Med School advice please!

<p>This is my first time posting a question on this actually! I have been having the question for a while, and thought this would be the best place to ask! I am a transfer student starting at UC Irvine in the fall with a biomedical engineering/premed major. I have decided that I want to go to medical school after UC Irvine, but my grades in community college aren't good (3.19). I was wondering if I do really well in my upper division classes at UC Irvine, would I be a competitive enough candidate for medical school? What would be your advice on how to get into medical school at this point in my schooling?</p>

<p>Get a 4.0, kill the MCAT, write amazing essays.
Volunteer in the medical field, work in labs. Maybe even take a year off before going to med school.</p>

<p>thanks cyberchondriac! would the year off just be to get more research or clinical work on my resume?</p>

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