Can a Type B Personality get into med school?
I lurk on this board quite a bit to learn what I can about the whole pre-med and medical school application process. My son is starting his sophomore year majoring in engineering. He passionately wants to become a doctor but I wonder if he will be able to get into medical school. I don’t doubt for a minute that he could get in but I’m afraid he won’t. He’s very smart – he has a 4.0 after his freshman year and has taken both semesters of Chem, Calc II and Calc III, the first semester of Physics, and the first semester of Bio. This year he will take both semesters of Orgo, and the second semester of Physics. The way his engineering classes line up he won’t be able to take the second semester of Bio until his junior year. I would guess that he will do reasonably well on the MCATs – he has always tested extremely well (probably due in part to the fact that he has no text anxiety at all). He did amazing on the SATs with no prep at all. So what is the concern? His personality does not fit at
