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guess for pre-med programs what I’ve heard are qualities that judge how good they are (I know no “pre-med” major exists per Se) are how easy it is to get good grades which play a huge role in med-school admissions,
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<p>??? It isn’t easy to get a good BCMP GPA at any good school. I dont know what this “huge role” is that you are talking about. Adcoms know that the classes are tough at all good schools, they know that these are weeder classes, therefore they know that any high GPA was earned and not some fluke.</p>
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<p>find out if they do committee letters and if it is hard to get one.</p>
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<p>virtually all good univs will have research opps. ask your science profs if you can assist them with research or in their labs. apply to REUs for the summer.</p>
<p>shadowing is done with doctors, not by the school. Often during the summer, you just ask the doctors that your family uses if you can shadow. or ask other doctors in your home town.</p>
<p>while shadowing is fine, too many kids do this too much …and it is a waste. you dont need to rack up hundreds of hours with this. Shadow a few different specialties. My son shadowed a family doctor, a general surgeon, an orthopedic surgeon, a dermatologist, and a gerontologist. these were either doctors that we had seen or were the parents of his friends. </p>
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along with the prestige of the school playing a small role (all factors being equal, a student from Harvard would be preferred compared to a student from a state school for example in med-school applications.
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<p>there might be a small nudge, but less likely. H doesnt do ANYTHING unique to prepare students for med school. And, they dont do anything to prepare for the MCAT. NOTHING. If there are two similar students, one from H and one from a state school then they will interview both, and then either take both or let the interview decide. </p>
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<p>Where you pay the least so you have money to pay for med school…unless you have rich parents who will pay for both.</p>
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<p>where in the US are there not some vestiges of racism? certainly not the NE or Calif…that is for sure. Southern schools are not bastions of racism…not at all.</p>
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<p>School is from fall to spring…you would be in NY in the summer. and every dorm I’ve seen in the south has AC.</p>