<p>so as i've been asking some questions on this forum, some people have been telling me graduating with honors makes no difference in med school admissions.
Is this true? Wouldn't they be impressed tat you're challenging yourself!
help!</p>
<p>Among other things, graduating with honors means different things at different places.</p>
<p>And if you apply while still in college, your honors degree will not have happened by the time the med schools see your applications.</p>
<p>Med schools absolutely look at how you did in college, in fact that is the most important factor. So if you did very well, then it helps your chances a lot.</p>
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And if you apply while still in college, your honors degree will not have happened by the time the med schools see your applications.
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<p>But surely they'll see the honors designation on specific courses once the official transcript has been in.</p>
<p>OP, you've asked two different questions </p>
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why don't med schools take into account honors?
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And how do you know they don't? I'm sure that if the admissions committee sees an app from App State (cute, huh?) where they know there are honors sequences in prerequisite courses IMO the lack of those courses would be commented on. OTOH, a Honors course at App State is not going to automatically give someone points over a student who took the same course non-honors at a different school that doesn't have such a program. </p>
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some people have been telling me graduating with honors makes no difference in med school admissions.
Is this true?
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If it hasn't happened it's not a big plus as afan pointed out. ;) If it has happened see the answer above.</p>
<p>Some medical schools do taken into account if you're in honors, or at least one of my state medical schools does. This might only be true because they're very familiar with my school's honors college, but when I apply there I'll receive an advantage over if I hadn't been in honors.</p>
<p>same as above...med school i interviewed at liked i was in honors program and actually wanted to know some info about it...i think it definitely helped</p>
<p>At schools that are familiar with local colleges and their honors programs, it'll count for something. At top med schools, it's meaningless because most of the applicants they interview will come from Stanford or Harvard or schools of that type. Obviously, no med school is going to give UMich honors an edge over Princeton or MIT.</p>
<p>This is one of those items (and there are plenty of them out there) that is the overwhelming majority of the time a neutral issue - it's not going to help, it's not going to hinder. However that small portion of the time, when it does matter, it's A) not going to matter a whole lot and B) it's probably going to work in your favor. The take-home message though, is that you shouldn't work yourself up over it, and at application time assume that it's not going to matter, because that's usually the case. It's like those people who point out that "Medical School XYZ" only requires a semester of organic - which is fine, but since you have to apply to 10 or 12 others that require 2 semesters, you need that second semester. Your worry and effort should be aimed at fulfilling (or in this case worrying) about what's most likely...</p>