Could ionm be considered something important by admission staff?

[Pre med 16]

Hello everyone. I'm starting college this year after being transfered from Rome to University of Michigan, Ann Arbor as a 3 year student.

I'm going to be a pre med something that I have already decided since I was back in Rome. I applied at kinesiology school because of that interesting program called ionm ( intra operative neuro monitoring ) which I really am passionate about, but I don't really enjoy the other aspects of the major ( to enter the program you need to be a movement science major).

My other passion is to major in neuroscience, something that I really love but majoring there will not give me the opportunity to be part of ionm program. I have already done 90% of med prequsites with an 3.76 gpa. Do you think the ionm program will be considered as a "+ " for med school? Would it been seen positevly from the admission staff? I have already done more than 200 hours shadowing and 500 hours of volunteering back in Rome.

Thank you

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[gyngyn]

Since most of us are not familiar with it, it is impossible to say how it will be viewed.
As long as you are interested in it, you should pursue it, though.

 

[Pre med 16]

Since most of us are not familiar with it, it is impossible to say how it will be viewed.
As long as you are interested in it, you should pursue it, though.

Thank you

 

[gyngyn]

Thank you

Off-shore shadowing and experience is not a substitute for US experience in medicine btw...

 

[Pre med 16]

Off-shore shadowing and experience is not a substitute for US experience in medicine btw...

So this experience will not be considered?

 

[gyngyn]

So this experience will not be considered?

It will not be a substitute for US experience.

 

[Pre med 16]

It will not be a substitute for US experience.[/QUO
I understand, I have another question if you have time, does the prestige of an institution impacts in anyway the application?

 

[gyngyn]

Your undergrad? Or the foreign school?

 

[Pre med 16]

Your undergrad? Or the foreign school?

Undergraduate school

 

[gyngyn]

Yes.

Your undergrad is a foreign school?

 

[Pre med 16]

Your undergrad is a foreign school?

No I'm sorry , my undergraduate is University of Michigan Ann Arbor, I just 2 years in Rome and I'm doing the rest at UfM

 

[gyngyn]

No I'm sorry , my undergraduate is University of Michigan Ann Arbor, I just 2 years in Rome and I'm doing the rest at UfM

So you are asking about the prestige of the U of MI? Or a school in Italy?

 

[Pre med 16]

So you are asking about the prestige of the U of MI? Or a school in Italy?

Uof Mi... Are they known for having good candidates?

 

[gyngyn]

Uof Mi... Are they known for having good candidates?

They produce a huge number of pre-meds.

 

[Pre med 16]

And how is the UfM reputation?

 

[gyngyn]

And how is the UfM reputation?

Quite good.

 

[Catalystik]

I'm starting college this year after being transfered from Rome to University of Michigan

I have already done 90% of med prequsites with an 3.76 gpa.

I have already done more than 200 hours shadowing and 500 hours of volunteering back in Rome.

Did UMichigan accept all your international credits and include the GPA you've cited in their records?

 

[Pre med 16]

Did UMichigan accept all your international credits and include the GPA you've cited in their records?

Yes , b we

Did UMichigan accept all your international credits and include the GPA you've cited in their records?

Hi, its a long story but yes

 

[Catalystik]

Yes , b we

Hi, its a long story but yes

Good, as the med school application services won't accept your international transcript, and it would be a shame not to have the benefit of that nice GPA you earned abroad.

 

[Pre med 16]

Good, as the med school application services won't accept your international transcript, and it would be a shame not to have the benefit of that nice GPA you earned abroad.

THank you !

 

[Pre med 16]

Anyone has any other ideas?