<p>hi, i want to go to UNC and study premed, however want to get as high as GPA as possible as want to attend elite med school (hopkins, yale, harvard etc). I am familiar with science and have been taking two science classes all years in high school . What kind of GPA do i need to allow myself to get into the elite schools and how hard is that gpa to get at UNC?</p>
<p>I talked with a current UNC student about it. He said that pre-med at UNC is very hard and competitive.But the program gets u real good prepared for the MCAT test.He also said that a 3.0 is a decent GPA for a premed student since the coursework is very hard.</p>
<p>You really do not have to take pre-med to get into medical school. You just have to take the required classes which are not that many, but you need to do well in those classes. A lot of people major in pre-med or biology, but I believe they like to see people from different majors apply.</p>
<p>I love Biology.And I want to major in it.Do u think it would b a good idea to major in some other easier subjects, so that I have a greater chance of acceptance to med school?
And do u guys know how easy or hard it is for a UNC student to get into unc med school?I mean whether they get any preference over other students.</p>
<p>There is no premed major at UNC. But you have to be premed to go to med school. </p>
<p>You can MAJOR in anything you want, but medical schools generally require a certain set of classes that all their applicants need to take. UNC requires for premeds to take a year of organic chemistry, a year of general chemistry, a semester of analytical chemistry, a year of calculus based physics, and a year of biology. Or some variation of those requirements but they're essentially classes that prepare you for the MCAT. </p>
<p>On getting into medical school... med school admissions is really a crapshoot, but one sure way of getting rejected is not making the grades or having a poor MCAT score, no matter where you go for college. Making good grades is important, but don't choose to major in something easy. Major in what you want to major in. </p>
<p>I'm a chemistry/bio double major right now and I'm doing the premed track for an option after graduation. The classes themselves are not that hard and a good GPA is easily manageable if you study. Truthfully, many of the premeds at UNC are average students who come in without knowing how competitive medical school really is. Those are the ones who fall behind and eventually drop out of the curriculum. I don't consider myself very smart, but I'm about 75% of the way through with all my med school requirement classes and unless my bomb this semester's finals, I'll pushing a 3.9 GPA by the end of this term. You don't have to be smart, but you have to be willing to work hard.</p>
<p>Marchofflames, would u plz tell me if there r certain requirements for a double major, how hard is it to do double major and how many hours of volunteering services are required to go to a good med school.</p>
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<p>For a double major you need to complete all the requirements for... well... two majors. For me, I initially started as a chemistry major with a concentration in biochemistry, but I picked up the biology major because so many classes overlap to the point that a biochem concentration includes a biology minor already (and biology majors include a chem minor). Since I brought in a lot of credits from high school, I had a lot of breathing room to add extra classes.</p>
<p>Pre-med isn't hard, pre-med classes are simply a year of biology, physics, chem and organic chem. How hard it is to graduate with a high GPA depends much more on your major. Most premeds are biology majors since almost all the premed requirements are taken care of in the biology major (I think the only difference is that biology doesn't require calculus based mechanics and E+M), not to mention, in terms of natural sciences, biology is much easier than either chemistry or physics.</p>
<p>As for volunteer service, there are no required number of hours, just as in college admissions, very little is actually required by the medical school. But as you should know, medical school is very competitive so you need to have enough on your resume to ensure that you are a competitive applicant. Some students volunteer, some do research, etc. I'm not a med school student, so how much I know about med school applications is limited, but thats pretty much the gist of things.</p>
<p>I'm someone who is really interested in international relations but also medicine. I also enjoy biology but would like to exposes myself to IR classes with a premed focus. Would it be better if I majored in IR with a premed focus or just majored in biology. Also, how is the cognitive science major?</p>
<p>what you major in doesn't matter, just as long as you get your premed classes out of the way. You can major in IR and apply to med school just as well as any bio/chem/phys major can. Major in what you're interested in.</p>