<p>Hey nerdy buddy, I am installing AIM messenger for you</p>
<p>lol great :]</p>
<p>Maybe you can be the optimist as you watch your friends get weeded out of premed one by one but, after 3 years of college, I hold no illusions. It's funny to come on this site and read about high schoolers who just have to become neurosurgeons or go to Johns Hopkins Med School. On one hand, you have to admire their ambition, but they have no idea how difficult it is to simply make it into ANY med school or to become <em>only</em> a pediatrician. </p>
<p>So, I'll advise you again: Worry about college admissions and the SAT's. Med school admissions and the MCAT's and all the other junk can come later.</p>
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I am a stress ball and I'm only going to be a junior in high school. :[ I'm so scared that I'm gonna major in the wrong thing and that I wont get accepted into med school
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oh gosh, story of my life...ive had nightmares all summer...its ridiculous....i had one about APUSH....</p>
<p>omigod, i feel the same way, Arijana!
i'm going to be a junior too..and i want to go to a good college and get into med school,and what the heck will i do if i don't get in???</p>
<p>great advice, norcalguy..i think i'll take it. you have good points.</p>
<p>it's so funny coming into these forums and seeing that there are people like me... the ones who are apprehensive about med school, while only being in high school. THe only thing i'm worried about is if i'm smart enough to get into a med school. I'm prob one of the hardest workers when it comes to school work and i hope that effort will count just as how smart you are. </p>
<p>norcalguy do you believe that effort counts just as much(or even more) then intelligence???</p>
<p>I believe you need both to get into med school (yes, admissions is THAT difficult). Personally, I lean more towards the intelligence side than the hardworking side. I have an average-slightly above average work ethic but I'm def. above average in terms of test scores at Cornell (1550, 800, 800, 780 on my SAT's). It's served me well so far (3.9 at Cornell w/ a 37 on my MCAT). </p>
<p>But given the choice, I'd rather be hardworking than smart. If you give it 100% and you still don't make it to med school, then at least you can take solace in the fact that you gave it your all and there is no shame in that. Whereas, if you're smart but lazy, you're left wondering if you could've made it to med school had you given enough effort.</p>
<p>norcalguy I think that I gave you the wrong impression of myself. I'm not unintelligent by any means, but I know I'm not a "genius" like many ivy league premed students are. I really do want to help people and I'm just hoping that I'm smart enough to do so. </p>
<p>I really do appreciate your feedback norcalguy and I wish you the best in the future</p>
<p>You don't need to be a genius to be a doctor. Nor do all geniuses make good doctors. You need a desire to help others, an interest in science, a caring personality, and other intangibles.</p>
<p>Thanks so much norcalguy. You really helped alot!</p>
<p>check, check, and check.</p>
<p>I'm so scared of everything! I am a junior--I don't know what happened, but perhaps I was never that smart. This year really proved it though--I got all Bs my first semester, which basically ruins my chances. I don't know where I can go to college anymore. I feel like this year has sucked all the life out of me. </p>
<p>Why I even keep hoping...
I'm the editor of our school paper and co-pres of MUN, and am currently taking 4 APs. I've been pretty involved with journalism, though I haven't won any awards (yet). And I definitely haven't won anything for MUN. I can probably get two great recs--but that's it. I interned at the Red Cross last summer (which everyone does) and volunteered at a jewish nursing home for a year. I was really involved in school, art classes, and chinese school the last two years, but outside of the first two mentioned leadership roles, I haven't done anything this year--not even volunteer work. I feel like my grades are going to kill me :( My dream is to go to Wharton, but that is really really not happening. And I guess I feel lost, because I don't feel I need to enjoy this year--I'd like to enjoy college. But I can't keep myself from falling asleep & not finishing homework.</p>