<p>And Mathyone my local state college accepts pretty much everyone. It’s mainly for adults going back to school and dual enrollment courses and 60-60 programs but also grants four year diplomas so it is not a community college and classes are state college level. </p>
<p>What is the med school acceptance rate for premeds at your local state college? I think that you don’t fully appreciate how competitive med school admissions are. </p>
<p>Also, are you aware that it can be more difficult to get money for college as a transfer student than as a freshman? Have you discussed with your parents how much money they are able to contribute to your education–both college and med school? </p>
<p>No, I didn’t go searching for your other thread. But if you have extenuating personal circumstances, you should discuss it in advance with your teacher and see if you can make another arrangement to complete the work.</p>
<p>If that’s your plan, make yourself competitive for Simon Rock’s of Bard College. It’s a college designed especially for 16 year olds who are ready to start college. However, you MUST prove that you’re able to handle the work.</p>
<p>Make up every class where you got a D or an F in (for whatever reason, including extenuating circumstances - and Simons Rock will take into account the fact you’ve been homeless for your admission, but not if you have really bad grades. Be aware that being homeless does grant you some financial aid opportunities, but email Simons Rock to see how junior and senior year financial aid is treated, especially if the students are considered “transfers”.)
<a href=“https://simons-rock.edu/”>https://simons-rock.edu/</a></p>
<p>Another possibility is to find a high school that has Early College: you do junior and senior year at a community college and it counts for high school graduation. However all these classes (like all college classes taken in high school) count toward med school GPA and admission.
Go ask your current guidance counselor how you can dual-enroll at a local college, perhaps over the summer.
Your goal may be to hurry admission to college, but once in college, spend the full 4 years, especially if it means double majoring, internships, study abroad, etc. You’ll need that to get into med school - get to know your professors, show that you can be trusted for research, take advanced/graduate-level classes, etc. If you have a lot of prerequisites completed, use that time to make yourself a stellar applicant no university would turn down. </p>
<p>What state do you live in?</p>
<p>If you can make up those grades and pull your GPA up, look into Questbridge. (You can apply to Questbridge as a junior, even if you’re a “freshman” in Early College/high school program, but not from Simon Rock as far as I know).</p>
<p>Some reading you may find interesting
<a href=“http://www.usatodayeducate.com/staging/index.php/campuslife/are-you-pre-med-heres-why-you-should-major-in-the-humanties”>USA Today Educate - Teacher & Student Resources & Guides;
<p>sophie: graduating early isn’t unheard of. As a matter of fact, most HS denizens of CC are the type of high achievers where, if they chose, could have graduated early and enrolled in some level of college. (I think I had enough credits to graduate sometime late in my sophomore year but the State had some other minimal requirements that needed to be met). I stayed b/c I wanted to that the heavy APs because I genuinely wanted to learn a breadth of material. I was guided early on that this exercise was not solely a stepping stone to some future career. That actual time spent learning and forming a foundation was requisite in what my meager goals were at the time (hopefully attaining a great and affordable college).</p>
<p>Someone early alluded to Simon’s Rock – a pgm designed for early achievers who are frankly being bored in their HS prospects because they are head and shoulders above their peers and could only benefit from accelerating. Whatever your excuse for your earlier disappointing scholarship, I highly wonder if this describes you. To get a 2.2 GPA for one semester does not equate to one F and 4 As. You weren’t tops in several classes: you had Bs and Cs in other courses too.</p>
<p>Are you one of the freshman class’ top scholars? Assuredly not. Are you bored? Or simply impatient? Your first and most immediate goal is to get to where you’re getting As majority of your classes. There’s ABSOLUTELY NO substitute for this. You’re fooling yourself with ideas of “getting into college and then med school” otherwise.</p>
<p>Why do you want to be a physician? Does the idea of healing people drive you? Or is it just the best of the big three options (doctor, lawyer, engineer) that 90% of high school students think exist as a “good” career?</p>
<p>Please take some time and make an appt w/your guid counselor. You owe it to yourself to get clear answers (one way or another). If a path is possible, the GC will let you know what it looks like. If the GC feels otherwise, well — you’ll learn what doors aren’t open to you as well. Good luck finishing up this semester.</p>
<p>Here’s the link you want to start with to learn more about entering college early: <a href=“Early Entrance College Programs | Hoagies' Gifted”>http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/early_college.htm</a></p>
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<p>Sophie, what’s up? Have you resettled to another place with computers? </p>