Wayne State almost FULL scholarship, Med School, HELP!

mikemac
Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:24:15 +0000

Some people are telling me to go to WSU since it is an easier school to get a high GPA, and I will have more free time to do things like volunteer, research, and study for MCAT.

These people are wrong. You will work just as hard to master the material at WSU as you would elswhere because that’s the kind of person you are (I hope).

And IMHO this really is the crux of the matter. Are you the kind of person with an inner drive to excel? Or are you going to drop down to the level of the competition?

If its the latter then sure, you probably could get strong grades at WSU with less work than it would take elsewhere, although there is even an element of doubt in that. It’s not everyone else at WSU and then you. There are going to be enough smart kids around gunning for good grades that its as easy as your friends seem to think.

If, however, you are the kind of person that really wants to learn then you will get there regardless of whether you are at WSU or elsewhere. There are no shortcuts to really mastering the material in technical classes; it will be as hard at WSU as anywhere else. And if you are that kind of person then profs will notice (eg. strong recs, lab opportunities, etc).

Furthermore it looks like WSU has a honors college; it says with a distinguished scholarship you receive a nomination to the honors college. That means special advising and a real gold benefit – early registration. Getting into all the classes you need every semester at a public is a real plus, ask any student.

As for premed advising, you can do a lot of the groundwork yourself. Here are a few links to get you started. There is a very informative FAQ at http://www.rhodes.edu/hpa/15890.asp They also have a nice writeup in the PreMed Essentials link on the left side of that page. Also take a look at http://www3.amherst.edu/~sageorge/guide1.html With these you’ll know what you need to do, you might then ask around at WSU (or wherever you enroll) to find out how it is done at that college.