Good chance at Boston University, honestly??
I have approx. a 3.2 gpa and great study skills. I know that SATs are important, however I have not tken them yet.(Have to wait till my college planning class). I did very well on my PSATs and my guidence counsler said thinks I would do fairly well (average scores?) on the actual test. As for extra curricuculars, I am involved in cheerleading. By the end of my senior year, I will have 4 seasons of fall (Football) cheering, & 4 seasons of winter (basketball/hockey/competition) cheering. Those are the only school activities i do. I also have A LOT of community service. To graduate, my school requires 40 hrs. In my sophmore year, i am already at 70+ hrs. Most of it has been aquired at American Cancer Society events throughout my area. Does that looks good on applications? I am looking to get into pre-med classes. I want to go to Boston + I heard BU was good. Do you think i would have a good chance of getting in? I am open to any New England schools, also any in NC where my father is
Transfer to Drexel University from Rutgers NB?
Right now I am a freshman at Rutgers University and it is my first semester. I am a biology major on the premed track. While i enjoy rutgers, it has been my dream to go to college in the city. I visited drexel multiple times during my senior year but i ultimately ruled it out because of the higher tuition (im in state at rutgers so i pay about $20,000/year). I cant for sure say i am regretting my decision, however I cant stop thinking whether i would have been happier at drexel. My question is, at the end of my freshman year, should i transfer to Drexel? I am taking basic courses (gen bio, gen chem, calc 1 + 2, expository writing) so i dont expect any trouble transferring credits over to drexel. In addition, i hear drexel is a much easier school for biology and i may have a better chance of getting a much higher GPA. The coop program would also get me work experience which seems to be very valuable right now, and may help me with med school admissions. As for the high tuition of Drexel, I am hoping to find some people to live on off campus housing and I will have a small meal plan. The coop program would also be helpful in paying for school fees. and on a side note....do transfer students usually receive decent financial aid? I dont want to leave my undergrad years in debt before I get into med school and build up even more debt. Would this decision of transfering to drexel be selfish on my part?
Are there graduates of medical schools (MDs and comparable) who are unable to get into a residency program? If so, what happens to them?
In the United States there are approximately 30,000 residency positions. 18,000 students graduating from United States medical school (MD) and approximately 4000 from osteopathic medical schools will be vying for those positions, along with an additional 13000 other applicants. Those other applicants include international medical graduates as well as United States graduates who did not match in the prior year.For students graduating from United States MD programs, there is an overall match rate that hovers around 94 to 95%. Graduates from osteopathic medical schools have a match rate of approximately 81 to 85%. Now many of these individuals may not have matched into their first choice program, or even their first choice specialty, but the overall match rate is very high.International graduate match a little over 50% of the time.Students who do not match the first year may accept opportunities in research while they prepare for the following year's match.Over half of US students who failed to match the first year have already had significant academic issues in medical school. Many of them may have chosen a preferred specialty that was unrealistic in terms of grades and scores (it doesn't matter how great your personality is, you aren't matching in radiation oncology without excellent grades and scores). Many well-qualified applicants may have simply failed to go on enough interviews and rank enough programs. The popularity of various specialties changes from year to year. You never know what's going to be hot.Students who do not match initially take part in what's now called SOAP (supplemental offer and acceptance program) to match into residency programs that did not fill all their spaces. When I was in medical school it was called the scramble. Which was a pretty awful name.I actually got to help a friend during that process. He is one of the smartest people I know, and his grades were amazing, and he matched into a selective specialty (radiology). He simply failed to rank enough transitional year programs and didn't match into one. That was a fairly unique situation.Is it possible for a US student to not match the first year? It is. It's not terribly likely but it happens. Is it likely that year after year they will fail to find a residency position? That's unlikely unless there are significant academic or personality issues. Hopefully, those cases are detected earlier rather than later by the medical school administration to help provide guidance.
Can I pursue a bachelor's degree in athletic training, and then go on to medical school for orthopedic surgery?
Definitely. Was my goal, but followed up with nursing. “Pre-Med” Intro class…. Don't take it! There job is to bring your head out of the clouds and realize if you wanted to get into Med school don't do you're undergrad at BYU! 2nd, there is no pre-med major, pick anything, something that interests you, me it was athletic traning…If I had a do-over, which I did by means of a second degree… major in something you can make a good living at in case med school isn't in the cards. Med schools require specific courses as a pre-requisite (better have a 4.0 in all of those, run a charity, play a sport and additional law degree if you really want to get in… especially if you're a white male trying to stay in Utah and go to the U for med school)If med school was a given, athletic training has all the pre-req' s and a great start into medical school.Graduating with a B.S. in Athletic Training…hope you didn't get loans because you'll need 3 jobs to raise a UT Family
Before going into Radiologic Technology program?
Prerequisites: -High School chemistry or CHEM 30A or CHEM 25 OR CHEM 10 with a grade of “C” or better. -High School algebra or MATH 101, or equivalent college level course with a grade of “C” or better, or placement into MATH 105 on the Foothill College placement test. -BIOL 40A, 40B, & 40C or a semester of Anatomy & a semester of Physiology. Anatomy & Physiology in a language other than English will not be considered. -Eligibility for ESL 26 or English 1A. -A minimum grade point of 2.5 or better. -Compliance with the technical standards -AHS 200 or medical terminology (and petition for determination of equivalency) with a grade of “C” or better. -RT 200L with a grade of “C” or better
I was accepted to Yale, Stanford, UPenn, and UCLA. As a pre-med biology major, which one should I choose?
First off congratulations. You could choose any of the schools and they would be excellent choices. Which one you choose depends on other factors.Do you want to be around snow? And I mean that seriously. I grew up in the midwest, and I wanted to get away from snow. If you don’t mind snow, Yale or Upenn. If you don’t like snow, Stanford or UCLA.Something else you want to consider, whether you go to medical school depends on how good your grades are at your undergraduate. For that, if it were me, I would choose Stanford or Yale.I attended grad school at UCLA, so I do have an understanding of how it works there for undergrad. From what I can tell there is less grade inflation at UCLA. Let me put it another way, you will probably have a lower GPA at UCLA than you would at Stanford or Yale. The UC’s do not “hold your hand”. They are very large universities, with large classes and people have a hard time taking classes they need because they are filled up. The UC’s do not allow double majors cause they want you to graduate so you stop filling up a seat.At Yale and Stanford (I graduated Stanford and knew people who went to Yale), there is much more grade inflation. If you are a student, you WANT grade inflation. What you want to do is to get as many A’s as you can in order to be a viable candidate for medical school. Stanford and Yale do not try to weed out there students, like you would get at other universities. For example at Stanford you can drop a class up until the final if you are worried about getting a poor grade. If you’re trying to boost your GPA for grad school, that’s something that you may need to use. Stanford and Yale give their students a bit more pampering than other places. If you are a student, that’s what you want. If it were me, my choices would be between Stanford and Yale.