<p>zonova–</p>
<p>Yes, MS2 means she has finished her second year of med school. (Her school has a compressed second year that ends in January.) She will be starting her clinical training (MS3) in April and takes her USMLE in 10 days.</p>
<p>Her GPA wasn’t terrible, but it was below the norm of 3.6. She compensated in 2 ways: 1) her MCAT score was in the top 4% nationally; 2) her grades in key pre-reqs were top of the class (highest grade in OChem out of 320 students. Also one of just 3 A+ in anatomy & physiology course taught by the same prof who teaches anatomy to med students)–and she had strong LORs from those profs.</p>
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<p>Physics has pretty well defined core of classes offered at all universities. There aren’t a whole lot of electives–especially not any ‘easy’ electives for majors. Most physics degrees require a significant number of higher level math classes as part of the program. (Essentially you’ll end up doing a math minor along with your physics major no matter what school you enroll in.)</p>
<p>Once you add in med school pre-reqs like Ochem, bio, biochem, soc, psych–you won’t have much room left for ‘grade fluffing’ classes. You will have to shape your schedule very carefully so you don’t end up with a bunch time-intensive classes with labs all during the same semesters.</p>