<p>I'm kind of worried about doing pre-med at FSU. I don't know anyone who has been accepted to medical school from FSU (of course this is 2-3 people) and I heard from one that many opportunities like clinical research are very limited at FL State. Can any current pre-meds give me some input?</p>
<p>I am a Pre-Dental student (which requires the exact same pre-reqs as pre-med). From my experience as a first year student who has take chem1 and now in chem2 and bio1, use RATEMYPROFESSORS.com. I know plenty of people who get accepted to grad school from here (med,dent,vet, etc). You just have to be here to see it yourself, there is A LOT of pre-med students, but a lot of them are currently being weeded out in my chem2 class, heck even bio1. My personal experience with the science professors has been ok, I feel some of them teach for the money, while others are quite brilliant but are quite difficult ( My Chem2 Prof, test averages are around 47-57) I don't mean to scare you, I am just trying to give you the heads up to show you that you need to be serious about this. Pre-med is tough, you will definately be tested on how well you can MANAGE TIME and how much you are willing to COMMIT to your science classes. Word of advice, don't try to double up science courses your first semester, its your 1st semester and you are trying to adjust to your new lifestyle and surroundings, I took Chem1 my first semester and thought that was more than enough lol for my 1st semester.</p>
<p>I volunteer at the Leon County Health Clinic as a dental assistant, through the FSU pre-dental society, which offers A LOT of opportunity(Research, volunteer, shadowing). There aren't as many pre-dents as pre-meds, but there are more organizations that cater to Pre-meds, they are GOOD clubs that you can join that can and will point you in the direction offering opportunities whether it be research, volunteer etc, so many different things to get involved in, I'm serious, if you search, you will most definately find. Don't think FSU doesn't offer that many opportunities, its completely false, its Tallahasse, a decent sized place with a couple hospitals and other clinics to snoop out.</p>
<p>With that in mind, I hope you enjoy your first semester at FSU, because I know I am loving FSU right now, its a challenge, but if you work hard and stay committed you will reap the benefits, and it feels damn good in the end. Good Luck, and if you have any more questions please feel free to contact me!</p>
<p>In 2007 FSU produced 185 allopathic medical applicants. Yale produced 225.</p>
<p>If you survive the course work with a good GPA and attain a solid MCAT score your chances of med admission are as good as graduating from anywhere. Med admissions are very individualistic. Get the basics (GPA and MCAT) and it really is all up to you.</p>
<p>"In 2007 FSU produced 185 allopathic medical applicants. Yale produced 225."</p>
<p>Ya, but that's 185 out of 30,000 undergraduates whereas Yale had 225 out of 5275 undergraduates. Not trying to undermine FSU but I thought that should be pointed out. And I wonder how many were actually ACCEPTED to a med school from both schools. I bet the numbers would be different then. Just putting that out there because I don't really think it's fair to compare Yale to FSU and that statistic really means nothing. However, I do agree that it is individualistic and it's very possible to be accepted to a good med school as long as you work hard in whatever undergraduate school you go to. It's up to you.</p>
<p>FSU is not Yale and never will be. The point is that few undergraduates actually persist in pre-medical studies, even at an Ivy League school like Yale. It is probably more about hard work and determination than anything else, assuming you meet the basics. On that aspect we agree.</p>
<p>Make sure you take advantage of the resources. YOU have to ask your professors, advisors, etc. about research and other projects. You have to take the initiative.</p>
<p>^Excellent advice. </p>
<p>At FSU you have multiple opportunities that can make a huge difference:
Honors fsu.edu</a> | Honors Program
Honors in the major fsu.edu</a> | About the Honors in the Major Program
Individual research as an undergraduate fsu.edu</a> | Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors
Honors medical and legal early entry program fsu.edu</a> | Honors Medical and Legal Scholars Programs</p>
<p>Some years ago we had a speaker at a high school discussing what it took to gain admittance to Harvard. He said one word - passion.</p>
<p>Passion, enthusiasm, discipline, tolerance for frustration, an unquenchable thirst for knowledge...whatever the descriptive term is what it takes to gain such goals.</p>
<p>If qualifying for the Honors program as a freshman did not happen, there are other ways to gain entry to Honors fsu.edu</a> | Admission</p>
<p>Upon rereading these comments I see I need to make a clarification.</p>
<p>While FSU, as a public university, will never be a Yale in terms of being a smallish highly selective private university for an undergraduate education, FSU can and does compete with Yale at the graduate level. For example, FSU and UF teamed up to win the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory from MIT, U Iowa, UW Madison and others. </p>
<p>The "Mag Lab" is now located near FSU in Innovation Park: National</a> High Magnetic Field Laboratory and is the only National Laboratory in Florida.</p>
<p>MDapplicants.com</a> - Search Results</p>
<p>These are FSU accepted MD students. You can do an advaced search and get some more detailed info.</p>
<p>Will repost later.</p>
<p>hey jhonnyTremain,</p>
<p>if i enroll at FSU (60%), i am doing pre-med :)</p>
<p>Please note that the MD Applicants data (from the link posted above) is voluntary.</p>