U of C: Good for Premed?

idad
Mon, 25 Dec 2006 15:41:45 +0000

I was simply speaking of the quick though process of the person on the phone saying 70%.

My S is pre-med and has attended many meetings. He has never been told an admit number, or has he been told someone might have it, but that is difficult to know for sure. They simply say don’t worry about it and get a 3.3 or above. He asked an admissions official we know from a nationally recognized med-school who said a 3.5 from Chicago was considered a top GPA and 3.3 would not keep one out. Interestingly, they consider the language and humanities courses at Chicago to be the greatest challenge to GPA, not the science courses. Concentrators in those areas get the most slack. And, yes they do look at the transcript, contrary to popular belief. There is one science sequence that makes a real difference, however, a B+ or above in O-Chem at Chicago is considered a good indicator of med school success.