Med School opportunities after the USNA

navy2010
Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:33:00 +0000

But that is exactly the type of thing that a medical school admissions board would understand, appreciate, and respect.



unfortuntely, that is not the case. First cuts: GPA and MCAT. They will factor in your major. After that, “USNA GRAD” may raise an eyebrow. Maybe. Different world.



By this time, the self elimination process has already played itself out. Nobody is going to put “Medical Corps” as their #1 choice with a 2.9 GPA, as a Political Science major, who has never taken the MCAT’s, or even applied to a medical school. Consequently, those with it as their #1 choice are, in all likelihood, very qualified.



thus, my point.
what would be telling is how many go into USNA seeking med-school, and how many come out the end having obtained that. I would venture to say the self-selection process takes its toll on the final percentage- not that it doesn’t happen at every other undergrad program, but the odds of it happening at USNA are, IMO, that much greater for all the reasons mentioned.



During my years at the academy, I know that I never missed studying for a big exam because I attended some big frat party. Nor was I ever recovering from a hangover on Monday morning. Nor did I have any difficulty finding a peaceful environment conducive to studying.



frat parties aside, there are plenty of mids nursing hangovers come Sunday mornings- as all need to be back on the yard come 1800 sunday night, the hangovers have just been moved up a day. Peaceful environment- secondary, optional and conditional. I know plenty that travel from 7th and 8th wing to Nimitz to find it. Then again, standing watch on a weekend- plenty of quiet time to expand one’s cranium. ;)

aside from ALL that has been posted, I make a motion to put this topic to rest. I believe many perspectives have been offered to allow those considering USNA as a route to medical school plenty [and then some] to think about.