Interested mostly in how easy it is to get involved with pre-med related activities early in ones college career (freshman-sophomore year) including research, working/shadowing at a hospital, and any sort of clinical experience one could get. Details about if these spots are limited/really competitive or if they are abundant and easy to get involved with would be helpful. Also, is there any major grade inflation/deflation I should know about? The size of the classes for the big pre-med classes I should know about? And about the overall pre-med advisory as a whole?
These are all really good questions and I will try to answer some of them to the best of my ability.
There are lots of pre-med and volunteering clubs so it is easy to get involved in that aspect. There is lots of opportunity to volunteer at the hospital as long as you apply early and go through the whole process. As far as research, it depends. If you have like a 33 ACT and get offered the paid research assistant position, then obviously it’s easy to get involved since you already have an offer. Throughout the semester they normally send out emails with opportunities that students can apply for. It depends on how qualified you are and how many people apply. As a freshmen/ sophomore, it is kind of difficult to get involved in research. But, if you go to office hours and excel well in a particular class, you could talk to that professor about their research and see if they need a research assistant. It really just depends. I don’t know much about clinical experience/ I don’t think there is really any major grade inflation/deflation.