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I am a softmore in high school. What colleges would be noticed if you wanted to go to medical school to become a doctor. I have about a 3.7 GPA

2006-11-12 02:53:55 · 9 answers · asked by Hi 3 in Education & Reference Higher Education (University +)

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Yes, colleges and universities have information packages they send out to prospective students. Often you can request them on line. Most universities now have websites that describe their programs so that may be a good place for you to start. Talk to the guidance counselor at your high school and you may find an excellent source of advice there. Best of luck.

2006-11-12 02:57:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4 0

Yes, there is a place to request information on most college websites. Your school counselor should have information about colleges as well.
Also, once you take the ACT, SAT, or PSAT in your junior year, colleges recieve that information and will start sending you brochures. Believe me, by your senior year your mailbox will be flooding will college papers, aha.

For medical school, you first must complete your undergraduate studies. Med. schools consider those grades, not high schools. So first you must pick a college with an undergraduate program to suite you. You should choose pre-med as a major, or something like Human Biology, and take the required classes under these majors. Then after these four years you must take the MCAT (Medical College Admission Test) and your score will heavily influence your chances getting into medical school. The test covers biology, chemistry, physics, medical terms, physcology, and I believe there is a calculus requirement as well, though i dont think it is on the MCAT. So make sure you take these classes in college.

Ultimately it is the medical school you go to that will make your career successful or unsuccessful. You do not have to go to the same undergraduate school as you do med. school. You have the option to transfer, in fact a lot of people do.

Good luck to you. And keep your grades up in high school, especially your junior year. Sophomore and junior years are the most important when an admissions officer looks at your application.
Ive already applied undergraduate pre-med. :D Maybe Ill see you in med. school XD

2006-11-12 04:02:31 · answer #2 · answered by pittoresque 2 · 0 0

Sure, just go to the college's website and request information. Or, if you wait until next year you will begin to get an endless supply of information packets from all sorts of colleges. When I was a junior in high school, I think the average was about 5 pieces of mail from various colleges a day.

2006-11-12 03:24:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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2016-11-23 17:07:51 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

In addition to those good answers, I'd suggest you look ahead and make your short list of medical schools you'd like to be admitted to when the time comes, and seek their input on undergraduate schools NOW.

You don't want to be halfway through college when you find out which undergraduate schools they prefer, and see names on their list that you didn't know about.

2006-11-12 03:00:49 · answer #5 · answered by open4one 7 · 0 0

Talk to your guidance counselor at your school but you can learn a lot about what your need to do and where it is better for you to apply, on line. There are a lot of colleges that offer "Pre-Med" but you can also major biology and some other majors and still be accepted to Medical School .

College is usually cheaper if you stay in your state of residence.


http://www.barry.edu/premed/about/Default.asp?source=google&Ad=premed01Ad01
http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/
http://www.hollins.edu/undergrad/premed/pre-med.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_school

http://www.medicalcollegesguide.com/Results.aspx?query=Medical%20Colleges&sessionid=f5wkey55sjkgix45b0oxvkjf&cc=us&ns=1&eas=e-Bj3tjL6TAi-kGBaCVByA..

2006-11-12 03:01:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Yup, on almost every college website their is a place to click "request info". You just have to fill out your address, grade level, telephone, etc.

2006-11-12 02:55:23 · answer #7 · answered by TexasGirl 3 · 0 0

yes visit any website (for the university) go to prospective students there should be a link for requestion more info.

good luck!!

2006-11-12 02:56:05 · answer #8 · answered by evilmonkeyboy 4 · 0 0

Absolutely.....just call them up and request it.

2006-11-12 02:55:06 · answer #9 · answered by Citizen 1 · 0 1

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