Whats the recipe to get into medical school?
There is no recipe to get into medical school. One student may be rejected from medical school with a perfect GPA and MCAT along with both research and clinical experience while another with 3.3 GPA and a 29 MCAT and neither research nor clinical experience may receive multiple acceptances because he or she is a concert pianist or the runningback for the football team or maybe even because he or she spent most of his or her time working to support a mother and younger sibling. However, since the majority of us probably range from the lower middle class to upper middle class and are not star musicians or athletes, the best we can do is strive for a good GPA and MCAT score while finding an activity that we are truly passionate about (scientific research, taking care of animals, policy advocacy) for which we devote the rest of our time. Though medical schools have said that there is no recipe for the perfect applicant, if there is one constant ingredient to every successful applicant, it
