Note that the above is written by a high school senior.
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know I will need to be above average in my class (GPA and MCAT) to get into medical school. B
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You need to be more than “above average” if you’re a typical unhooked traditional applicant…you need to be at the top. You need to shine. You need to get the 3.7+ GPA…both BCMP GPA and cum GPA. You need to impress your profs so that you’ll get strong LORs and good research opps.
If you’re avg or just above avg, why would a prof write you a glowing LOR??? lol. No, those will go to the students that are at the top.
There are no “passes” given by med schools if you get a lower GPA for “harder majors” (i.e. Engineering). My son was an eng’g premed, and he knew that no one was going to give him an inch just because he was a ChemEng’g major. He knew he needed top grades.