<p>I really need help from students currently in premed or in medical school...actually anyone who plans to be a doctor :)
Okay, here is my story
1) I am in the low-low class (if you know what I mean) in society so paying for college will be very hard for me. (probably going to be in big debt by the end of medical school)
2) I am not extremely bright (the mistakes in my grammar kind of shows it :)) so I probably wouldn't get accepted to a ivy league and get tons of financial aid (i'm in my senior year waiting my letter of acceptence /rejection)
3) I do have 3.9 GPA in high school, good extra work (300+ hours in service hour), awards, office in national honor society, etc. but my sat basically was bad and i did lack sports and extra things.
4) I got a full scholarship to my local public university.
SO HERE IS THE PROBLEM
The university that offered me the full scholarship is a very very low school. It is basically where the kids in my school who got f and c's go to.
I'm worried that going to such a small school will ruin my chance of going to a good medical school.
I intend of working extra hard (i mean it) to strive for harvard medical school, but i am worried that my exremely low ranked undergraduate school will hold me back, since it has limited opportunities for research, sports, and clubs.
I am limited to what I can do in that school.
Can anyone help me?</p>
<p>And Thank you for anyone who read this boring blog and commented on it. :)</p>
<p>A full scholarship anywhere is amazing, so good work. I really don’t think you’ll regret getting through college debt free. It’s been my experience (coming from an unranked state school) that opportunities are always available for resourceful people.</p>
<p>What exactly are your options right now? Is it just free state school versus full-priced private school?</p>
<p>Could you go to the flagship state university in your state?</p>
<p>In your current sutuation, I think it may not be wise for you to attend any expensive private. If you go to a flagship (or at least mid-tier) public university in your state, you could also succeed there.</p>
<p>I am in the same boat as you. While I wish I could say prestiege doesn’t matter, I think it does to some extent. However what I’ve come to terms with is the fact that having no debt at the end of 4 years of undergrad and intending to continue on to med school is going to leave me a lot better off than some of my friends. At the end of the day it really is only undergrad and as long as you maintain a high gpa and score well on your mcat you should be ok. </p>
<p>Yeah I’m guessing it’s going to be hard finding volunteer opportunities and research and whatnot, but it’ll leave you a lot better off in the long run.</p>
<p>What are you planning on majoring in for undergrad?</p>
<p>im planning to major in chemistry or biology. I’m also thinking of minoring in history or music. (I know that I will need to work harder than others so I believe minoring in history will give me more practise in reading and writing in english)
Also does knowing few languages help in getting into medical school???
currently I am advanced in Korean, English (well sort of :)), spanish, and portuguese, and I plant to study either chinese or french for my undergraduate year.</p>
<p>But yeah… I plant to do alot so I don’t waste my year paying for college.</p>
<p>If you’re having some trouble in school, don’t consider yourself to be very bright, concerned about your low SAT score, and worried about college, I don’t think you need to be all that worried about taking on additional languages. Korean, English, Spanish, and Portuguese are plenty. If I were in your shoes, I’d probably focus on English + one other (but that’s just me).</p>