Pre Med at Whitman College?

MrMom62
Tue, 05 Aug 2014 21:18:30 +0000

Personal opinion only, but I think pre-med advising makes all the difference in the world and is a MAJOR factor in where to do your pre-med. You can do pre-med anywhere, just like you can go to HS anywhere. But who has the better track record at getting in top notch colleges - those kids who go to a regular HS or those kids who go to a HS with a great GC/College Advisor? Someone who knows what schools are looking for, can advise which courses to take, in which sequence, can advise meaningful ECs, can get you great rec letters, can tell you the best school to apply to with your stats, etc?

Same hold true for pre-med - schools that are very good at getting kids into med school often do so as a result of having top notch advisors who can guide you through from Day One. Why reinvent the wheel, when you can have an expert to tell you to take this course and not that course to get your GPA where it needs to be, avoid this professor or that professor, here are some great internship opportunities over summer at this hospital 300 miles away, but we have an alum there looking for four kids, etc. Are you at a school that has a committee that only issues rec letters to the top candidates, or are you at a school that issue rec letters to everyone. Which med schools do you have the best chance at? A good pre-med advisor can tell you these things and give you the best chance to make it through, and can also honestly tell you when it’s time to take another direction or even tell you that you are in good shape and shouldn’t give up.