<p>GPA: 3.42
SAT: 1900
Class Rank: 15%
EC: Three summers at a hospital/research Lab which I enjoyed!
Junior in High School</p>
<p>Would any programs be interested in people like me on the borderline anywhere?
APs:3
Science APs:1
Next Year:
Science APs: 2
Total Aps for senior Year: 4
Total Aps:7</p>
<p>no. you wish… <- thats the truth…</p>
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<p>Check the sub-forums here for more ideas.</p>
<p>You can try, but I am afraid it is going to be largely waste of time unless URM status.</p>
<p>I say go for it. I mean they don’t always take the people with the best scores. Your a junior, so you need to show them that you really do have a passion for medicine. Anything can happen man. Just keep trying, doing what you love and believing in yourself.</p>
<p>“It’s not always the strongest or swiftest man who wins the race. Its the man that believes he truly can.”</p>
<p>if you could get your SAT up to at least a 2100 you’d have a slightly better chance, but you really need to have a lot of leadership qualities shining through in addition to competitive stats… strong essays and a positive attitude can also get you a long way! good luck</p>
<p>It’s not always the strongest or swiftest man who wins the race. Its the man that believes he truly can." </p>
<p>-Well, you have to show that you “truly can”, that you truly have a passion, it does not happen all by itself, people work extremely hard to get their perfect GPA’s, and you will be competing against them. if you feel that they deserve it less or have less passion or spent less effort than you, you are incorrect. I am not discouraging you, but make sure that your eyes are wide open to where you are stepping in. Apply to wide range of programs, if you decided to do so.</p>
<p>I would boost the SAT and GPA if possible.</p>
<p>Check out my post on <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/multiple-degree-programs/989166-guidance-2011-2012-bs-md-appicants-2.html”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/multiple-degree-programs/989166-guidance-2011-2012-bs-md-appicants-2.html</a> for a good idea about the USC Bac MD selection process.</p>
<p>Do any of you think its possible for me to do pre-med then get into med school with the grades I have and etc?</p>
<p>I was accepted to a B.S./M.D. program with a 3.6 and a 27 ACT. </p>
<p>It can be done, my friend.</p>
<p>^which one?</p>
<p>It depends on how competitive the program is, but for most - no.</p>
<p>"Do any of you think its possible for me to do pre-med then get into med school with the grades I have and etc? "</p>
<p>-Nobody cares about your HS GPA, SAT/ACT when you apply to Med. Schools. You will need about 3.6+/32+ college GPA/MCAT to be reasonably successful Med. School applicant, although your Med. School choices will be somewhat limited with these stats.</p>
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<p>It was the BS/MD program affiliated with Shepherd University. They told me they received around 1k or so applications, interviewed 10, and accepted me and four other people. You can dispute my claims as these statistics were merely hearsay from them, but there is nobody else on this board who has been accepted to this program that I know of.</p>
<p>So to answer your broad generalization, yes it CAN be done. The same sweeping generalizations were made about my ability to be accepted into one of these programs, and I absolutely proved them wrong. For the record, I only applied to four BS/MD’s, was interviewed at one, and was subsequently accepted into that program.</p>
<p>Granted I am an exception and not the rule, but for people to say that it’s completely impossible (for example: First reply to the OP) are complete morons. The fact of the matter is, I am in a much better position than most high school students who plan to enter as pre-med students, no matter how “competitive” the program actually is. A guaranteed medical school acceptance is a guaranteed medical acceptance. At the end of the day, those of us who are in these programs will be physicians whilst 30,000 or so college kids end up failing as pre-med students.</p>
<p>^Doesn’t your program have minimum requirements? D’s program had minimum requirement of 3.45/27. Only about 50% of kids in her program historically were meeting these requirements. Yes, they are much lower than regular route, they are very reasonable, but still require lot of work. So, kids in D’s program could not say for sure that they had “A guaranteed medical school acceptance”, although they had much better chance than regular route pre-meds. I cannot imagine retaining a spot in bs/md with GPA=2.0 (for the sake of example).
I also would like to point out that name calling is not necessary to proof your point.</p>
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-Of course. It’s a B.S./M.D. program, after all. They can’t have their students slacking off completely. Our program requires a 3.5/24. Keeping a 3.5 isn’t too difficult, and if I end up with a GPA below that, I can retake the course that brought it down. Also, a 24 on the MCAT is the national average. If I can’t manage to keep a 3.5 GPA (which most med schools want you to match or exceed when going through the normal route) and score on or above the national average for the MCAT, I don’t think medical school would be for me, nor would I have a decent chance of getting into medical school through the normal route anyway. Of course, I’m not worried since I don’t intend to slack off on day 1. </p>
<p>If anything, I feel bad for students in BS/MD programs that require ridiculously high GPA’s and a 30+ on the MCAT.</p>
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-Are those statistics based on people who failed to attain a certain GPA or a certain MCAT score? Regardless, the path to becoming a physician requires A LOT of work. Nobody is denying that. By being accepted into these programs, we have proven that we are more than capable of going above and beyond the minimum expectations of the program itself. If one cannot handle the course load needed in order to succeed at medical school, then you shouldn’t be a pre-med to begin with (This goes double for people who aren’t in BS/MD’s).</p>
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-Most successful pre-meds who are dedicated enough and actually succeed in college would kill for having a chance to only attain a 3.45-3.5 and a 24-27 on the MCAT with a high chance of matriculating into an allopathic school in the United States. </p>
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-I know of a B.S./D.O. program with PCOM (Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine) that only requires that you maintain a 3.2/21. That is the lowest I’ve ever seen. </p>
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-They are what they are. :)</p>
<p>^You must in in accelerated program at state school and in-state, correct? I know one program like this that is easier to get in for in-state and your stats would be reasonable for this program. However, those who you call names that I do not want to repeat are correct in regard to expectations of 3.4 at national level. </p>
<p>-“They are what they are” - I did not say anything about your opinion, which you are free to keep. I said that it is not needed to call names here, it does not accomplish anything.</p>
<p>Xelb…are you a URM?</p>