<p>Hey, everyone. I'm going into my senior year in HS and really want to get into a med school such as Wake Forest, UVA, or UNC-Chapel Hill. My situation is that I have suffered from SAD and depression through HS resulting in a 3.0 GPA and an ACT score in the low 20's. In elementary and middle school, I made straight A's. I haven't taken any AP courses and I feel I am well behind in the sciences/math. I am going to bust my butt to have a 4.0 at the undergrad college I will hopefully be attending. Is there anything I could do to catch up to my peers? How would med schools look at my situation? </p>
<p>Thanks for any advice.</p>
<p>Honestly, no medschool is going to know about your high school career. Just go to your state school take the prereq’s, major in something you like, do the extracurricular stuff, etc…</p>
<p>I suffered from insomnia and depression during high school and still do. So I kinda know what you’re going through. My greatest struggle in college was the realization that oh sh** everyone else here has taken ap bio, chem, calc… For me that meant that I didn’t get an A in those classes sometimes but ended ub getting a B+ or such. But then again all my classes were graded on a curve</p>
<p>Aim for the 4.0, but don’t be surprised if you don’t get it. They won’t care at all how you did in high school, but it could be something to talk about down the road.</p>
<p>How tough are the 3 schools that I mentioned on out of state applicants? I know the averages of their incoming classes GPA’s are about 3.7-3.8, so would an out of state applicant have to have higher than the average?</p>
<p>Wake favors IS applicants moderately; UNC and UVa do so more extensively. Yes, you should plan on having to beat their averages to be competitive, and even that might not help at UNC.</p>
<p>What would be an example of an out of state, accepted applicants stats for UVA and UNC? Would a 3.8-4.0 GPA and 33+ MCAT suffice?</p>
<p>I think those (or maybe something like a 35) would be the sort of stats that do not automatically get you rejected. There are no statistics that “suffice” to get you in.</p>