<p>I am a freshman undergrad student studying Biochemistry/Biophysics(pre-med option) with a minor in Psychology. I am dedicating my college career to being a good student, I am enjoying myself and I love college so far, but I am taking it seriously. </p>
<p>I am committing myself to doing ATLEAST 250 hours of community service a year with children or through a medical clinic. For the next two summers I am doing an internship working with children. Right now I want to go to medical school, study neurology and work with children. </p>
<p>However I am not a genius, I apply myself and work really hard, but I am NOT going to pull off a 4.0, more realisticly somewhere between a 3.5-3.75</p>
<p>So my question is... what are my odds going to be getting into medical school?</p>
<p>Sorry, but you're not going to be able to get a realistic answer - there are just too many variables.... your MCAT score, actual final GPA, quality of your ECs in two and a half years, quality of your personal statement and LORs, competativeness of med schools in several years when you actually apply, etc etc.</p>
<p>For now, just focus on doing well in your classes and staying involved in volunteer work. Also, make sure you get plenty of clinical experience.</p>
<p>Yeah thats kind of what I was thinking. I think I am just getting silly freshman jitters because I realise I wont be a 4.0 student. </p>
<p>How should I go about getting clinical experience? I have a close family friend who is an anesthesiologist and works at a hospital close to my college, so I was thinking about asking him. Since I want to specialize in neurology, should I try to specifically volunteer in a nuerology center or just get experience in whatever I can?</p>
<p>^i think the general consensus is to get experience wherever you can because we (im a freshman too) dont really know enough about medicine at this point to really choose a specialty and it is probably a good idea to get exposure to many different aspects of the field...but i would def. try to get something you are interested in (like neurology) simply because you are interested in it..</p>
<p>certainly if you have an interest, go for it - you're more likely to find it a worthwhile experience than something in some other field...but when you do finally interview for med school in a couple years, don't be surprised if the interviewer rolls their eyes when you tell them you absolutely want to be a neurologist.</p>
<p>^ because its too early to know - you simply don't have the exposure to medicine to allow you to make an educated decision about which specialty you want to practice for the rest of your life.</p>