Hi! I am a sophomore at a very competitive high school and my grades are average. I have 3 As and 3 Bs and I am only in 2 honors courses, so I don’t think I have really high chances of getting into a 4 year university. I really want to take the early exit exam so that way I go to community college right after sophomore year, and after 2 years of community college I go straight to a 4 year university. However, is it possible for me to still be accepted into a medical school if I do the early exit exam? Thanks!
It is your grades that are likely to kill you. College is harder than HS. You need to finish the HS curriculum, especially in science at the highest level your HS offers. Honestly, better prepared pre-med students will eat your lunch in college otherwise, and you won’t ever make it to medical school.
You will have no trouble getting into a 4 year university with a 3.5-ish GPA. I’d make sure you are taking the honors classes for science, and at least take math through pre-calc.
Your high school record should not affect medical school admissions; your college record and Mcat scores will. What IS a concern, however, is the fact that you don’t feel you’re doing well in high school. If your high school really is that competitive, any college you apply to will know this and take the school’s rigor into consideration when evaluating your GPA. Also, ACT/SAT scores can indicate if your actual achievement is higher than your GPA indicates. If you really are an average student (and don’t think you can improve the situation in college) then it is unlikely you will be admitted to medical school, which, of course is very competitive to get into (and remain in.) What do you think will change for you academically in college? What specifically, do you have difficulty in, in high school?
Medical school is expensive. How will you pay for it?
If you try to go through the CC route, you will need to transfer with little to no money. Transfers receive very few scholarships.
Then you would have to pay, at least 200K for med school. Where are you getting all of this magic money?
^^^ None of the three young MDs in my family had “magic money” for med school. They paid for it the old fashioned way: through loans. In other words, if you’re smart enough to get into medical school, banks think it’s smart to lend you the money.