Is it possible for me to take my prerequisites while in high school?

I still have to take the prerequisites for medical school after I graduate. I have a considerable amount of experience in various healthcare settings and will be working as a scribe in an ER starting my last semester. Will that be considered during the admissions process?

• Answer:

  The short answer is yes. Obviously, things that you've done more recently (recent relative to the time you apply, that is) tend to be weighted more heavily, but important/significant/salient achievements during college will always hold weight to the admissions officers. Frankly, the BIGGER concern that I would have, in your case, is that working as a Scribe, in an ER, etc. are very common. Admissions - whether to medical school, college, law school, etc. - is all about meeting threshold requirements (GPA, Test Scores, Pre-med reqs) AND THEN having something which makes you stand out. If you do the same things everyone else does (even if you do a lot more of them) you will be a forgettable applicant, which is not a good thing when the admissions officers go into a committee and discuss applications (because if they don't remember you, chances are they will not give you much consideration). Hope that helps. You should contact Deb - the head of our http://www.inGeniusprep.com/md-team - if you have some more specific questions. Hope that helps. jb