One of the great things about medical school is that you can have your undergraduate major in any field. All you need to do is make sure you have tak...

Angie Bell, The chemistry (inorganic), physics, and biology courses are typically 100 level courses (they may be 131 and 132 but depending on the sch...

Kgee, I had never heard of College of the Atlantic before now. I checked out their website and it looks like a very interesting college. It sounds ...

Kgee, I have never heard of a university offering organic chemistry without a lab. The closest I have heard of is one school where lab is connected ...

First, you should check out this thread: High School Senior Interested in Becoming a Psychiatrist I really can't recommend any schools as there are ...

I don't really have any experience with clinical trials support services. I've always found that people doing clinical trials typically have experien...

As long as the school offers the required pre-med classes, and has a history of students getting into medical school, then you are probably okay going...

You have plenty of time to decide, so my suggestion is not to stress out much right now with which path you will ultimately want to pursue. Math ha...

It sounds like you've gotten some excellent experience under your belt. My own thought is that there is no right or wrong path from where you are rig...

I think doing any sort of volunteering within a hospital would be good experience. If your college has a pre-med advisor, I would talk to him/her to ...

While I don't think you'd HAVE to take physics in high school, I think most general high school programs will have you take one year of biology, one y...

I'd suggest you first check out this thread: High school classes to become a psychiatrist Psychiatry is a specialty after medical school, so the inf...

Ogula13, Only you know if going to medical school now is right for you. However, you are correct to ask about how much of a sacrifice is involved. ...

Juls7284, In order to properly diagnose severe mental disorders and properly prescribe medications, you really should have a full understanding of wh...

Having mental illness does not disqualify you from becoming a physician unless it impairs your ability to do your job. I think it would be important f...

Angelgirl, I'm not very familiar with different master's programs to help improve your chances of getting into medical school. With your current GPA...

Sarah, First off, math and english aren't requirements for medical school. The requirements are 1 year of general chemistry, 1 year biology, 1 year ...

Sorry for the long time to reply. Been busy with various things and your questions are not entirely simple to answer. I would say your age is probab...

ayanepi, University of Chicago was great for medical school, especially as it was a pass/fail system which greatly reduced the competition amongst hi...

Americanista, Take the usual classes that sophomores take. The most important thing (regarding getting into medical school) is getting good grades s...

University of Chicago - Pritzker School of Medicine.

ayanepi, It sounds like you'll have a decent selection of colleges from which to pick. As I said above, I wouldn't put too much weight in trying to ...

ayanepi, First I'll give brief answers to your specific questions as best as I can. 1. The undergrad university you go to does matter for medical s...

okay, I am going to be a senior in August 2009. I haven't taken any classes to prepare for a degree in any sort of medical field. I just recently beca...

Caelinnn, Your classes sound fine to me. Taking psychology classes in high school (or college for that matter) won't impact your ability to get acce...

Cindy, I don't have any specific recommendations for you. Your GPA is definitely on the low side for medical school. My understanding is that you h...

PharmD, I'm not familiar with the post-secondary option for high school, but it sounds similar to AP classes. I am not sure how medical schools will...

William, As I said in my earlier posts in this thread, courses you take in high school don't matter too much. One goal in high school should be to g...

These figures were taken from the 2008-2009 edition of the Medical School Admission Requirements book, published by the AAMC. You can order a copy at ...

I think your prior GPA is not horrible, but is lower than most who go to medical school. You'll need to do well on all of your pre-med courses. I'd ...

Lalita, There are both academic and need-based scholarships available. Academic scholarships are rare, but I do know a few people who managed to fin...

msc, I know a few people who were in the finance field prior to going to medical school. The people I know took classes at a local university in th...

From what you are saying, I gather you are a Freshman in high school. It is never too early to find things that are of interest to you. There are ma...

jamil, I think doing extra things at a community college, while maybe helpful, are not nearly as important as doing well in pre-med level science cla...

mandarynka, I think your plan is reasonable, although I don't have experience to know if post bacc programs are really going to be any easier than yo...

Bryanna, I think you are right to think that your background is a unique path to lead to being a doctor, although I don't see that your experience in...

1. Your undergraduate GPA would definitely cause you some difficulty. If you do well now, however, and you can explain why you did so much better no...

I have no personal knowledge or experience on this topic, but I think you could definitely manage to get through medical school with limited dexterity...

kdobbsrn, I think it is very promising that you have gotten all A's since returning to school. You should be prepared to have a good explanation why...

Erica-Lynn, It sounds like you have been an excellent student to be able to take those classes as a sophomore. When I went to High School, we had to...

Acceber, Medical school is very competitive in the US as well. Many people get very stressed before, during, and after medical school, so you aren't...

Arzo, I assume by UC you mean Univ of California, and by CSU you maybe mean Colorado State. I would say the college you go to, assuming it is a full...

Bones, There are many reasons people don't do as well in classes as they should. I think you first need to sort out why you don't do well in school....

Cristy, Getting D's in the pre-med courses is definitely a problem. If you retook them and got A's, and your other grades are all decent (meaning yo...

I'm not sure that international universities have the same level of science classes that you would take at an American university in a pre-med curricu...

ClassicalArtLov, I'm glad you are taking things so seriously after 8th grade, but don't let all of the information bother you at this point. If you ...

I have a masters in Occupational Therapy and am considering going into Med School. Will they consider my GPA as my current GPA or will they focus most...

Does the one year of biology mean Bio I and II, or can anatomy/physiology take the place of Bio II? Medical schools typically expect it to be Bio I a...

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