Medical School- 10 POINTS?

Question

I hope to become a doctor when I am older, and I was wondering what kinds of grades it takes to get into a school like Johns Hopkins or Harvard Medical school.

Are you a doctor? How would you classify your medical school/medical career? Hard, easy?

Answer 1

I am not a physician, but have worked with many great ones. I know that you can write to different medical schools and ask them just about anything that you want. As far as careers, it would certainly depend upon the direction you want to go into. I have seen several physicians, go into internal medicine or family medicine and then return to school for cardiology or to become surgeons. I am very sure that most larger hospitals have programs for high school kids to help them decide what direction they want to go. They allow you to come in and visit with the various departments and Chief of Staff who are physicians and allow you to ask questions and to spend time with them so that you see what you might be doing on any given day. It is really a good program and helps alot of people decide what they really want to do. If it is surgery, it will either make you or break you, if you know what I mean. So people find out they can't handle the sight of blood. I wish you well and hope that you find your path in the medical community, it is a great place to be.

Answer 2

My cousin just got accepted into Harvard Medical School this past week. He hasn't heard from Johns Hopkins yet to my knowledge, but was offfered a full scholarship from the Mayo Clinic and was accepted by a number of other top schools. He has a 4.0 GPA and scored in 96th percentile on his MCAT. He also was a teaching assistant, president of his school's Red Cross organization, etc. Even still, there were schools that wouldn't even offer him an interview. If you are looking at a top-ten school like Johns Hopkins or Harvard then it is essential that you have a flawless GPA and score well on the MCAT. The MCAT score is really what seperates all those 4.0ers from one another. I know my cousin prepared for over a year for it...but it paid off. Not a med student, but no grad/professional school is "easy", it's very challenging, I'm a law student and I'm ready to pull my hair out! They make it difficult to weed out those who don't want "it" bad enough and those who just can't hack it in the profession. If you're looking for something easy, then grad school is not for you! If going to a good school and becoming a doctor is really what you want, then get ready to work your butt off! Good luck :)

Answer 3

I'm not a doctor, but I knew a bunch of people who just applied to medical school.
You're grades aren't as important as your extra activities, but it does help to have a straight 4.0. Mostly they look to see if you have any experience, and they also want to see that you have interests other than medicine.
I have heard that Harvard and the bigger med schools look more for students who aren't actually pre-med in undergrad. They look for students who have some science background, but have tried other things as well. You also have to have a very good score on the MCAT to even be considered in those schools.
You have to be very serious about what you want to do. If you have any doubts at all, and they pick up on it, you're done for.

I was pre-med and decided I didn't want to put in the time required in med school. You basically have no life for about 8 years.

Hope this helped a little, and best of luck!

Answer 4

I would say it is difficult to do the medical track, but if you're determined, you'll succeed.

Aim to have all A's. You'll need to graduate in the top 10 percent of your high school class. Your ACT score should be at least a 32, and your SAT's need to be about 1500-a perfect 1600. These schools do scrutinize grades, but that is not all they look at. They want after school activities, where you are not only a participant, but a leader of some sort. Leadership is the second thing they study, and if you have a lot of experience with it. I would get involved in anything, everything from your community to your school.

I had a friend apply for Harvard and Yale, she had straight A's since 8th grade, giving her a perfect 4.0, she was ranked top in the class, participated in a few after school programs, had a 1600 on her SAT...and she was declined. Her grades were perfect, but she did not have a lot of activities where she was in a leader role.

Those qualities you look for in say the president of the United States (qualities you want them to have, not what they do have) are the same qualities these schools are looking for. Honesty, intergrity, leadership, a community member, intelligent, etc.

Good luck! You can do it if it's your dream!

Answer 5

First off.

You need to get into a good undergrade school to look very good to Harvard and John Hopkins medical school. So you would have to do very well in highschool and go to a reputable college.

Second your GPA has to be extremely high when you graduate from college. You have to be in the upper 5 percent of your class.

Third. You don't only need good grades from your college, but you also need a very good MCAT score.

Do these things and I gurantee you will get into one of those schools.

But good luck.

Answer 6

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