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I had a really troubling high school life (for example, I went to four different schools and took three years to finish my junior year, due to family issues - it was an online school, so I didn't fail, it just took long), have all A's now, including AP Bio, went to a program at oxford for neuroscience and med bio courses. But because of the timeline mentioned above I missed all January deadlines, and probably will miss the February ones - my previous school won't release my transcript due to issues with payments. So it's all a mess, which will cause me to apply to really late deadline schools, which don't have the best rankings (I know rankings don't matter, but if they are low ranked, how good can their academics be?)
Some threads have mentioned that going to a CC then transferring is not looked down on - but I want to go to a traditional college that I feel at home (which is trickier with fewer options) so I don't want to transfer.
So will I have a chance at a med school like Johns Hopkins (which is my dream school) if I go to a college that is not that strong? And how do I truly know if they have good pre-med advisers and program? Should I get an outside adviser? Do I need to take extra precautions during college?
I guess that I'm just nervous - school has always been the one place I felt safe, and then it kind of all disappeared during high school, and all the good things that I did might be lost on my mistakes. I'm afraid that it will cause me to go somewhere I don't particularly love, or that it will end with me having to wait even more years after I graduate because I didn't get into med school. I already had to wait three years to apply to colleges, and I don't want to wait after I graduate.
Some threads have mentioned that going to a CC then transferring is not looked down on - but I want to go to a traditional college that I feel at home (which is trickier with fewer options) so I don't want to transfer.
So will I have a chance at a med school like Johns Hopkins (which is my dream school) if I go to a college that is not that strong? And how do I truly know if they have good pre-med advisers and program? Should I get an outside adviser? Do I need to take extra precautions during college?
I guess that I'm just nervous - school has always been the one place I felt safe, and then it kind of all disappeared during high school, and all the good things that I did might be lost on my mistakes. I'm afraid that it will cause me to go somewhere I don't particularly love, or that it will end with me having to wait even more years after I graduate because I didn't get into med school. I already had to wait three years to apply to colleges, and I don't want to wait after I graduate.