What exactly would an all rounded interest include? Or other interests not scientific?

Works experience in a medical setting, voluntary work at a hospital, or old peoples home, or working with children (anything careing) You need to have some interests that are not scienifically based (shows an all round interest). Read some scientific journals like New Scientist.

In the United States, the pre-med classes are as following:

1 year general chemistry with lab
1 year general biology with lab
1 year organic chemistry with lab
1 year introductory physics with lab
1 year English composition
1 year calculus

I don't know of any medical school in the US that requires any courses NOT on this list. Some schools don't require as much calc or physics, but for most part, this list will have you covered and eligible.

Suggest courses include: statistics, medical ethics, psychology, biochemistry (remarkably NOT required for med admissions). You don't have to take them, but it helps if you do.

You can study ANY major you want and still qualify for med school admissions, provided you complete the above list of required classes. Studying something other than biology or chemistry is good because it shows you are well-rounded academically, which is favorable to admissions committees.

I’m a pre-med student a little overwhelmed by all of my classes. I’ve been primarily focused on my Bio and Chem classes (med school and major requirements) but I’ve been worried about my other two classes–core general education requirements (a political science class and freshman writing) needed for graduation and required of all freshman by my university. How much effort should I put into these classes? Or better stated, how much do medical schools care about these classes? Will getting a B in them be a huge deal?

Med schools care about all of your classes, not just the premed prereqs.

When you apply to med school (via AMCAS run by the AAMC) two GPAs are calculated and given to med schools: your science GPA and your overall GPA. Med schools definitely consider both GPAs when considering applicants–usually when you hear GPA requirements or averages being tossed around it’s the cumulative GPA. Not only does this GPA include all of the classes you take in college (be they a science, a prereq, an elective, or a gen ed) but they include any college-level course you’ve ever taken….so if you took any college classes when you were a high school student, those count too.

All that said, one or two Bs isn’t the end of the world…but a pattern of them (and more than one or two) will be a big deal because it plummets your GPA (and in the med school admissions game, a 3.4 starts to be considered low).

If that doesn’t make sense to you, just think–not only are schools looking to see if you have the background and ability to handle the science in med school but they’re looking to see if you have the ability to handle the volume, time-intensity, and demands of med school…if you can only do well in 1-2 courses at the expense of your other courses, it’s not a good sign.

I am just planning ahead and i was just wondering what kind of grades do i have to have?? When do they begin looking at grades and stuff?? I want to be as pediatrician. And how can I get a full scholarship??? I know I am very young to start thinking about this stuff but I really wnat to take care of little kids and stuff. That is why I am startign babysitting(i am takign the red cross course maybe). I can't wait to see what peopel can tell me. Thanks!!!!!!!

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I don't know but i bet they have a pretty good website outlining the requirements, and if it is not there, ask them to send you some info,

I am not sure which physics(college based physics or the Calculus based physics) is the requirement for Medical school and if calculus 2 is needed. Thanks.

I suggest that you take a look at the websites of the universities themselves, because different unis have different requirements … if you're in ON, Canada, the med sch's here dont even require physics; I've heard that most schools in the state however, do … So my advice would be to get the information directly from the school(s) you are interested in =)