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<p>As a current resident…AMEN!</p>
<p>If you dont get accepted to any med school, what are your other options to better your resume? And how is the interview process? LIke what do they ask and how can you prepare in approaching some of the questions that they will ask?</p>
<p>The process of improvement is depends on your weaknesses. Many admissions offices are willing to share with you why you weren’t accepted.</p>
<p>Common ways to improve are
Retake MCAT
Improve GPA with more classes
Do things to increase clinical experience
Research
Rewrite personal statement
New Letters of Rec.</p>
<p>Can i take econ1111 for premedicine general course</p>
<p>Can i take econ1111 for premedicine as general course</p>
<p>Its called “econ1111 for premedicine”? I don’t see how it would fulfill your requirements for anything. I mean, I guess if its a math class… It doesn’t sound like it would fulfill any requirements for med school.</p>
<p>However, depending on your major it might fulfill a general course requirement for your major. Medical schools won’t censure you based on you taking econ1111.</p>
<p>i applied for med school in my country ghana in africa and didnt make it.in my university u study biological science that is physics chemistry botany zoology fr a year then with a gpa above 3.5 apply for med school.i am now in my second year styudying botany(study of plants),zoology physics chemistry psycology and food science.i want to transfer or start freshman in a university in the us and apply for med sch after any help would be appreciated.</p>
<p>Well, I guess I would simply pick out the schools that you are interested in here in the US and email them. Ask what their policy on international transfers is. After that, you will come here and take ALL of the pre-req classes required by US medical schools, as well as finishing your degree.</p>
<p>I’m a freshman at the university and I had a few questions about Med school.
1)Is it harder to make it to a Med school in a local city like UTMB in Galveston Houston or UT Houston Med school in comparison to Ivy league Med schools or is it about the same range? What is the difference between if I go to a good med school vs. any med school, I mean either way you’ll end up as a doctor right?
2)Right now I’m majoring in Biology, but I would like to major in a Bachelors of Science in Clinical Laboratory Sciences, because it’s a good field and you can find a job in comparison to like a Biology or Biochemistry Major. I’ve not heard of many people to major in that and enter Med school. But everyone majors in Biology. Should I stick to Bio or enter this degree program. Plus it’s a smaller school, has more research and service opportunities, and my sister has taken this course. So it’s quite advantageous for me. Is it a good idea to switch to that? I can take my Organic during summer perhaps.</p>
<p>1) They are both difficult. Your state school will always be easier, though, than a “top” school. There is basically no difference in practice in terms of where you went to medical school, unless you’re wanting to do academic medicine.
2) CLS sounds pretty vocational to me. You want an academic major, but bio or chem (or biochem) is not necessary. I wouldn’t suggest o-chem over the summer if you can avoid it…</p>
<p>So I am a junior (pre-med) at the University of Illinois and before I start applying to in and/or out of state med schools, I wanted to know what “tier” of schools (if any) my credentials line up with. My cumulative GPA is 3.6; I have volunteered as a little league coach, at a hospital, and at a “crisis” nursery center; I have (will have) conducted undergraduate research for 3 semesters. I have also done other extra curriculars (treasurer for fraternity and played club baseball) but I heard those pretty much don’t do anything for med school admission. I haven’t taken the MCAT yet, but based on the preceding info, will I get into a med school?!</p>
<p>So, I’m definitely going out-of-state for my undergraduate (already got accepted to my safety :D) and I plan on going to Med school afterwards.</p>
<p>When I finish undergrad, where can I claim state residency? Where my parents live? Or the state that I did my undergrad in? What if I want to apply to the Medical school associated with the university I am in? Would they still treat me as out of state?</p>
<p>dmorg, your stats and ECs are average, so depending on your MCAT I would apply in state and then a few schools that are reaches (maybe Northwestern and U Chic) and a few out of state schools that are less competitive.</p>
<p>ansar- if you do not chance your residency while in college you will be in state at your parents state. Most states have rule about changing your residency while in college, so you might not have a choice anways.</p>
<p>I’ve decided to save my dad 75 dollars by choosing only one school app to hit submit on today. I want to do pre-med as a Psych or Cognitive Science major at one of these schools. I think I would have a better chance of getting into Carnegie Mellon, but it’s 5 hours away from where I live and I’m not sure if my parents will be ok with it. On the other hand, Johns Hopkins is only 2 hours away and I feel like my chances are lower. I’m not gonna post stats, for now just assume that my estimate is true. </p>
<p>If I could get some feedback based on academics and atmosphere of the school, it could add another thing for me to consider. I’ve been looking at both of their sites, but I still am having a tough time getting a sense of what school offers a better experience. I don’t wanna base my decision on rankings, which say that CMU is ranked higher in Psych, so I’m just asking for some help here. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I am a huge advocate of intentionally taking the program that is farther away. Mellon’s a fine program, particularly in areas like cognitive science. Hopkins’ competitiveness is legendary; it’s probably over-feared but is nonetheless present.</p>
<p>You are wise to ignore rankings; in specific subfields they’re not a good reflection of anything.</p>
<p>When you say competitiveness, do you mean the competition I’ll face from other students when applying to med school, or competition for being at the top of the class?</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon’s distance isn’t really attracting me nor repelling me, but when asked my dad he just wants me to be closer. We’re a tight family I guess. </p>
<p>So blahhh. If I message you blue do you think you could let me know what chance I have of even getting in? I’m looking at their scores and everything, but I’m having a tough time figuring out whether I will actually be able to get in or not. If you’re not up for it, it’s not a problemm.</p>
<p>I think the distance is really good for young people to grow into their own a little bit. I applied ED 45 minutes from my house, and had I gotten in there my life would have been very different.</p>
<p>I just mean the general atmosphere being rather unpleasantly competitive amongst students.</p>
<p>I don’t know anything about either school’s undergraduate admissions; sorry I can’t be of more help.</p>
<p>Yeahhh I see what you’re saying about the distance. I wish my parents thought like that, haha. </p>
<p>Oh ok, well hmm maybe I can talk about that to someone on Hopkins Interactive and see what they say about the competitiveness</p>
<p>It’s ok! Thanks for your feedback :)</p>
<p>Hi all! I’ve had some worries about med school myself. My first semester of my frosh year at Rowan University was horrible, a 1.6. My current semester is going well, and I am pulling As and Bs right now. If I continue to get As and Bs for the rest of my undergrad years, will I still have a shot at medical school? I’m a biochem major and I have been working in EMS since I was 17 and I continue to do so.</p>
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<p>**With an SMP after graduating and with excellent grades from here on,**you may have a shot at some very “low-end” MD and DO schools (after getting mostly As – say a 3.7 or 3.8 average – the rest of your time in college), but w/ a 1.6 on your record…well, that’s a tough one to beat. GPA & MCAT need to be strong for any ECs to matter. Realistically, you’ll most likely end up having to do an SMP (a masters after you graduate) and have a fairly mediocre chance at getting in even w/ the SMP. What are you doing to correct for mistakes made last semester? What makes you think you’ll do better now? Honestly, you need a 3.66+ GPA to be competitive (and that will likely continue to rise gradually over the next 4 yrs as med school admissions become even more competitive – unless, of course, healthcare reform changes all that). To obtain that from a 1.6, your next 7 semesters MUST average a 3.96 (a 3.95 would be below the average for an accepted student). If you got “As and Bs” you’d end up w/ a 3.26 and the average applicant has a 3.4 and does not get in. TBH, you’ve put yourself in a very poor position. What happened?</p>