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Perhaps this is not the best place to post my question. Mods, you totally can fix this up if I did a major SDN no-no... anyways, I will be attending the Harvard Extension School to complete my ALB. I did my AA (graduated magna cum laude w/3.7 GPA) in Science at my local CC. I had applied to universities/colleges all over last year, but got rejected (I hadn't completed my AA then). So my plan is complete undergrad at HES, then apply to Harvard Medical School. I will be sitting for the June MCAT---I've already taken all the pre-reqs and I have been preparing since January. Just would like to know, from those knowledgeable about the matter, if anyone who's attended HES has gotten in HMS. I would really like to go to HMS, not just because the name's Harvard, I really do like the school. If I don't get into HMS, it's not like I'm going to pull my hair out or something, but then would other medical schools consider an applicant with a high MCAT score (I'm trying my best to achieve that) and a ALB degree from HES? I'm thinking Johns Hopkins, UPenn, Cornell, GU, Columbia, UCLA, just to name a few. I know that medical schools look for more than just MCAT and GPA, but just generally speaking.
Also, if HES accepts my AA, how long would it take for me to finish the ALB? Not that my intent is to get it done quickly, I'm just curious to know.
I would really appreciate the advice! Thanks in advance to anyone who answers!
Perhaps this is not the best place to post my question. Mods, you totally can fix this up if I did a major SDN no-no... anyways, I will be attending the Harvard Extension School to complete my ALB. I did my AA (graduated magna cum laude w/3.7 GPA) in Science at my local CC. I had applied to universities/colleges all over last year, but got rejected (I hadn't completed my AA then). So my plan is complete undergrad at HES, then apply to Harvard Medical School. I will be sitting for the June MCAT---I've already taken all the pre-reqs and I have been preparing since January. Just would like to know, from those knowledgeable about the matter, if anyone who's attended HES has gotten in HMS. I would really like to go to HMS, not just because the name's Harvard, I really do like the school. If I don't get into HMS, it's not like I'm going to pull my hair out or something, but then would other medical schools consider an applicant with a high MCAT score (I'm trying my best to achieve that) and a ALB degree from HES? I'm thinking Johns Hopkins, UPenn, Cornell, GU, Columbia, UCLA, just to name a few. I know that medical schools look for more than just MCAT and GPA, but just generally speaking.
Also, if HES accepts my AA, how long would it take for me to finish the ALB? Not that my intent is to get it done quickly, I'm just curious to know.
I would really appreciate the advice! Thanks in advance to anyone who answers!
Is there any particular reason you're only mentioning top-tier schools?
Hmm... I would list more schools, but I wouldn't want to bore people with a list they might well be familiar with. I don't really discriminate between schools, I would very much like to go to the ones I've listed as I visited some of them when I was younger (when my mom was moonlighting, my family would go and my dad's idea of going around town was scoping out the local universities). As I got older and more interested in medicine, I would check out medical schools, especially the ones I listed. That's all.
Perhaps this is not the best place to post my question. Mods, you totally can fix this up if I did a major SDN no-no... anyways, I will be attending the Harvard Extension School to complete my ALB. I did my AA (graduated magna cum laude w/3.7 GPA) in Science at my local CC. I had applied to universities/colleges all over last year, but got rejected (I hadn't completed my AA then). So my plan is complete undergrad at HES, then apply to Harvard Medical School. I will be sitting for the June MCAT---I've already taken all the pre-reqs and I have been preparing since January. Just would like to know, from those knowledgeable about the matter, if anyone who's attended HES has gotten in HMS. I would really like to go to HMS, not just because the name's Harvard, I really do like the school. If I don't get into HMS, it's not like I'm going to pull my hair out or something, but then would other medical schools consider an applicant with a high MCAT score (I'm trying my best to achieve that) and a ALB degree from HES? I'm thinking Johns Hopkins, UPenn, Cornell, GU, Columbia, UCLA, just to name a few. I know that medical schools look for more than just MCAT and GPA, but just generally speaking.
Also, if HES accepts my AA, how long would it take for me to finish the ALB? Not that my intent is to get it done quickly, I'm just curious to know.
I would really appreciate the advice! Thanks in advance to anyone who answers!
Look, I will make some points, don't take them the wrong way -
Yes, you are interested in Harvard just because of the name.
That is why the other schools you mentioned are "name" schools.
You really need to do some more research about medical schools.
Do you have any idea of what kind of medicine you want to practice?
And to answer your specific question, no, you have no chance at getting into HMS, from HES.
HES is an extension school designed to make money off the Harvard name, nothing less, nothing more.
Some people succeed after going there, but not because of HES. They merely have other reasons to be in Boston, and would have been successful anywhere.
Perhaps this is not the best place to post my question. Mods, you totally can fix this up if I did a major SDN no-no... anyways, I will be attending the Harvard Extension School to complete my ALB. I did my AA (graduated magna cum laude w/3.7 GPA) in Science at my local CC. I had applied to universities/colleges all over last year, but got rejected (I hadn't completed my AA then). So my plan is complete undergrad at HES, then apply to Harvard Medical School. I will be sitting for the June MCAT---I've already taken all the pre-reqs and I have been preparing since January. Just would like to know, from those knowledgeable about the matter, if anyone who's attended HES has gotten in HMS. I would really like to go to HMS, not just because the name's Harvard, I really do like the school. If I don't get into HMS, it's not like I'm going to pull my hair out or something, but then would other medical schools consider an applicant with a high MCAT score (I'm trying my best to achieve that) and a ALB degree from HES? I'm thinking Johns Hopkins, UPenn, Cornell, GU, Columbia, UCLA, just to name a few. I know that medical schools look for more than just MCAT and GPA, but just generally speaking.
Also, if HES accepts my AA, how long would it take for me to finish the ALB? Not that my intent is to get it done quickly, I'm just curious to know.
I would really appreciate the advice! Thanks in advance to anyone who answers!