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<li>How competitive is premed at TAMU? </li>
<li>How many students go from TAMU to Baylor and UT-Southwestern medical schools?</li>
<li>What kind of GPA + MCAT would it take to go from TAMU to UT-Southwestern and Baylor?</li>
<li>If I go to TAMU will I be stuck in state for med school? Do TAMU premeds end up at great med schools around the country and how common/uncommon is this? (I'm talking about med schools like East Coast top med schools, west coast top ones, and other ones) </li>
<li>Could you describe the opportunities available for premeds in terms of shadowing physicians, observing surgery, working at free clinics, etc. that a premed would want to do? (I heard from one poster that TAMU is horrible for this)</li>
<li><p>How easy/hard is it to get awesome research opportunities at TAMU? </p></li>
<li><p>Would you have any idea if I would get scholarship money at TAMU if I apply in the next week? (Did I miss a deadline or anything?)
Stats:
-2300 SAT I
-val/340
-4.0 UW
-solid ECs
-in-state
(won't qualify for top 8% rule because I have established residency but do not attend a TX high school)</p></li>
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<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>4) why would going to TAMU prevent you from going out of state for med school? It is how you do while you are in college and your MCATs that determines where you will be accepted for med school.</p>
<p>7) The scholarship deadline was December 1</p>
<p>Bump, there are no other premeds on the TAMU board? Number 5 that I posted is especially of concern to me, especially for the shadowing, etc. because one member on here said he transferred to UT because of lack of opportunities but I don’t know if this is a true statement or just his perspective.</p>
<p>I was the one who transferred from A&M (Biology) to UT (Biomedical Engineering).</p>
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<li>It’s competitive but not really that much compared to other schools…</li>
<li>There is a fair amount of students from A&M going to Baylor UT-Southwestern. It’s because A&M is a huge state school so there’s bound to be a lot of applicants from there.</li>
<li>It doesn’t really matter where you go for school (unless it’s a top 20 school), but you’ll most likely need a 3.7+ along with a 35 range MCAT to have a good chance. But those schools are research oriented schools, so you’ll HAVE to have some research. Considering your impressive Ivy league stats, I’m sure you’ll have little no problems…</li>
<li>Ditto on what klparker said. You’ll have chances anywhere as long as you have the stats. Just make sure to do well in everything and you’ll be fine.</li>
<li>I was serious when I said College Station had limited opportunities for shadowing/volunteering. This is because CS is a small city/town that’s mainly focused and centered about the school itself. Doctors/Pharmacists are very limited considering the size of the student body. There are few hospitals/clinics and you’ll most likely need a car to go to them. You can always shadow/volunteer at home…</li>
<li>I couldn’t get into any (freshman at the time). I contacted a lot of profs, but they said there was no space or won’t take undergrads/freshmen. Compare that to once I got into UT, I also contacted a lot of profs there and had many interviews lined up. I actually got to pick and choose the research project I was most interested in (working with polymers for nanoscale applications and biosensors). I’m sure you could get into one your first semester, but you’ll have to try very hard.</li>
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<p>If you have any other questions you can PM me.</p>