Dear Admissions Consultants,
I’m an undergraduate student at University of South Florida.
I currently have a 3.6 science and overall gpa.
I have done several research projects and volunteer at hospitals
regularly. I work with at camps as a counselor over the summers and
try to fill in the leadership positions in my resume.
I hope to attend medical school one day.
The questions I have are:
1. Am I at a disadvantage that I did not
attend a prestigious undergraduate university, but rather
a state university which is not well-known?
2. Next one semester in the fall, I am taking some
social anthropology courses while studying abroad.
With the exception of that semester, I do not
have a very diverse list of courses I have taken, mainly
sciences and math courses. I do not have a minor or a second
major, does this hurt my chances?
and
3. My GPA in High School was a 3.06, rather low.
In my freshman year of undergrad it was a 3.4, but now at
the end of my sophomore year, it is a 3.6. If I continue
to improve it, will medical schools recognize my efforts
and not penalize me for my high school GPA too severely?
Thanks.
