<p>The what speech?</p>
<p>As I remembered. </p>
<p>It does seem that top grades at a top school with a top MCAT score seems to be the only ticket to the top-most tier of medical schools for most students. Slide just a little on one or two of those, and your chances appear to go down precipitously.</p>
<p>Come to Jesus. I know it well. ;)</p>
<p>I think that’s right, but you do have some solid chances if you slip on one of those. My classmates include me (3.65 BCPM) and another classmate from Penn (3.5 BCPM). Both top-tier undergrads with high MCAT scores. Similarly, we have a couple 4.0/39’s from public schools. And we have a few isolated 4.0/35’s from top schools.</p>
<p>Come to Jesus speech(otherwise known as the reality check):
Medical school: 'now listen son, with that D in organic chem and C+ in calculus ,you might consider some other line of work…"
Law School as stated by Professor Kingsfield(John Houseman) in the Paper Chase: “son, here is a dime, I suggest you call your mother and tell her that there is serious doubt about you ever becoming a lawyer”.</p>
<p>Why on earth is it called that?</p>
<p>I can see that, Mike. </p>
<p>Coming from an LAC, respected but ranked (barely as of late) Top 50 (strike 1), my kid’s less than spectacular MCAT (that would be strike 2) appears to have been enough to get her ignored at the med schools usually considered Tier One- Research. Crickets and two rejections. At least so far. </p>
<p>But she’s doing just fine at the next tier down, she loves the schools she’s interviewing with, and that is more than O.K. with me. With any luck, she’ll have choices.</p>
<p>Geez, the 15th is coming up soon, isn’t it.</p>
<p>Wha-huh? The 15th? Of what? What month is this? :eek:</p>
<p>She doubts she’ll hear anything this week, but maybe snail mail the next …from one school…she hopes.</p>
<p>Mike, here is a internet definition of Come to Jesus that is abbreviated, and not totally encompassing, but still helpful :</p>
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<p>common jargon often used in texas;</p>
<p>[Come</a> To Jesus Meeting - Defined](<a href=“There has been an error on the Jargon Database”>Come To Jesus Meeting - The best definition)</p>
<p>I think it’s referred to as a “Come to Jesus” meeting or talk, because you’re being informed that the worst is about to happen UNLESS you repent/change/see the light or otherwise “come to Jesus”; or… the worst is about to happen so you might as well “come to Jesus” before it does.</p>
<p>Never heard that before. I guess you learn something new every day :)</p>
<p>Huh. Weird.</p>
<p>Anybody knows about the med school matriculation percentage of Tufts pre-med?</p>
<p>I am currently a Junior in High School, and I’m beginning my college search. My interests for college focus primarily on soccer, but my goal is to go to a college where I can play Division I, while studying to get my degree in medicine. I currently have a 4.28 (weighted) GPA and a 3.75 unweighted. I’ve heard that pre-med students are overloaded with work, so my question is, is it smart to apply to a highly ranked and more academically strenuous undergraduate school in pre-med while at the same time playing in a highly competitive soccer program?</p>
<p>^ I want to know this too. I play baseball, so is there any way to maybe take a couple months off during the baseball season and then start school full-time again once its done? Because it would be really hard to balance both, especially being a premed.</p>
<p>I found this site really helpful when considering premed programs: [For</a> the Aspiring Pre-med and Wannabe Doctor - Home](<a href=“http://aspiringpremed.■■■■■■■■■■%5DFor”>http://aspiringpremed.■■■■■■■■■■). gl all!</p>
<p>Hi all, my son is graduating the high school in Canada and thinking about getting into the medical school
He also wants to apply to the US schools.
I have a few questions to ask:
do you know what are the specific requirements for applying to the US universities, I’m mostly thinking about getting into something like Combined B.A./M.D Programs?
Any suggestions?
Thank you all in advance!</p>
<p>If you are a jock, go to a school where the jocks have high academic standards, eg Stanford, etc. And no, usually cannot take “time off” to play.
PreMed is no “harder” than prelaw, preengineering (or for most premeds - the arts)</p>