My Junior Year

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@Creekland

Make sure they’re affordable because you don’t want a lot of debt. Med school is super expensive.

I think NYU’s med program is free of tuition to people who do well in college.

@Creekland

Pick a major you like because you’re likely to do better in it. Many students pick something that can work toward their Plan B if they don’t make it into med school (roughly 57% don’t as of the latest stats).

Also for this, I really like math, but I can’t really see myself pursuing a career in it, but I can see myself pursuing a career in chemistry as it is something I find very interesting. I feel like I could do well in both majors. So would either be a good pick then?

@Creekland

Get as good of a foundation as you can in high school, then work hard, get multiple hours of shadowing/volunteering, and be an “interesting” candidate during your college years.

Also, what could I do to make myself look interesting in college?

@Creekland

Scroll through a couple of these to see what one med school looks for in successful candidates - then be someone your school can write about. (You can google more if you want to, but you’ll see it’s a template - they tend to look for the same thing year in and year out.)

Thank you so much for the resource as well I read over it and am going to try to start doing some of the kinds of volunteering listed there.