DO MEDICAL SCHOOLS REQUIRE A FOREIGN LANGUAGE FOR ADMISSION?
Most medical / dental schools do not. WHAT’S SO DIFFICULT ABOUT BEING A PREMEDICAL / PREDENTAL STUDENT? For many freshmen, the most difficult task is to acquire the study skills and self-discipline required to attain academic excellence. Many freshmen have been highly successful in high school. They have been accustomed to being “stars”, sometimes without having developed systematic study habits. The success of your academic transition to Ball State University depends not only on ability, but strongly upon motivation, organization, and the learned skills of studying effectively. Some of you will initially be discouraged and will have to have the determination to learn how to learn. The demands of the premedical/predental curriculum are rigorous. You may have to work harder than some other students who are not aiming for competitive admission graduate programs. ARE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IMPORTANT? In addition to high levels of academic achievement, medical schools look for many tra
