Premed dreams....

WayOutWestMom
Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:20:19 +0000

Research osteopathic medical schools as a possible option. Osteopathic schools will allow retakes of coursework and only count the retaken grade.

If you haven’t gotten involved in any kind of community service besides hospital volunteering, find some projects to get involved with beyond the hospital. (Community service projects need not be medically related.)

Have you sought out or gotten a research (bench or clinical) position? If not, it’s time to do so.

Do you hold any leadership positions? If not, that’s an area that needs strengthening.

Also, do go see the health professions advisor at your college to learn what other things you need to do. And as supersnakess said there’s an MCAT in your future.

Lastly consider why you want to go to med school. Wanting to help people isn’t a good enough reason. Many careers help people and 99.9% are not in medicine. Liking science isn’t a good enough reason. There are many science-related careers that have nothing to do with medicine.