In my freshman year I scored a 93.625 weighted and Sophomore year I finished with a 95.625 weighted GPA. I’ve realized that I want to go to med school once I reach college, but Ive realized that I also have a low GPA. My schedule for junior year is this: -AP Art History, APUSH 2, AP Micro economics, Honors Physics, Honors Anatomy and Physiology, Honors LAL 3, Honors Precalculus. The reason for these is to strengthen my GPA and hopefully acheI’ve over a 100 my junior year. AP Bio is a double block class in my school which means if I was to take it, I would have to droptwo classes of these 3 either AP Art history, AP Micro, or HonOrson Anatomy and Physiology. AP Bio is also a very hard class in my school which means that my GPA will impover but not to a point where it is over a 100 and also which means that my chances of top 10% would probably diminish. Should I keep my schedule, try to score over a 100 GPA and then take AP Bio my senior year or should I just take AP Bio my junior year even though I wouldn’t have a chance to score over a 100. I also do want to go to Medical school of some sort and am very unsure of whether to choose my GPA with easier classes or just take AP Bio?? Please help all input matters. Thank You!!!
Your high school coursework/GPA is not considered for medical school admissions, only college coursework/GPA. So it literally doesn’t matter what you take or the grades you earn in high school. (Exception: any dual enrollment courses taken will be considered and included in all GPA calculations.)
If you are looking at applying to combined BA/MD programs, then you need both an very strong GPA and AP coursework (with AP scores of 5) in Chem, Bio, CalcAB or BC and if possible PhysB or C.
Additionally, you need the appropriate ECs for medicine for BA/MD programs–community service, clinical volunteering, physician shadowing, demonstrated leadership. Without the appropriate ECs, your grades won’t matter because you won’t be considered.
If you want to be pre-med, take AP bio because most of the other pre-meds will have taken it and you want to be competitive. THat is more important than your HS GPA.
College courses count in admission to medical schoo!. High school is not irrelevant because !earning is cumulative.
Therefore, thoughtful selection’s of high school classes is important. I would choose sciences such as biology and chemistry as much as I could. Learning from a solid base is really helpful. I would choose classes with a heavy reading load to maximize vocabulary and fluency. Note that different fields have different writing styles meaning it is necessary to start over as many time as you need til you are comfortable with the style. Develop solid study skills because you will need them more than you expect. Think about Latin as the root of medical vocabulary. This is not beginning Latin
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