In answer to the question whether a student should take easy or hard courses, Dr. Bardes admitted that a high GPA will make it through the 1 st pass more easily. However, Admissions Departments do consider the level of difficulty of courses which appear on the transcript, and Dr. Bardes suggested that students should avoid taking courses that are dull or boring. The Association of American Medical Colleges established a goal of 3000 minority applicants by this year 2000. Declines in the number of minority applicants in the past 3 years have resulted in a failure to reach that goal. Liberal arts majors are at no disadvantage in applying to medical school.
Older students are at no disadvantage either.
Joan May, Assistant Dean of Financial Aid at the Cornell University Medical College noted that since the patient population is increasingly Hispanic, the single most important bit of advice should could offer is to learn Spanish. With regards to character, issues of cheating are usually fatal to an application to medical school. Dr. Bardes also had some suggestions for those people who don't get accepted the 1 st time. Without significant change or something new to present to the Admissions Department, the likelihood of being accepted is low. Financing medical school Private medical schools are more expensive, but they tend to be more generous with scholarships.