I don't get any sense that New York Institute of Technology is a particularly strong college. Based on US News rankings, it was #68 for local college...

Jenn05, When it comes to medical school, you don't need to be excellent in math. In fact most medical schools don't even have a college math require...

jt1989, You would want to take your pre-med courses at a 4 year college. Your non-science undergrad GPA does affect your changes of getting into m...

scampbell70, You definitely have a unique story and your experiences would add something to any medical school. I think your grades in pre-med cours...

areej, I'm not sure what to advise you based on the courses you've taken. They are no the typical pre-med courses, but it is also possible that some...

megc0523, I have not heard anything specific about med schools caring how long it takes someone to complete undergrad. I think that if you are way o...

The classes you need for medical school are 1 year general chemistry, 1 year biology, 1 year organic chemistry and 1 year physics. The science course...

Farah, Based on the wording of your question, it sounds like you may not be going to college in the United States. We usually refer to courses of st...

Cari, You certainly can go to community college and then transfer to a four year university, and then go to medical school. The only recommendation ...

sabaoon, The main question is what kept you from doing better in community college. Until you identify the problem, there is no way to know if you w...

nationalplaya55, I would guess that most graduate schools will give preference to minorities when there are qualified minority candidates, as the div...

stringplayer, I don't think you need to have taken advanced courses in high school in order to ultimately get accepted at medical school; however, a ...

You will need to take the required pre-med courses at a 4 year college. Some colleges may offer night classes that you can take which would satisfy th...

Phoenix, It is hard to say, but it may be possible. I think medical schools tend to be sympathetic towards people who struggled with grades due to i...

FAU owl, I'm not personally too familiar with dual enrollment programs, but there were a few threads here in the past with questions about dual enrol...

Guest, If you are struggling with your high school grades, you need to make that your first priority. You need to do your best to get solid grades i...

Psychiccookie, I assume this was your first semester of chemistry. I am guessing that there are some people who managed to get into medical school h...

Guest, You will need to take the required pre-med courses, take the MCAT and then apply to medical schools. I'm not aware of any programs that will ...

Danny1994, There is no such major as "pre-med". Pre med just means taking the required classes to apply to medical school. You can major in psychol...

As I attempt to clean up this site and make answers easier to find, I've decided to create this thread. This is the thread where I am moving all ques...

Ray, I think you misunderstand the percentiles statistic. 25 percentile means that 25% make that amount or less. 50 percentile means 50% make that ...

Henry35, Anyone can sign up and take the MCAT. The reason people take the pre-med courses first is so that they will know the material, as the MCAT ...

Des'Ree, Based on your interests, you may also want to consider a career in psychology. While it may not be the best indication, based just on your ...

Morgan, That is a very intense schedule for a junior, but I'm guessing you are a very strong student or you wouldn't be taking that many AP courses. ...

Guest2, Ultimately, it is up to AMCAS to determine how they code classes, but based on what I've heard, psychology / sociology class will NOT count i...

The Optimist, I don't know which of those pre-med courses you still need to take. If you need to take all of them, I don't think it would be possibl...

The Optimist, In order to apply to medical school, you would first need to complete the required pre-med coursework. The required pre-med courses ar...

yesmar14, It matters very little, if at all, what your major is when applying to medical school. You can major in psychology or film studies and sti...

Bogues, It seems like you are aware of most of the relevant factors. It really depends on the individual and it may make more of a difference for ce...

Hello, I don't think you need to worry too much about what classes you are taking in high school. You are clearly very advanced in math if you are t...

jalmonte9, There are multiple things that will need to work to your favor to have a chance at medical school. 1. You need to have a valid reason to...

kara, Most medical schools have NO specific math requirement. If you have taken calculus, even AP during high school, you will be fine for most medi...

bigezzzy, You can check out the instructions in the AMCAS application found at this link . It is a long document, but the most relevant information ...

bigezzzy, I'm not familiar with the educational programs in Canada. In the US, medical schools will want to see all college transcripts, so obtainin...

Domge, There are a few threads here on Community College before transferring and then applying to medical school. You probably want to check those o...

Archivan, It doesn't matter what your major is. You don't need to be a biology major. A good GPA is important, but you will need to take the requir...

Jdo2020, Your plan seems pretty reasonable. Your GPA is okay, but it will be most improtant for you to maintain that leve of GPA at the four year co...

hello again, I don't see it making that much difference whether you take AP biology first or physics first. It also probably doesn't matter that muc...

ninyaangomas, I'm not familiar with your terminology for grades (secured 65%) so I'm not sure what that means. I'm curious if you attended school ou...

Anonymous, You will probably want to take high school physics before you go to college, as you'll be taking college level physics as a pre-med course...

Schultzy0123, You still need to take one year of general chemistry, one year of organic chemistry, and one year of physics. You could do general che...

I think getting an entirely new degree is overkill. If you can get good grades in the pre-med courses, you would show you are now capable of doing we...

I'm not too familiar with the process for trying to get into a US medical school after graduating from another country. From what I have read, though...

nl29, You have a solid GPA and with a good MCAT score you should be a strong applicant. It is not too late to get some volunteer work done, as you j...

Ape, It probably doesn't matter too much at which 4 year college you take the pre-med courses, as long as it is a decent college. The only situation...

JacksonP, You will need to take pre-med level chemistry in college. Most pre-med students have taken high school chemistry already. I don't know th...

Bahm, I believe you would have to report all college classes taken when you apply, including community college classes. If you want to take the clas...

I don't have much advice off hand, but you can try using the search in the upper right and use the term "Canada". It turns out that since your post t...

NicoKren, If you get great grades and get good MCAT scores, you should have a good shot, even if your college isn't the best. I would think most med...