I am about to be a high school Senior in a few weeks, and decided on pursuing a career as a doctor. I’ve been researching on possible Medical Schools and college, but I was wondering a tiny detail.
Colleges such as Columbia, NYU, Stonybrook, and now Hofstra have a Medical School, and are also possible choices for me after high school as well. Say I attended Hofstra, or any other school, and then applied to that schools Medical School as well. Would I have any sort of advantage because I went through my undergraduate years there?
Also as a side question, Hofstra is affiliated with North Shore LIJ, and I began volunteering in their ER as a shadow and observer to the ER staff, and plan to continue my volunteer for the foreseeable future, so would the fact that I am somewhat affiliated with Hofstra’s affiliations, would I stand out favorably?
I’m not relying on these ways to get into college and Medical School, but I was wondering if they would serve to my advantage more than somebody with similar grades or slightly better grades than me.
I don’t really know too much about Hofstra’s Medical School Program as its still new, but i have an overall average of a 96 so far, took a very rigorous course load throughout high school, and am thinking about majoring in Physics as I have heard it might help me stand out and I enjoy Physics a lot anyway. My high school is a Catholic school if that makes a difference.
What are my chances in general, or my outlook?
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Undergraduate To Medical School.?
Posted on August 22, 2011.
You wouldn’t be going to Medical School until you’re in graduate school. You have to do well in College.
1) Usually it doesn’t make a difference whether or not you went to their undergraduate university. Some say it will help others say it won’t because of a lack in diversity
2) If you did some volunteer work in an area associated with that university, then it is definitely a big plus for you. I would assume that working in North SHore LIJ is an advantage
3) As for your major, it doesn’t really matter. Most students major in the science. Make sure you take liberal art courses as well since med schools want to see diversity
4) Anything that you did in high school does not matter unless you are carrying it over in college; so no your high school being Catholic alone does not make a difference
5) Want to get into medical school? Get a high GPA, be involved in clubs, do some research, volunteer, and destroy your MCAT exam š
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