<p>I don’t think that you can assume that just because someone goes to a school like UC Irvine and has the same stuff as someone at Northwestern is a better candidate because they “worked” harder. If they realized that, then they’d realize that the kid at NU had to “work harder” to get better grades because “top schools have bright students to begin with”. It’s not a one way street, I actually would be surprised if they even stopped to think about that.</p>
<p>I wasn’t saying top 20 med school, I think you guys took that too literally, I’m just saying not a po-dunk, no one’s heard of the school, med school. You don’t have to show me the math, I realize that it’s a different ball game, I just don’t want to end up in a place that is completely unheard of (that probably starts after #80 or so, maybe lower) so whereever I said exactly I wanted to go to a top 20 med school, please quote it, I’m just saying one that’s recognizable in laymen’s terms.</p>
<p>Also, I’ve already agreed to the fact that a 3.3 isn’t good, apparently you have selective reading issues. I’m still 5 quarters til application time, so I’m just breaking a sweat.</p>
<p>I’ve heard that it doesn’t matter either, but maybe it doesn’t, but why go to NU just to go to some med school in Nowhere’sville? It’s not a logical transition, if that were the case I would’ve gone to a state school and be done with it. The fact of the matter is, I’m not going to go from NU to somewhere on a completely lower level, I just want to stay on par for the course.</p>
<p>But now I have got some opinions to my situation and I’ll sum them up in a few:
-raise gpa
-taking on a little too much</p>
<p>And I understand. Next quarter I’m easing up on the classes (just 5, not 6), I can’t really do anything about my 2 jobs really, and I can’t do anything about my sport either. I’m trying to be the “superman” i was in high school and it’s catching up with me (maybe 3 science classes did that), I can’t pull those moves anymore. Thanks a lot for you input, it means a lot!</p>