<p>Hey Guys!
I'm a junior in high school and I just wanted to know some colleges that have straight-medical programs. And also, it would be helpful if you could post some stats about GPA requirements, SAT scores, and other qualifications that are needed to get into that college. Thanks in advance! :)</p>
<p>Straight-medical programs?</p>
<p>yes. like bs/md and ba/md. btw, anyone know the difference?</p>
<p>Oh. The only difference is in one you get a Bachelor of Science and the other a Bachelor or Arts. As for the list and requirements, there is a list stickied to the top of BS/MD thread. I’d start there. But for just about every single one you need extraordinary stats and med-related ECs.</p>
<p>jasonleb1,
Oh I see, thanks. Do you have any examples of med-related ECs I can still do?</p>
<p>Volunteering at a hospital is a good start. You may be out of luck if you haven’t been building your resume until now.</p>
<p>You need to be Ivy caliber applicant. You still have time to get volunteering, shadow MD’s and possibly get internship at local Med. Research lab. If you serious, start looking for these, they are not easy to get, including volunteering spots. Check with friends, their parents, connections can get you somewhere.</p>
<p>Okay well I’ve already been volunteering at a hospital and i have 200+ hours there. how do i shadow a doctor?</p>
<p>1) Email Doctor
2) Ask to shadow</p>
<p>Alternatively go to your hospital’s volunteering center and ask them to arrange it.</p>
<p>Okay, and if I shadowed them, what would I be doing? Like do I just watch them do their stuff or what?</p>
<p>^what i did was i made friends with one of the doctors at the place i volunteer and she said i could come in another day once a week and shadow her. Its pretty awesome cause i get to do projects for her, and she’s really a main mentor for me (she helped me prepare hella for my interview!).</p>
<p>Generally when you shadow you watch them do their stuff, take notes on it, then the doctor goes over any questions you have after. You learn a lot by seeing different cases, and if the doctor trusts you you’ll get to examine the patients too (in one shadowing/internship thing i did, which was abroad, they let me look at patients eyes through slit lamps/opthalmoscopes/etc, and by the end i was able to diagnose the cases pretty accurately.)</p>
<p>It is not important what you will be doing, observing or helping a little. It will depend on specific MD. However, it is important what you get out of this experience, what you see that could be helpful in your future, what you learn being there. It is important for several reasons. First, for you personally, second it might come up during interview in somewhat provocative way, since everybody knows that you are not allowed to do much while shadowing MD. You should be able to defend your opinion of importance of shadowing, otherwise it will look like you did it only because of everybody is doing it. </p>
<p>Primary contacts for shadowing are your personal physicians and your friends parents.</p>