Premeds Take the Summer off and Soon to be premeds read:

Ok Said it in an earlier post, Take the Summer off and recharge.
Volunteer or Not.
Work for a while. Go out, party have fun.
Why? Because you will need to working your behind off for the upcoming semesters.

New Premeds know these things:

• No such major Premed
• Any major you can get A's in will do
• Do not worry if you must take "Extra courses" for the major because of the needed premed course work, its good because some courses like Organic Chem are very hard and hard to get better than a B in. 
• No time line, it takes what it takes 4 years 5 years even 6 to get to applying to medical school.
• prepared, if you are not academically prepared for the courses then take the remedial course you need.
•  MCAT after you take the prereqs and after you do practice MCATs getting better than 30
• Volunteer, shadow and Patient contact hours super important

GPA.....OK it works like this: ALL grades ever given on all college transcripts ( if retaken 1st and 2nd grades ) averaged together. If you take MicroBiology in the summer and get a C and at your home college its Pass/Fail when put on the transcript, its a C still ( hard lesson I found out ).

Know the game and you will play well
GL

Dr. Bill Needs a Residency

YES I need a residency still.
I know at 48 I'm not young but I also know I must respect and take direction from those younger than me, I have a lot to still learn. 20 years of Nursing and Medical school may have taught me a lot but the Art of Medicine is something I still need to develop.

ECFMG Certified Feb 2012

I'm interested in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Peds and OB.

Drop me an email if you have any leads drbillh41@yahoo.com

Thank You.