<p>Hello, </p>
<p>I am a junior at a public high school with average competition</p>
<p>I want to go to med school and am wondering if it is a reality for me.</p>
<p>I have a 3.9 GPA UW, 4.3 W</p>
<p>SAT is 1860. ( this is my main concern.)</p>
<p>200 volunteering hours at hospital,</p>
<p>Key Club, NHS, Latin Club, Basketball (varsity)</p>
<p>Nope. Definitely not. How dare you even consider it!?? </p>
<p>I’m just kidding, but seriously, Med school has nothing to do with the SAT’s.</p>
<p>But there must be some type of correlation between the your standardized test scores in high school and going on to medical school.</p>
<p>First of all, except in the Bizarro world of College Confidential, 1860 is not a low SAT Score.</p>
<p>Except for maybe 25 or 30 or so schools in the US, this score is well above average for admitted students. The majority of medical school students actually attend one of the … oh, I don’t know, couple of thousand other colleges.</p>
<p>So, do well, study hard and you have a great shot at Medical School</p>
<p>Exactlyyy.^</p>
<p>Any student can think about going to medical school and take pre-med courses in college alongside his/her major (which does not have to be biology), but any pre-med student needs to consider that most pre-meds do not get into any US medical school, so s/he should have a backup career plan for that likely possibility.</p>
<p>My point is that I’m not the brightest crayon in the box, But I am well above average, at least in my high school. Do the above average kids like me go on to medical school with respect to factors like MCATs. The competition for med schools is beyond belief these days and most likely, the med schools will accept students who were accepted to the top tier of universities.</p>
<p>The MCAT isn’t proportional at all to the SAT. The sat is a reasoning test while the MCAT is a purebred science test with a little English thrown in</p>
<p>Not to worry. There is hope for the future. Chapman University is planning a medical school. They already have an excellent pre-med program going. That’s a positive note for those of you who are seeking.</p>
<p>Oh I see. I concluded, after reading some of the replies and other posts, that med school is possible and should not really worry about it. </p>
<p>Now I am wondering about what undergrad schools I should look at. </p>
<p>I’d like a school that is strong in its sciences. </p>
<p>I’d like to stay on the East Coast as well.</p>
<p>Med school doesn’t care about the SAT at all, since the SAT is only for college admissions. Focus on the MCAT once you get into college.</p>
<p>What schools should I be looking at that are strong in sciences and I fit in well with respect to my SAT score (1860)</p>
<p>Med school and SAT have nothing to do with each other.</p>