I'd like to go to a good college like Wisconsin or Wanderbilt Med school, is it possible to be accepted with a

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gpa of about 2.0? what kind of college would accept u with that gpa? (im in 9th grade, but just wondering...) thanks for ur answers!

and with financial aid?

Vanderbilt*

Answer 1

Med school is a different monster than regular college.

You need a 4-year college degree to get into any med school that I looked into. What you get your degree in really doesn’t matter much on your application (not to say it doesn’t matter…more on that later). Med schools look at you on a broad scope. They look at your GPA, what kind of classes you took, an essay (usually why you want to be a doctor), you usually get interviewed just like for a job, and look at your MCAT scores (this is where your undergrad degree might matter). They take the pieces of your application and make a determination of how likely you are to succeed.

Med schools tend to be very competitive. I graduated with a 3.44 from a difficult, private Engineering institution and have a 3.89 GPA for my MBA and I only had an “OK” chance of getting in when I looked at med school (granted, I only looked at the UW and the Medical College in Milwaukee). I'm sure I could have gotten in somewhere, I was mainly looking at med school for a career change and was picky on where I attended.

The admissions board will look at your transcripts and see what kind of classes you took. If you took a bunch or worthless, goof-off classes then you won’t be taken seriously. I’d suggest that you have a variety of math and science courses with good grades in those. Do not be afraid to take some unusual or fun courses as you never know what will catch a facility member’s eye (when I interviewed to get into the MBA program I attended, despite good grades in Engineering courses, what caught the Dean’s eye was a class on Shakespearian literature I took as an elective and we spend much of the time talking about that).

Of you are really, really serious, find a school that has Pre-Med. Once you are in college, take medical related summer courses. For instance, the local tech school down by me (College of DuPage) offers human anatomy courses (even has offerings with cadavers). If you take a few of those, not only will you be more prepared for med-school, but if you have good grades in courses that are part of the medical curriculum, it will make you stand out from other candidates, especially if your undergrad degree is not a pre-med degree (med schools look for diverse educational background).

Good Luck. Get your grades up! Your grades in HS may not be very important, but your grades in college will be very important. Don’t be afraid to take some summer classes at the local 2-year school either while you are in HS. If you do good in college level courses while in HS, it may help you get into a great undergrad program.

Answer 2

you have 3 years to get your GPA up... most universities wont take you with below a 3.0 with fairly good test scores, med school is after getting a degree and again is highly selective, you have time but take school very seriously if you want to go to a med school.