<p>I am a junior, and I am planning to pursue medicine as a career. What are some good pre-med school? </p>
<p>My transcript by the end of Junior year should look like this:
3.4 gpa unweighted
33 act
5 AP classes-
Euro (5)
Psych (4)
US history (?)
Bio (?)
Eng/Comp (?)
I am in Science Olympiad and Scholastic Bowl.</p>
<p>Most colleges and universities will prepare you for med school. Since medical school is very expensive, it makes sense to keep your undergraduate costs as low as possible. So first, explore honors programs at your state flagship. If you’re one of the lucky kids for whom cost is no object - then the sky’s the limit. So to help you better, tell us what your family can afford, what you want in terms of size, regional preference, LAC or research U, etc.</p>
<p>This question has been asked a lot before! Check out the pre-med forum on CC for tons of advice :-)</p>
<p>Pre-med classes are REGULAR classes that nearly all colleges offer.</p>
<p>Go to a good school that is affordable for your family.</p>
<p>You’ll take…</p>
<p>2 semesters of Bio
2 semesters of Gen Chem
2 semesters of Ochem
2 semesters of Physics
1 semester of math</p>
<p>And maybe a few optional classes, like biochem, genetics, psych, stats.</p>
<p>How much will your family pay?</p>
<p>With your stats, if your weighted GPA is higher, there are schools that will give you free tuition.</p>
<p>Hendrix College
Gettysburg College</p>
<p>You would get great scholarships from UAB and Howard (Both of which also would give you a chance to apply for auto med school admittance)</p>
<p>There are oodles of options. My guy picked the University of Rochester in part because of the oodles of research options they have (more available and a wider variety than other colleges he looked at) and their hospital being right across the street. He’s just a freshman this year, but he’s already told us he loves it and feels certain it IS the place for him.</p>
<p>But again, there are oodles of options.</p>
<p>Look for:</p>
<p>Low cost.
Pre-med courses that prepare you well for the MCAT.
Grade inflation relative to student competitiveness.
Pre-med extracurricular availability and convenience.</p>
<p>Money is not a huge problem, but I am aware that medical school is expensive. Therefore, I would like to try and find a school which would satisfy the money need and the great education need. But in the end superior education would be better.</p>
<p>What is your weighted GPA? </p>
<p>If your weighted GPA is 3.5 or higher, there are some schools that will give you large merit scholarships.</p>
<p>When you say that money “is not a huge problem”, what does that mean? What are your PARENTS saying? Have they said that they’ll pay $25k per year? $40k per year? $60k per year? More? Less? </p>
<p>If your parents haven’t given you a figure, then ASK them. </p>
<p>How much will your family pay each year?</p>
<p>Is it too much to ask that students first do even an itsy-bitsy rudimentary level of basic research on their own, and then come to the forums with a well-thought out question… (I know, I know… I’m expecting too much from the this generation of “spoon-fed” kids who just want an app to tell them the answer. They have all the answers at their fingertips via google, and yet…)</p>
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<p>@harvard<em>and</em>berkely -
AMEN!!!</p>
<p>There should be a pinned post that has a set of steps for people to follow to get them started on their research before they post. And a list of helpful criteria they should include when asking for help.</p>
<p>^^</p>
<p>Actually, there was a thread made awhile back with such suggested guidelines for asking for college help. Since too many students were posting questions without providing important info, suggestions were made that each inquiry should include info such as:</p>
<p>Home state?</p>
<p>Geographic limitations?</p>
<p>Intended major?</p>
<p>Intended career?</p>
<p>Weighted and UW GPA</p>
<p>Test scores, including SAT breakdown.</p>
<p>Class rank or decile:</p>
<p>Important ECs and awards (don’t list every club/award/EC, just the meaningful ones that have had a significant time committment and/or recognition). </p>
<p>Type of schools that you like: big, small, quiet, rah rah, city, rural, etc.</p>
<p>How much money have your parents said that they will pay each year? (not how much do you THINK they’ll pay; how much have they said that they WILL pay.)</p>