Hello Letsrun,
What are the names of some top academic D1 schools that you don't have to be Alan Webb to get a scholarship to.
Also, does attending an academic elite university have a lot of weight pertaining to being accepted to graduate school for medicine?
thanks.
Virginia, UNC, Cal, UCLA, USC. You certainly have to be good but not Alan Webb.
Duke, Washington, Virginia Tech..
Virginia Tech isn't a strong academic university.
university? wrote:
Also, does attending an academic elite university have a lot of weight pertaining to being accepted to graduate school for medicine?
Not really. Get a good GPA and MCAT score, volunteer at a hospital, and you're golden.
HAHA ican't believe you put VT in there....William and Mary, UVa would be on my list....
Master of Class wrote:
university? wrote:Also, does attending an academic elite university have a lot of weight pertaining to being accepted to graduate school for medicine?
Not really. Get a good GPA and MCAT score, volunteer at a hospital, and you're golden.
This bears repetition: GPA AND MCAT ARE HUGE. AND MED SCHOOLS DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR MAJOR, AS LONG AS YOU GET THE MED-SCHOOL PREREQUISITE COURSES COVERED. In fact, many schools give a slight preference to someone who *isn't* just another bio/chem/biochem major. So take (and ace) the prereqs, but major in whatever you like most (which will probably be reflected in high grades).
Moreover, med schools love to get somebody who's not just another Ivy/NESCAC/UAA grad, so an "elite" academic undergrad is not required. If getting a really high GPA will be easier at a second-level school, that's often the way for a premed to go. Just make sure you get a good prep course for the MCAT (I used to work for Kaplan, and I know their course is well regarded) so that your test score will match your GPA.
Grades & **MCAT** scores are most important when applying to med school. Most of my friends who are in med school right now graduated with near perfect grades from just a regular state university. Assuming you make good grades, attending a top academic D1 school may help you get into a more elite med school like Harvard, etc. However, I also know of people who just did really well at their state colleges and are also attending more elite med schools. I know the Ivy's don't give athletic scholarships, but I have heard that they give exceptional financial aid packages. I am a decent runner but definitely not Alan Webb calibur; however, I made really good grades in high school & scored well on the SAT. If this describes you, you may want to look into academic scholarships. While I did not receive any athletic money, I received a full academic scholarship to my state school & just walked on the team. Good luck!
spell check (calibur-->caliber)
William & Mary is where fun goes to die. Maybe that's why Webb picked Michigan instead.
But in terms of schools with good running programs AND hardcore academics, there are few schools ahead of it (save Stanford, etc.).
What are the names of Universities a 4:19 miler would be able to get full scholarships to. Possibly combined with academic scholarship, I have a 1400 SAT, solid GPA.
Any help would be great.
mattk wrote:
HAHA ican't believe you put VT in there....William and Mary, UVa would be on my list....
yeah HAR HAR. Who would go to VTEK?
ranked first in food!
very important akademically.
Rice
Surprise! wrote:
Virginia Tech isn't a strong academic university.
I believe their Engineering School is ranked 5th in the country. While there are parts of the school that do drag on the overall rankings, there are parts that are better than most Ivy league institutions.
Also, looking at the coming World Wars we will be fighting for natural resources, Virginia tech also looks like a good recruiting ground for future officers.
Most of the kids at UVA, William&Mary, the Ivies, Washington, Duke, UNC, BC, and BU will be lucky to get drafted. Its nice knowing my future enlisted personnel. Just wanted to take this chance to check up on how you guys were doing-
Don't get thrown into any Halliburton Camps for civil disobedience in the meantime, wouldn't want someone with a record like that in my unit. BTW, civil disobedience will include disagreeing with the central government on an internet message board.
-Virginia Tech has the 3rd highest number of Medal of Honor recipients
-Virginia Tech was the first University in the World with a high speed internet/intranet connecting all of its facilities and databases.
-Virginia Tech's labs are at the forefront of renewable energies and aerospace technologies.
-Many Virginia Tech alumni go on to work in high levels of government agencies, NASA, and government contractors, in addition to military service.
-Virginia Tech boasts one of the highest recruitment levels for the FBI and CIA, far higher than any Ivy league institution or Stanford.
I'm sure most of the Virginia Tech alumni, appreciate your candid responses on and about Virginia Tech, and they'll be sure to remember them.
Have a nice day, and be sure to enjoy all of your civilian days while they last. Carry on.
Wait a second...1400 SAT?
Don't they give that new 2400 point SAT now?
Yeah they do, but the writing score doesn't mean much I'm told.
and for the virginia tech guy ... what are you talking about
apparently he's going to be my commander in a war im getting drafted into because VT is a good school.
I wouldn't burn your draft cards just yet-
those just might be your lottery tickets.
I find if humorous that you consider yourselves learned...
if this is so, then maybe you should read the above links for a refresher course into the way the world works. Get back to be when you feel like it...you're still a civilian.
like I said, carry on.
oh yeah just found this too MattK:
http://www.davidstrahan.com/blog/?p=67
don't worry you probably don't know what it means and think it has nothing to do with you. Thats why you won't be an officer.
carry on.
university? wrote:
Also, does attending an academic elite university have a lot of weight pertaining to being accepted to graduate school for medicine?
I wouldn't say that it is important to go to an elite school, but going to a solid school is important. As mentioned, MCAT and GPA (especially GPA within core science courses) are very important, but you should pick a solid undergrad program. Admissions boards know how well people from a given undergrad school tend to do. If a med school has had 10 students matriculate from your school and all have done well, it will reflect well on your schools ability to prepare students for med school and ultimately improve your chances. If all a number of those 10 students had done poorly, they might be inclined to think that your school doesn't do a good job of preparing students and ultimately believe that you will be unprepared.
This isn't to say that you have to go to an elite school. Just don't pick a crap school and think that your GPA and MCAT will be the only consideration. I'm sure you wouldn't pick a crap school anyway because you obviously care about your education.