Am I required to do well in a masters program post-acceptance?

[PattiePie]

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So, I recently received my first acceptance to medical school (yay!). When submitting my applications this summer, I made the decision to pursue a health law degree as a way to stay intellectually stimulated. My GPA and MCAT score were already very competitive, so this in no way was meant to balance out any negative academic aspects of my application. Furthermore, since I decided to enroll in the program so late, most medical schools were not even aware that I was getting a masters until the interview stage.

My question is basically this:

Now that I've secured an acceptance, does my performance in a program that's completely unrelated to the entry requirements of my medical school matter? All I have to do is essentially pass to ensure my acceptance is not rescinded, right?

 

[Dral]

"...health law degree as a way to stay intellectually stimulated....
...All I have to do is essentially pass..."

If you're asking if you can just skate by at this point and not have to worry about it (that may be presumptous of me), then that's not exactly congruent with intending to 'stay intellectually stimulated'

Call a spade a spade and say you enrolled to better your chances at an acceptance....and yes, as long as you don't fail or cheat or do something else miserable, you're fine...but check with your med school as I believe some may have certain things that have to be reported post acceptance.

 

[PattiePie]

"...health law degree as a way to stay intellectually stimulated....
...All I have to do is essentially pass..."

If you're asking if you can just skate by at this point and not have to worry about it (that may be presumptous of me), then that's not exactly congruent with intending to 'stay intellectually stimulated'

Call a spade a spade and say you enrolled to better your chances at an acceptance....and yes, as long as you don't fail or cheat or do something else miserable, you're fine...but check with your med school as I believe some may have certain things that have to be reported post acceptance.

Most graduate programs require that you maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 to avoid academic probation or suspension.

Come to law school and tell me that you can maintain a B-average without remaining intellectually stimulated, then you will have the privilege of approaching my thread with such arrogance.

 

[Dral]

I'll approach your thread as I please. That's part of what one accepts when one poses a question on an online forum. 🙂 I have three post graduate degrees (maintaining an A to high B average in all of them) and there were a number of courses that were not so intellectually stimulating, so I may have earned that privilege anyway. But that doesn't really matter...

I admitted I may have been presumptuous. Don't be so quick to judge me as arrogant as I may have admittedly judged you incorrectly (again as I already admitted I may have been doing in my original post in this thread)....as you can guess, this question has been asked before with the premise of getting an acceptance and then slacking off.

If you intend to continue to do well (assuming you are already doing well), then everyone is happy.

Anyway, I and others have provided you with the information you likely need. I would guess all schools will be different, so again...it should explain the guidelines in materials you may have received or if not there, the information is likely an email to the school away.

Honestly, it's nothing personal. But you have to admit that on SDN, when someone poses this question, it's easy for most of us to assume that it's the ole "I got an acceptance, can I blow off the rest of senior year?" Kind of deal.

Apologies if I offended. If you have what it takes to get into med school, I'm sure you have what it takes to finish your graduate program in good standing. Don't worry about it.