<p>Medicine is something that truly fascinates me and i definitely feel i have a passion for it. i am a senior in High School and about to attend college. Now with this coming up a popular subject for discussions is what are our future plans. Now I say Im gonna explore what is out there but I definitely am interested in becoming a doctor. Now im not a spectacular high school student 3.3 GPA 25 ACT. I just didnt really see school as important until junior year. Then junior year came i didnt no how to study effectively. Fixed that and now for 3rd quarter I had my first 4.0 and im probably gonna get close to it again. Now that was pretty big for me because it made me feel like I can get a 4.0 and I did so I think I can do this in college too and at least have the option for med school. But today a friend of mine said something that kinda got to me. He basically said med school is hard i dont think u have wut it takes and I do because my dads a doctor (he has a 2.9 and a 23 ACT). And I before he said this I was telling him how i wanted to go to U of M Ann Arbors med school cuz my aunt went there and I really admired her. He just keeps shooting me down. Now not thinking he has any room to say this but I keep thinking just how difficult it is to do and usually arent med students 4.0 cum high school students?</p>
<p>Yeah, having a father who’s a physician doesn’t mean the son is capable of it. That particular claim of your friend’s is way off base.</p>
<p>he also says med schools look at your high school grades. now i like to think ive done my fair share of research. i dont think they matter at all once your in college. now my question is do people commonly do better academically in college? i realize college is harder material and brighter students etc. but i feel i didnt really hit my academic stride so to speak until just this last semester.</p>
<p>Re: looking at high school grades: Also ridiculous. Absolutely not true.</p>
<p>Doing better in college: No, the vast majority of students do much worse in college. If you’re right that you’ve just now hit your stride, than you can expect to do better than you did the first couple years, but probably not as well as you’re doing right now.</p>
<p>There’s no way to find out except to go try it.</p>
<p>god i no u dont mean to but uve absolutely terrified me. do u no y exactly people tend to do worse in college</p>
<p>You said it yourself. The material is harder and the other students are smarter.</p>
<p>i mean because i finally figured out to manage my time and have been acing classes with ease now and i just feel like if i do any worse in college i can forget med school as well as getting any decent job offers because that will likely mean below a 3.0 GPA and at this point when the excitement of getting into my top choice has worn off i feel like my life is mostly downhill now.</p>
<p>As I said in post #4:
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<p>im going to be attending Michigan State University in the fall? Are u familiar with their premed program? Do they have good advisors. Is it generally easier excel at a solid state school? I picked MSU based on comfort. Its far enough away where i can live on campus but still come, i love the campus, and it has solid academics. But i havent been able to get much info on being a pre med there. Do u have any info? U seem very knowledgeable about this process so that s why i ask. thanks</p>
<p>I don’t know much about it. As a general rule, it is easier to do well at a less-selective school, and (also as a general rule) the advising is better at smaller schools.</p>
<p>can u still get decent advising at a large if u are more assertive about it. i mean are the advisors at large schools usually good advisors. i am assuming its probably worse because they are catering to a large number of students.</p>
<p>Many large schools don’t offer any advising (see: UC Berkeley). Probably varies school to school.</p>