My questions are,
1)what should I be doing right now?
2)I'd really like to work in the ER, but can you volunteer there and get a position that isn't dealing with paperwork and lame tedious work?
3) I've also dropped Calculus this semester, and i'm probably going to take it along with statistics over the summer at the community college. Is that bad? My advisor here says that you shouldn't take classes at community college
4)is it really that hard to pass all the classes and become a good applicant? I'm one of those kids that pretty much waits until the last minute to study and i actually have a chem test tomorrow which i'm not studying for as i write this
5)so for a kid who basically doesn't have to worry about money, doesn't really care about partying or socializing, would it be so "sacrificial" to build a strong premed application?
6)Also i've heard that many of these classes such as chem 1, 2, and orgo are just weed out so that all the premed's drop their major, but they actually get easier as far as course load as you progress. I'm currently a bio major.
1) You should be working for an A- average in your classes, as a 3.65 is the mean GPA for accepted students. You should be testing medicine as a potential career by getting clinical experience where you interact with sick folks. You should think ahead to how you plan to acquire all the expected experiences before you apply (usually after 3rd year), like leadership, community service, teaching/mentoring, research, and physician shadowing, besides lots of clinical experience.
2) Varies by hospital. usually in the ER you help clean beds, get people drinks, assist wuth checking in, wheel folks around to various departments, etc.
3) Taking math and English at a CC is unlikely to be a problem, but don't take your science prerequisites there.
4) Passing isn't hard. Having a near perfect GPA is hard. Your study technique isn't known for producing a winning student. Getting in all the expected activities and still getting an A- average because you have great time management skills is hard.
5) It doesn't sound like you have anything else to do. Hopefully, you aren't a computer game addict.
6) Those are traditional weedout courses for a reason. And even so, only 40% of med school applicants get into med school each year.
I suggest you read these forums widely to see what other applicants have done for their extracurricular experiences and try to find some motivation for getting out of your room and getting in some activities. Good Luck.
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