Pre-med survival -SAT link.. anyone?

bookiemom
Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:14:38 +0000

My D is a senior biology major and will be taking the MCAT this summer and applying to med school. She had the same math SAT but higher verbal and quite a bit higher high school GPA. Her college GPA is almost exactly the same as in high school (3.75 now with two semesters to go). She has found some of the pre-med courses very difficult (especially organic chemistry). She has to study much harder than she did in high school.

I think your B should be encouraging his son to keep his options open as he starts college and not get too set on one track. Encourage him to see how he does in math through calculus and in first-year chemistry and then to decide on his major. You really have to be on track all through undergrad to get into medical school (only about 50% get in). That means really good grades in math and science (med schools look at those grades separately).