<p>Is it true that you HAVE to get published (for science research) to get into med school?</p>
<p>No, not a requirement. Not even if you are applying to MD/PhD, but it does help.</p>
<p>What? Of course not. You don't even HAVE to do reseach.</p>
<p>Does it help a lot in getting into medical school though if your work is published?</p>
<p>... a research-oriented medical school will care if your research was successful, and one of the ways they measure success is in publications.</p>
<p>If you're going for M.D. alone or even M.D./Ph.D. you don't NEED publications to get in, but they definitely help</p>
<p>What weight is given to non-scientific publications in, say, a poetry or literary magazine of standing for med school admissions?</p>
<p>Not much. It's a talent/good EC but that's about it. Med schools value scientific publications because it shows you have an aptitude for science and bench research and therefore might make a contribution to the med school in that area.</p>
<p>Again, for a research-oriented medical school? Less. But it's an accomplishment.</p>
<p>And getting a publication is hard enough for a graduate student to accomplish. It's much more difficult for an undergrad to get one, and it takes a long time...</p>
<p>I could be wrong, but I doubt a significant number of med school applicants (or even acceptees) have publications.</p>
<p>This was all told to me by my research mentor</p>