Can a University help succesful sportsmen/runners to get a place at medical school?
(Of course you should also study hard. But can the university still help if your MCAT is not good enough to get a place to study medicine?)
Can a University help succesful sportsmen/runners to get a place at medical school?
(Of course you should also study hard. But can the university still help if your MCAT is not good enough to get a place to study medicine?)
No! Take a test prep, do a post bacc, spend less time trying to get in the back door. Unless you have legacy it won't work. Really think about doing PA or something else. Getting in is nothing. The work load is overwhelming. There is a reason for the MCAT.
Being a "successful sportsman" would only help as much to round out your application with extracurriculars. Medical school is professional training program, not a feel-good endeavor like undergrad so the same factors don't really apply.The only way you can get into medical school with lower academic credentials is if you come from a disadvantaged background and have had tough life experiences. Or if you happen to be born of an ethnic group that has been historically disadvantaged or underrepresented.I don't know your personal situation, but if your academics can't make it to a MD school in the US you could always apply to DO, podiatry, or an MD Carribbean school.Or you could choose to do something else, whatever.
hunni wrote:
Can a University help succesful sportsmen/runners to get a place at medical school?
(Of course you should also study hard. But can the university still help if your MCAT is not good enough to get a place to study medicine?)
NO!
They may ask you about it in your interview, but it will be more of a talking point because its easy for people to chat about. I was on 2 NCAA champ teams and a multiple time conference champ and Oly trials competitor. People care WAY more about your MCAT and GPA. You get those two things in line, nothing else matters. You'll get in somewhere which an MCAT >33 and GPA >3.75. G'luck.
Tell them you want to study sports medicine with an emphasis on pharmacology.
There's a "first cut" to getting into medical school that ONLY factors in your GPA and MCAT score-- they give you a "score" based on only these 2 things. If you "meet the cut", then they will offer an interview and look at the rest of your resume.
So the bottom line is you have to do well on your GPA and MCAT.