I know a teen who is interested in becoming a doctor. She knows she'll have to do a degree first then apply to medical school. One of her concerns is that she won't get the grades she needs in her first degree to be able to enter medical school. Would medical school be entirely out of the question for her then, or would she be able to do something to still get in?
2007-11-27 00:57:06 · 6 answers · asked by glurpy 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
well, these days medical schools look at over all picture. Yes you need to have good grades, but with that you need to have volunteer experience or clinical experience for 2 to 3 or may be more. What people do is they start volunteering in hospitals or research centers from High school or college. This way when you are done with your bachelors, you have 2 to 3 years of volunteer experience.
Tell your friend to think positive. You enter a University with positive attitude and you will get good grades. Why wouldn't she get good grades? If she works hard and study hard, there is no reason she will get low grades.
My friend went to community college after High school for 2 years. After that she transferred out to UCLA and completed her bachelors. She also volunteered at UCLA research center for 3 years. She had a GPA of 3.8. She then applied to Medical schools and got in.
2007-11-27 01:07:14 · answer #1 · answered by meera m 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is no point at this early stage to give up on her dreams of becoming a doctor. I would recommend community college to start with and go from there. A community college would offer her smaller classes and a stronger support network than a major university. They typically have tutoring labs in the major subject areas where she could receive extra help if needed. This should give her a stronger foundation on which to build her academic career. Medical schools do typically look at the whole picture, but a huge part of that picture is gpa and the MCAT. If the person you are referring to is a weak student then that will hurt her changes of getting into medical school which is why she should spend the first two years building a strong academic foundation and then make a choice from there.
2007-11-27 01:22:56 · answer #2 · answered by justine lauren 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she should be fine as long as she nails the MCAT. The medical school she gets accepted into might not have the highest accreditation, but at least it is a medical school. As long as she doesn't go for a diploma mill such as the University of Phoenix, she should be fine.
2007-11-27 01:20:46 · answer #3 · answered by Dr S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if she doesn't have the grades then its one of 2 things
1) she's not trying as hard as she can be or she would raise her grades.
2) the work is too hard for her to do properly and her grades refelt it.
unless she can raise her grades to get into school thats its would be a good idea not to go to medical school seeing as its only going to get hard. If she wants to be a doctor that bad she needs to get her priorities strait and start working harder with her studies.
2007-11-27 01:05:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would take time- but if she has a subject that she needs help with, she could get tutoring. Or she might even take the course again before she moves on.
Good luck!
2007-11-27 01:06:34 · answer #5 · answered by Tigger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is always a way in. You just need to keep on trying, and if you have to spend one more year pulling up your grades, you do it.
2007-11-27 01:06:05 · answer #6 · answered by Gé Bauzá 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋