PreMed: BU, UW and UCSB

raclut
Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:20:04 +0000

My feeling would be to go to UC and graduate with least amount of debt for undergrad. Her chances of getting into med school are really dependent on her academic performance. At minimum she needs good grades and a good MCAT score. Keep in mind most premed classes don’t teach with the MCAT in mind so she will need to study separately for that. Save the money for medical school which will be very expensive.

There is also the possibility she may change her mind about pursuing medicine. Many start out as premed as freshman but drop the idea because they are not able to maintain the grades needed to get admitted to med school.

She needs to strive for at least a 3.7 gpa. One bad semester and it’s hard to bring that gpa back up. Very important to start college with efficient study habits as the coursework will be more intense than high school.