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Many highschool seniors and parents are looking at the college’s financial aid packages and trying to determine costs. In this 5 step process, you’ll know how much those college credits are worth. For brevity, we will use “AP” to represent the process for each type of possible college credit in this blog. .
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If you complete the courses above, you will meet every medical school’s requirements. In other words, you can apply to medical school even if you have a few outstanding prerequisite courses to complete. First and foremost, the premed path is extremely challenging, especially when compared to highschool.
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Currently ranked #36 in National Universities and #25 in Best Value Schools by US News , it boasts an acceptance rate of 41%. If you have your sights set on attending here, you’ll need to be a high achiever, though; most students coming in have a highschool GPA of at least 3.8 Intro chemistry: Two semesters with lab 2.
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You’ll want to pay particularly close attention to courses that have prerequisites and those that are only offered during one semester each year. A single semester, if poorly planned, can bog down your cumulative GPA for years and suck up all the time and energy you could be investing into extracurriculars and MCAT studies.
As a warning, students should be careful when using APcredits to place ahead of introductory courses. The content taught in these AP courses may not always match perfectly with the material that is taught in the equivalent Hopkins courses, information which may be needed down the road for exams such as the MCAT.
A complete application for admission to FlexMed includes the following: FlexMed application SAT or ACT scores Highschool transcript College transcript through your fall sophomore year Three letters of recommendation Personal statement consisting of three short essays Application fee ($110). -. or higher.
If you took Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses in highschool, you may have a jump start on your college career with some introductory course credits earned through the program. The table below provides a list of suggested pre-medicine courses available at Northwestern University.
The statement of purpose is not meant to be a listing of accomplishments in highschool or a record of your participation in school-related activities. In middle and highschool, he taught me the importance of each dollar. He taught me to manage my finances, and I’m proud to say I’ve built excellent credit.
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For example, a university could consider an applicant’s explanation about what it means to him to be the first Black violinist in his city’s youth orchestra or an applicant’s account of overcoming prejudice when she transferred to a rural highschool where she was the only student of South Asian descent.
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