Getting Into Medical School

I'm currently entering my third year of college and i'm a sociology major but interested of going to medical school. But my gpa is a 2.5. but i havent taken any sciences i'm hoping that once i take the sciences required for medical school my science gpa will be high. Do i have any kind of chance of getting into medical school?
I'm planning to take an extra year to take my science classes.

There are post-bac pre-med programs and they are usually a year long. These programs are for people who have already graduated college and want to go to medical school but don't have the prerequisite science classes. You might want to consider this because this way you will be to focus solely on science courses.

2009-07-22 21:27:25 by Lexus M

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By no means am I a slacker, I just want to have a higher chance of getting into medical school. Im currently an undergrad and I heard that many undergrad biology majors (which is what I am) seem to have lower chance of getting in, since there are so many of them applying to medical school. SO I wanted to know if there's another science major (like Physical Therapy, Physicians Assistant, Chemistry, Physics, etc.) that I should switch to, to improve my chances of acceptance?

People who claim that a biology major has a lesser chance of being accepted into a medical school because there are so many biology majors applying might as well claim that brunettes have a lesser chance than blondes because there are more brunettes.

Biology is still the prevalent major of medical school applicants, but only because of the mistaken belief that medical schools prefer biology majors. The only preference is by a research oriented medical school and they prefer applicants with advanced degrees in any of the life sciences. Many of the primary care oriented schools are now stating on their web sites that they prefer applicants to only take the prerequisite courses and pursue majors in other areas of interest, unless the person's interest is one of the life sciences.

Acceptance into a medical school is completely on individual merit. Admission committees do not care what your major was, what school you attended, how many clubs you were president of or any of the numerous allegations you can read on Yahoo! Answers.

An admission committee has two responsibilities: select applicants who have demonstrated the academic ability to successfully manage the rigorous medical school curriculum and to select applicants who will become good physicians. The concrete criteria (GPA's and MCAT) enable them to rapidly screen applicants who can do well academically, but it's the enigmatic "well-rounded" aspect that is difficult to qualify.

2009-01-12 08:02:05 by Patrick

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I am an international student who is planning to major in a hard engineering course at college. I am not from a wealthy family , so I won't be able to afford expensive school costs. What are my chances of getting into medical school if I plan to major in engineering? Will my financial situation have an impact on my future application into medical school ? Is it easy to get high GPA with engineering as a major to be competitive enough for medical schools ?
Thanks

Sorry to say,buddy..Enterin into medical stream requires alot of bucks..My advice to you..Since you can't afford for those money,try to enter engineering stream..It's easy and affordable for you..Best of wishes..

2008-04-07 00:02:42 by moussa s

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Everything I've heard about getting into medical school says that experience is important. What kind of experience? I assume medical but more specifically... Any personal examples?

By experience, they mean doing things like undergraduate research, or volunteering at a local hospital.

2010-12-15 20:31:38 by Harlequin

I'm a freshmen at UC Davis majoring in biology and I'm very concerned about not getting into medical school because I heard it was VERY difficult.

Could the factors be clubs, grades, the undergraduate university, etc?
How do I better the chance of getting into med school?

Clubs and extra-curricular don't matter unless they are directly related to medicine, like EMT clubs, volunteering at a hospital etc. Grades are the most important and it certainly matters where they are coming from. UC Davis is probably a good enough school to get you in somewhere. Make sure you study for the MCATs and get an excellent score because that is the other big thing they are looking for.

2010-08-11 13:58:02 by What?