Pre-med Help

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>I'm a junior in high school and I am currently researching colleges. I want to study pre-med and later go to medical school so I want to go to a college or university that has a good premed program. I have been looking into the programs at WashU, Duke, Emory, and my parents have been talking about Princeton and Yale. I would like to know more about the premed programs and if you could help me that would be appreciated. Also I have some questions about premed in general,
1) I know that premed is not a major so what should I put on the major section of forms?
2) Should I go to the same college for premed that I would like for medical school?
3) Is the premed curriculum really hard? Will it be possible for me to minor in Spanish while pusuing the premed path?</p>

<p>Oh and just out of curiosity... what do you think my chances are for getting accepted to an "Elite" school... I have a 4.7 GPA, I am currently competing for valedictorian (I am 2/565 now), I have had straight A's throughout my entire high school career, I have taken the hardest classes offered at my school (I will be enrolled in 5 AP and 1 Hnr class next year), I am very involved at school (NHS, freshman mentoring, pep club, cheerleading, band) I got a 29 on the ACT the first time (Im taking it again in april bcuz that score is not an accurate representation of my abilities) </p>

<p>Oh and one more question... Should I take the SAT and ACT or just ACT?</p>

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<p>Hi Princess,</p>

<p>1.) It doesn't matter. If you have something that interests you - say, for example, history - put that. If not, don't worry about it. "Undeclared" is a very nice answer. Remember, your major is not particularly important in and of itself.</p>

<p>2.) The general consensus is that it doesn't seem to matter very much. Go to the undergraduate school where you can get the best education, and things will proceed nicely from there. (Plus, it's nice to see different parts of the country.)</p>

<p>3.) The premed curriculum can be hard, but it's probably not the hardest track in college. Here at Duke, at least, it's probably easier than our BME track. It shouldn't be hard to balance with a minor in Spanish, though, because - frankly - minors are almost never very difficult to obtain.</p>

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<p>mmm...
apply to more safeties, by the way.</p>