Medical School- Any Hope?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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<p>From other threads I noticed it is nearly impossible to get an A in some science courses at NU. Seeing as a good GPA, especially the science one, is needed to get into a good medical school, I'm just wondering if it's impossible.</p>

<p>People tell me to not worry and got into what I want to do. I have such a small chance at it though so I'm thinking of majoring in something more "practical".</p>

<p>I'm the type of student that never studies at home because I don't need to in order to do well on a test. The majority of my time is for "BS homework".</p>

<p>Of course I plan to change this in college. I'm just hoping that the homework given does help and I actually have time to study.</p>

<p>So worried./:</p>

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<p>I have heard from multiple students who went to NU and applied to medical schools that had average grades in their sciences, and many of them ended up at Harvard and Yale med. Schools know how difficult the sciences are at NU and they will weigh that as part of their selection process. Don’t worry, you will be fine! :)</p>

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<p>Here’s a more frank look:</p>

<p>[MDapplicants.com</a> - Search Profiles](<a href=“http://mdapplicants.com/search.php?search_school=0&search_year=0&search_age=0&search_ethnicity=0&search_state=0&search_undergraduate=northwestern&search_areaofstudy=0&psr=1&orderby=OverallGPA&order=asc]MDapplicants.com”>http://mdapplicants.com/search.php?search_school=0&search_year=0&search_age=0&search_ethnicity=0&search_state=0&search_undergraduate=northwestern&search_areaofstudy=0&psr=1&orderby=OverallGPA&order=asc)</p>

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<p>I’m pre-med industrial engineering. In other words, I’m shooting for medical school and consulting at the same time. Practical? Not in the class-sense, but I like it and IE gets you into business very well, which is one of my true passions.</p>

<p>One thing that I have learned over the last quarter is to preview everything. Just do it. Use MIT OCW, read study hacks blogs (<a href=“http://www.calnewports.com/blog[/url]”>http://www.calnewports.com/blog&lt;/a&gt; and <a href=“http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog[/url]”>http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog&lt;/a&gt; come to mind), prep for your lectures. I used to be in your position too; mind-numbing breezing through high school work. By watching a lecture beforehand, I could sense what’s going on. By taking notes over and over and connecting them in a sensible way (Cal Newport and Scott Young tag team combo style), things seemed easier than they should have been.</p>

<p>I mean just try it once you get here. Not saying this is the absolute best way, but it’s an alternative way that knocks off studying hours like crazy, which is good if you like to get involved in a ton of organizations.</p>