What's a good medical school to go to? I have a gpa of 3.8 and I'm trying to find a med school that might except me
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Assuming you are looking for schools in the USA, \n\nFor Primary Care:\n1.University of Washington\n2.University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill\n3.Oregon Health and Science University\n\n\nFor Research:\n1.Harvard University\n2.Johns Hopkins University\n3.Washington University in St. Louis
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check the school out, if you want a GOOD school in Des Moines, or Iowa in general...Drake is good, Iowa State (Go 'Clones) and Iowa are good. As for Osteopathic medicine look into Creighton, in Omaha, and they treat minorities really good at Creighton
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The best medicine school in U.S.A and America is The Harvard school of Medicine.Good luck.
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You need to find out EXACTLY what pre-requisits you need for medical school.  If your college cannot tell you this...contact the medical school(s) you plan to apply to.\n\nGood luck...it's a long hard road.  College and medical school are the easy part.  It's internship, residency, and life that are the buttocks kickers.
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I think anything above a 3.0 counts as really good.  Then again, I go to a school where only 4 or 5 people have graduated with a 4.0 (our average grade really is a C...), so your standards may be different.  Are you planning to apply to grad schools?  Cause if not it doesn't make a whole lot of difference what your GPA was.\n\nCyanne, that was unnecessarily harsh.  He's clearly trying to improve his GPA, and that counts for a great deal.  Besides which, very few people graduate from my school with above a 3.5 GPA, and yet we have among the highest rates of graduates go on to earn PhDs of all colleges in the US, so at the very least it depends a great deal upon the instution from which he will graduate.
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They are separate classes, but I think you're worrying too much. Medical schools are run by smart people (big surprise) who know there's more to a person than GPA and MCAT score,  though of course it doesn't hurt to have good numbers in both areas. Also, pre-med students as a general rule have the perception that it's much more difficult than it actually is to get into a (if perhaps not your first choice of) medical school. Roughly half of all applicants go on to medical school, and if you look around at your college's pre-med folks, I bet you can tell which half will and which half won't go.
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Doing well in school and on the MCAT is a good start of course, but what I think really helped me get my acceptance was the experience I had with health care prior to applying.  \n\nThere are two really good benefits of getting some exposure to health care before applying to med schools.  First of all, you will find out if its really for you.  Secondly, when it comes time for interviews, you can more easily convince the interviewer that you know this is the right path for you.  How do you know?  Because you've already been involved.  \n\nVolunteering at a hospital or shadowing a physician is probably the most common kind of experience people look for, but anything that is health care related (ie; involves doctors) works.  For me, I had been a substance abuse counselor at a medical model treatment facility, so I'd had a lot of interaction with patients and had worked with doctors.  \n\nAlso, you want to be able to demonstrate that you are compassionate, and want to help people.  It's easy to say it, but its better to do it.  Any kind of volunteer experience is good; I had volunteered at a homeless center for several years and my interviewer was clearly impressed by that.\n\nThe MCAT and GPA will get you the interview (maybe); the experience you collect will help you get the acceptance.\n\nGood luck!  It's a long road, but its totally doable if you have the right vision for it.
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I would advise you to choose the HUMANITIES and focus on getting A's in the pre-med prerequisites instead. I explained it very thoroughly for another person who asked your question. Check out what I said: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AsxN.ySN3uxDJqLim2lXYY7sy6IX?qid=1006042121134
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finish high school  go to college maintain a minimum GPA of 3.5 in college apply to several med  schools be good in med school and then go for surgery inter-ship . although as well find scholarships etc because will be expensive . but she can do all she wants if she work hard for  it  and has your support in the way to reach that goal
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Even though your grades weren't high enough for medical school, there are plenty of fields you can go into that are related.  Nursing, pharmacology, physical therapy, medical research...\n\nAside from becoming a doctor, there are so many other options out there for you. Keep your chin-up, you will find your calling - or it may find you.
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UCSF does not offer pre-med, as they do not offer undergraduate courses.  I know people who are med students at UCSF and they did their pre-med at SFSU, UC Berkeley, UCLA.  Do not take any courses for pre-med at a community college.  Obviously the better the rep of the school and the higher your grades and MCAT scores the better your chances are of getting into UCSF which is one of the hardest schools in the nation to get into.  Great undergrad institutions in California would be: Stanford, UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UC Davis, USC etc.  but I have known plenty of people who went to SFSU and also got in. The key is to do well and to stand out.
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Have you talked to your professors?  Are there any classes that  you could drop and still make your GPA?  If it is really that bad, then you are just going to have to sit down and discuss it with your parents.  You should probably also start looking for a job!  Good luck!
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I believe that the best answer for you is "the best college that you can get yourself into". Your question is written as if the work is already done--you've good grades and a respectable SAT score. Those scores are all meaningless to colleges if you don't put your best effort forward on the application to get them to notice you.\n\nThe next decision to make is what can you afford, or how much can you receive on scholarship. The latter is again based on your own effort in the application process. The former, based on your family's ability to contribute to your education, may force you to be more realistic than you may prefer. There's nothing wrong with going to whatever is close to your home and low-cost. As long as you continue your high achievement, you can still get yourself into medical school as long as you, once again, put forth your best effort in the application process.
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I think you can get into those high profile schools - the more important thing is your GPA/MCAT/extra-cirr/research/letters of recommendation. You can go to Norte Dame but if your GPA is bad it's not going to take you where you want to go.  So I think it's most important to consider the environment of the school you're considering and that you can do well there (as well as having a good time in college!  Med sch is prison, have fun while you can!!)  \n\nAlso if you need to take on any debt, it might be something to consider.
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cornell university www.cornell.edu\ngeorgetown university www.georgetown.edu\nprinceton university www.princeton.edu\nnew york university www.nyu.edu\nboston university www.bu.edu\ntufts university www.tufts.edu\n\nand, from someone who has talked to college students heading into MD programs, take advantage of your time in college to explore classes other than science-based ones; you will be studying medicine for the rest of your life, so seize the opportunities you will have as an undergraduate to enjoy courses other than science and math. \ngood luck in your college search!
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That 2.8 will bring you down, unfortunately. However there is a personal statement where you can state that you moved and it was harder fitting in. You should continue to get better grades from now on. 3.5 might not do it, and it might depending on the schools. UC Berkeley, UC LA, UC San Diego may be reaches, however UC Irvine, Davis and Santa Barbara are good matches. You could probably fall back on Santa Cruz, Riverside, Merced. :) KEEP YOUR HOPES UP!
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I always tell pre-meds to avoid pre-med majors. why? because they're full of PRE-MEDs!!!\n\nDo an easy major and you will have a lot less pressure and competition to deal with. Do your pre-reqs for med school and take a lot of neurosci and psych classes. Psych is actually a good major for pre-meds, so if that interests you, go there. but avoid BIOpsych because it's a pre-med major.\n\nIf you can, you should do a lot of related extra-curriculars. Volunteer in a psych ward. Do research in a psychology lab or neuro lab. Shadow some psychiatrists. Volunteer as a peer counselor next year. That will make you look really good to medical schools.