<p>Does anyone know if med schools look at ANYTHING from your high school besides the name of the school?</p>
<p>SAT? AP scores? GPA?</p>
<p>does anybody know if med school or grad school or employer will ever look at your high school transcript if you graduated from college? or will they just ask for the name of your high school?</p>
<p>Nothing from high school will be looked at unless you take college courses/community college classes which will be factored into your college GPA when applying to medical school. I believe AP credit is looked at only in terms of credit though. This should help answer these questions and many others:
<a href="http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/2005instructionbook.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/2005instructionbook.pdf</a></p>
<p>some other questions bharath2007 :)</p>
<p>--in the aamc page, i think you had to register in order to get a med school application. is this the only way to get a copy of the application to simply take a look?
--if we take some college/community college classes in the summer before/during college...does that factor into our college GPA?</p>
<p>i am sorry if this was in the handbook link! i am still reading through it. thanks in advance!</p>
<p>wait one more for anyone--</p>
<p>On Duke's site, there is a short breakdown of the undergrad schools their med school students attended.</p>
<p>Is there something like this for Harvard or other top medical schools in the country (Hopkins, Wash U, etc)? Where can I get that kind of information?</p>
<p>Thanks again.</p>
<p>Based on my experience, the name of the high school is listed and looked at, but not taken into any importance. Stuyvesant High School may grab some attention as well as some other well known schools, but it is all minor in the scheme of things. Noone asks or cares about HS grades.</p>
<p>What about proof of high school graduation? Do they request that?
Do they request high school transcript? Why do they ask you to list high school name if they don't care about HS grades?</p>
<p>By virtue of the fact that one has been accepted, enrolled and graduated from a 4 year college, it can be safely assumed that one graduated high school.</p>
<p>The commitee may look at date of graduation as well as take a second glance when seeing a well known science high school. This would give an indication of a strong science student. I suppose the only way that high school would affect you is if you graduated from a difficult science high school, yet your college science grades are subpar.</p>
<p>You may list somewhere if you are a valedictorian, salutitorian, or major award winner in high school, but as for my experience, (and I can only speak for myself) high school grades are not an issue.</p>
<p>What high school names would be considered difficult? What if you make up a difficult high school name? How would they ever find that out? It would make you look really smart too.</p>
<p>Let me assure you that any attempt to lie on the application will be found out and the result will be most unpleasing.</p>
<p>I know high school valedictorians who are now failing most of their classes, while I, who was #10 in my class, am excelling in all of my classes, have been in dean's list since my first semester, have a part-time job, extra curriculars, etc.<br>
High school is not always reflective of your college performance. College is very different and challenging and you need to learn how to study in the shortest amount of time possible, and keep your sanity at the same time.</p>
<p>agreed. Unfortunately, the system is set up that colleges can only predict future success based on the past. Luckily, med schools realize what the above poster has said and high school grades are of no significance (in my experience.) The main issues addressed are inconsistancies in scores (high grades,low MCATS.) Ultimately, college, not high school is the best predictor for success in med school. Best of luck to the above poster. And number 10 is still an admirable achievement. The difference between 1 and 10 can be a fraction of a point.</p>
<p>So if your accepted into college already, should you still try hard in high school?</p>
<p>does your high school transcript matter later in jobs? does anybody look at it? </p>
<p>and do most high schools give the transcript to the student? when?? during graduation?</p>
<p>I think you are confusing transcript with diploma.</p>
<p>Your diploma is usually given to you at graduation and some job interviews may ask for a copy.</p>
<p>Do you plan on not completing high school? Obtaining your diploma shouldn't be a big obstacle if you've already been accepted to a college.</p>
<p>you should always do your best. As for final quarter in high school, the college that accepted you will get a copy of the final transcript. If there are failures, they have the right to reconsider their decision. If the grades are consistant, they will be happy, and if they slip a "tiny" bit due to senioritits in the 4th quarter, unless it is drastic, they will probably understand. (my opinion only-contact your college for more information)</p>
<p>However, always do your best, but also enjoy your senior year. You worked hard to get here.</p>
<p>You will get a copy of your final transcript. If you ever plan on transferring colleges, it would also be to your benefit to keep up your HS grades right to the end because they will ask for them.</p>
<p>If we take some college/community college classes in the summer before/during college...does that factor into our college GPA?
The classes may or may not factor into one's college GPA, but it will definetly factor into one's AMCAS gpa which is basically the med school gpa (includes repeated courses whereas home institutions may only count the most recent, etc.)</p>
<p>I took a 2 classes at a local colleges during this school year(senior year). In one I received an A and in the other well I don't know yet.n My question since I am not planning of using either of these courses when I got to college will these factor into my med school admissions?</p>
<p>Yes they will factor in regardless of when you took them (high school or junior high), and whether or not you plan on using them. You are supposed to send transcripts from every college you have attended and classes that you received grades in will be factored in to one's AMCAS gpa for med schools. Although the GPA is put into a separate section for high school grades, the grades become part of your cumulative GPA.</p>
<p>how difficult is it to get into the 7 yr/8 yr direct med programs?...i'm still in high school, and i kind of slipped up during my sophomore year....in terms of gpa....so my college resume isnt as stellar as it could have been...how selective are they?</p>
<p>From what I've heard, the combined med programs are extremely competitive -a lot of people are interested in medicine and want the security of a combined program. Some (ie. Northwestern and Brown's programs) are much more competitive than others.</p>