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How to Succeed as a Rutgers Premed

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Chances are, you probably opted to take AP courses in high school to fast-track your college education by eliminating the number of courses you’d need to take. Additionally, AP credit usually counts for introductory college courses. That’s not to say that a low GPA (usually defined as one that is less than 3.5)

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How to Get Into Columbia Medical School: Requirements and Strategies

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Let’s take a look at some numbers for the class of 2025: Applications: 8,080 Interviews: 852 Matriculants: 140 Median GPA: 3.93 GPAs and top-percentile test scores? GPAs and top-percentile test scores? Note that AP credit will not count towards the prerequisites listed above.

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How to Succeed as a Wake Forest University Premed

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Some medical schools recommend calculus, and since it is a prerequisite for PHY 113/L and 114/L, or PHY 123/L and 124/L, you should plan to take it if you do not have AP credit for it. The last thing you want is to struggle unnecessarily and end up putting a dent in your GPA. as possible can seem like an impossible task.