Alot of questions

[ihatepants]

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My first question is say that I spend my first 2 years of college doing a sport non stop to get on the US olympic team and I get a medal (not nessicarally gold) but then after I medal i would spend the last two years of undergrad studying and shadowing and getting clinical experience and aceing the MCAT would that; the olympics hurt or help getting into med school?

second question, would a letter of recomendation from the mayor of my city (a metropolis) look good to colleges not grad school

another question back to the olympic sports, I was watching the olympics and the sport I play the gold medalist went to an ivy leage college does doing a in demand sport help getting into an ivy and if I am good enough do do this sport in college how do they know?

lastly I know all you have to do to get into med school but what do you have to do to get into law school?

 

[habibah91]

Those are all good questions...but the question about law school is kind of :S Maybe you should ask that in a law school forum.

Just saying. It's awesome that you're thinking about Olympics though. Good luck! 😀

habibah

 

[135892]

If you have a legitimate shot to actually make it to the olympics (and its not just a "My mommy told me I can do it" sort of thing) then absolutely go for it. School can always come afterwards, and you only have a relatively small window where you'll actually be in a position to have a shot at the olympics. And granted you have a grades, mcat, and basic extracurriculars, being in the olympics will definitely help in the application process. But how much it will make up for poor grades or poor mcat, I don't know.

If the mayor knows you well, and can write you a quality letter or rec, then go for it. However, you should realize that admissions offices get letters from important big shots all the time. A lukewarm letter from the mayor, will not really help you.

I'm not too familiar with law school, but you have to go to undergrad, and then 3 years of law school. I'm not sure if undergrad degree matters, but I would assume that it doesn't matter too much. Which school you go to (in terms of rankings) also matters a lot more for law school than it does for med school.

Best of luck 🙂