<p>Could some one please advice as to which schools are the least competitive to get into for pre med. My D is an barely above average and tries real hard though. Need to know which schools she should be able to get into.</p>
<p>Austin College in Sherman, Texas. It is a great school. About 98% of pre-med students matriculate into med schools. Wow!</p>
<p>Least competive??? try your state school...</p>
<p>The thing is that pre-med isn't a major, nor a program. you can be any major (I was a sociology major) and get into medical school from any undergrad institution. The key is that she must perform well in all aspects - good grades, good MCAT, good involvement and volunteering, research if at all possible, etc. </p>
<p>undergrad prestige for getting into medical is overrated and completely unneccessary.</p>
<p>does she have to take Biology in HS to do apply for premed in college.</p>
<p>No considering she can be any major.</p>
<p>I would recommend your state school. But keep this in consideration. Med school admissions are highly competitive. If your son or daughter is "barely above average", perhaps a career in medicine is not for her.</p>
<p>But that doesn't mean she can't be in the health professions. It's actually a good idea for anyone thinking pre-med by default to look into dentistry, pharmacy, Physician's Assistant and nursing (can always advance to Nurse practitioner if you want more responsibility).</p>
<p>Exactly what do you mean by "barely above average", what are her stats?</p>
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<p>Technically no, but the vast majority of premeds have taken hs bio, and college bio is taught with the assumption that the students have had at least a year of hs bio. Many premeds have also taken hs AP bio, then they take bio again in college. Starting out in college bio without a hs course would bode poorly for getting a good grade.</p>
<p>There ARE premed majors at many colleges, it is just that no one is required to do this to go to medical school.</p>
<p>Premed is notoriously competitive, and most sucessful premeds were very strong students in high school. If your daughter is barely above average on a national basis then going to medical school may not be a realistic goal. Of course if you mean "barely above average at one of the most competitve exam high schools in the country" then that is a totally different situation.</p>
<p>afan, can you give me an example of a school that allows you to obtain a degree in Pre-medicine? A major implies that you have accumulated enough knowledge of one field to have developed an expertise sufficient to receive a degree...</p>
<p>When he meant majors, I think he meant people who are on the pre-med path.</p>
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<p>Penn State</p>
<p>by barely above average I mean she has a weighted GPA of 3.9. I do not know how good that is. Unweighted it must be pretty close to that. She is taking pretty much all AP or PRe AP and Senior year will take calculus, english, bio, eco gov and choir which she simply adores. the problem is she still has to get het tech credit and for that instead of ruining her entire summer I thought she could take it during school instead of Bio. So that is why I asked if Bio was absolutely essential to have been taken in HS.</p>
<p>Well if her unweighted GPA is close to 3.9 (out of 4.0 hopefully), she can aim higher than state schools....thats not "barely above average".</p>
<p>Google on "premedical studies" and you will find lots of places.
The point is that you can major in premed, but you don't have to. You can prepare for medical school by taking a few specified courses and majoring in whatever you want.</p>
<p>If she wants to go to medical school, she should take AT LEAST a high school biology course before she tries college biology. She can take it over the summer between junior and senior year of high school, or between high school and college. She should NOT attempt college biology without a high school course under her belt. Her grade in this course will matter, and there is no reason to start out behind.</p>
<p>I stand corrected. However I would think that this is a "risky" major, for if you don't get into a health related grad school, you are seriously, seriously SOL on the job market.</p>