<p>I'm a high school but I'm deciding on what to major/ should i go into the pre-med route. I'm a hard worker in class but I'm nervous that the weed out curves are going to be really tough. If i study a lot do you think i would be fine even with a low high school gpa of 3.42?? (I have an A in ap bio).</p>
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<p>3.42 in HS will need a huge adjustment as even HS 4.0 needs adjustments to college requirements.<br>
My advice also to stay away from SDN. They will put you down in first couple minutes of peepping there.<br>
Again, A in AP Bio does not mean too much. D’s first Bio class (that they were advised NOT to skip even with “5” on AP exam) went thru AP Bio material in first 2 weeks, then they moved on to new much more challenging material.
Just to give you prospective, it would not hurt to try, but do not try for too long. That is why it is worthwhile to have weed out class in the first semester of your freshman year.
There is no genius reguired to pre-med, but hard working attitude is a must. By hard working, I mean the level that produces GPA 3.6 as the very min. 3.42 is not gong to be enough. Best wishes.</p>
<p>all As (certainly a few Bs maybe in a PE class or English or something like that…) in college to get into medical school, unless you’re going to a super-hard school that’s known as a pre-med machine (johns hopkins is one of those, for example); in that case, the admissions folks know that that school is super at prepping kids for med school, so they may cut you some slack if you go there, but it won’t be a lot of slack. Essentially, make an A in every class and save room for two Bs and score in the top 20% on the MCAT and you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>I am not kidding.</p>
<p>the kitesurfer.</p>
<p>^GPA=3.6+/MCAT=32+ should get you to some Med. Schools. (plus Med. EC’s and reasonably sociable personality)</p>
<p>Last time I heard it, if a premed goes to a “sort of” but not extremely competitive college, he needs more As than Bs (e.g., 2/3 A’s, 1/3 B’s, that is, about 3.67 GPA) in order to have a good enough GPA.</p>
<p>Since when does a premed need “all As (certainly a few Bs maybe in a PE class or English or something like that…)…make an A in every class and save room for two Bs”? Does it become even more competitive these days?</p>
<p>Regarding MCAT, I suspect being in the top 20% may not be good enough; it may need to be in the top 15% in order to have some “safe” margin. I heard more than 50% of MCAT test takers even do not apply to medical schools. For example, assume that only the top 45% of MCAT test takers apply. All of a sudden, the 80 percentile (the top 20 percents) is not that great anymore. I actually heard more students could not get into a medical school because of their low MCAT score rather than because of their low GPAs.</p>