[comp.edu] Medical Schools

ynguyen@hawk.ulowell.edu (Yen Nguyen) (05/23/88)

Hello there,


I am a junior at University of Lowell majoring in Computer Science and
will be graduating in 1990. I plan to attend medical school immediately
after graduation.

Can you tell me which U.S. medical schools are easy to gain admission?
Being a minority student, asian, what are my chances of getting into a
medical school?

Finally, what kind of grades would ensure an admission to medical school?
If you have any further information concerning the medical profession, do
not hesitate to include them when you reply. Please feel free to send any
pertinent details. Please reply to me by e-mail.

Thank you very much in advance.

Yen Nguyen

cd@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Clarence K. Din) (05/23/88)

In article <7203@swan.ulowell.edu> ynguyen@hawk.ulowell.edu (Yen Nguyen) writes:
>Can you tell me which U.S. medical schools are easy to gain admission?
>Being a minority student, asian, what are my chances of getting into a
>medical school?

I'd say your chances are pretty good if you have the GPA and MCAT scores.
Why would you want to gain admission to med schools with low selectivity?
To satisfy mom and dad?

>Finally, what kind of grades would ensure an admission to medical school?

I know people with various types of GPAs getting into med school.
Basically, if your GPA is under 3.3, your chances are pretty slim.
I'm assuming you study somewhat, so a 3.5 would be a nice GPA to have.
Armed with this type of a GPA, a decent MCAT score will get you into
a good school.  I know someone who recently graduated from BU with a
3.5 in computer science and was accepted to BU Med and Dartmouth Med.
He chose Dartmouth.

If you don't have the GPA, there's always Ross University.  :-)

>If you have any further information concerning the medical profession, do
>not hesitate to include them when you reply.
>
>Yen Nguyen

Well, I think you should seriously consider the pain and torture you'll
be getting yourself into.  Is it worth it?  Would you like working for
18-20 hour shifts in a hospital as an intern?  Will you cope with the
stress?  Of course, this may all be worth it in the end, for you will
join the legions of those always altruistic (or so we hope) do-gooders...
the medical people.

Sincerely,

Clarence K. Din
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