. You’d be sacrificing some earnings and paying some tuition, and I don’t think it would help much.</p>
<p>Money really isn’t a problem, I am financial secure. I just want to be a doctor, it’s what I want to do. Only I would like to get there properly,but as fast as I can by starting as soon as I can. If I don’t do a 2 year community college to transfer and finish the BA or BS in a university and take your advice to just skip this year, but then don’t make the cut the following year in the university I lose another year for nothing. So what can I do this year to give me a stronger chance of getting in a good university for next year?</p>
<p>You’re more likely to get useful advice from the undergraduate boards in this forum, but at a very basic level – you’re looking for good grades from high school, a high SAT score, well-written essays, solid activities (including work experience, I guess), and leadership potential.</p>
<p>Ok thanks a lot</p>
<p>I think I heard this before, but I can’t find the post…</p>
<p>does any course offered by the English and English Composition Department count for the english requirement? thank you</p>
<p>Should be okay. English at least is definitely okay.</p>
<p>with regards to the english requirement, is it OK to take two of the three classes (I’m on a quarter system) over summer? It’s condensed to 6 weeks</p>