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[quote=Anonymous]What I found when I went to a top college was that I didn't know the rules of the game. I was not from the area, and many of my classmates were, and knew each other, or their siblings did. I saw my advisor, who wasn't interested, the first day I arrived, and he told me to choose a whole lot of basic science courses for my pre-med curriculum. Little did I know, all my classmates who were hoping to go to med school chose the easiest courses (Art of Listening, Basic English Lit, etc), and put off the science courses until later years. They finished up the year with exceptional GPAs, whereas mine was so-so. It's much harder to pull up a GPA than it is to drop one, at least at the college I attended. I did all those easier courses later, while my classmates did them first, and I believe this was reflected in the difference in our GPAs. Regardless, I worked my a$$ off, and ended up attending a great med school and residency. [/quote]
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