Quote Originally Posted by animalwithin View Post
In all honesty, I LOVE classes that involved the human body. Anatomy, physiology, cell bio, even biochemistry, I loved all those classes. I couldn't stand the physics and chemistry and all the other stuff they require us to take, especially knowing that I had to do well in them inspite of me not liking them, which is why premeds are like that.
The thing is that unless you are able to understand simple things like say how two molecules bind together (physics/chemistry) you will never be particularly good at understanding such an incredibly complex system as the human body. Here's a question to consider - why do you think being a doctor would be more interesting than being a chemist, or historian, or lawyer, or teacher?

I don't have direct experience with med school, but I have a friend who took that route after completing his doctoral decree in a field that is 'hard core science'. He started as a farm boy, almost flunked out of mediocre college, but by the time he figured out what he wants to do with his life he was an excellent scientist, had spent hundreds of hours volunteering at the local hospital (to know what it's really like and whether it is what he wants to do) and the juvie (teaching troubled kids as well as providing a role model) and he ended up going to the top med school (after being accepted to all of the top tier).

At this point, it seems you fit the conventional profile of a pre-med student, so you could think what distinguishes you from the rest of your peers in the applications pile. An impressive MCAT score and/or GPA certainly draws attention, if you can do it, and is the standard approach which most of your competition will take too, but may be you have something else as well. You already had plenty of excellent suggestions esp. from Mike Blue and jhenry, how much you benefit from them depends largely on your maturity level.



Quote Originally Posted by Str8Shooter View Post
I'm going out on a limb and say your daughter is not a single mom and she is also white. Truth about the school system is if you are a "minority" or a single mom you will have an easier time getting into a school and also getting grants that you will not have to pay back.
I really wish I didn't have to read this in this thread...