During your third and fourth years in college , you will take mostly advanced classes, many of them in biology and chemistry. Here again, be sure you take all of the specific classes which are required by the medical schools you are interested in. All parts are important, so you will need to be ready for all of them. Of course, taking classes in these areas before the MCAT is a good idea to help you score better. Early in your final year of college , you will actually apply to medical schools.
Some students apply to only a few schools, some apply to every school they can think of.
The average is about twelve applications each. The fourth step for a high school student is to be sure you know what things the medical schools will look at when you apply, so you can guide your college career accordingly. Almost all medical schools in the U.S. will require that you have completed one year of biology, one year of general inorganic chemistry, one semester to one year of organic chemistry, one year of physics, math through the precalculus level, and one semester of English composition or literature. These commonly include calculus, biochemistry, statistics, computer literacy, psychology, or social science classes. The average college GPA for students admitted to medical schools in the past couple of years is approximately 3.5.