How to Get into Medical School (Part 1)

From the horse’s mouth:

DeanDanielRemickMichigan (May 30, 2006 5:07:28 PM)
Americorps, Peace Corp, Teach for American, First author publication in either Nature or New England Journal of Medicine, 4 months of research in Antarctica, just to name a few.

RobertRuizMichigan (May 30, 2006 5:07:51 PM)
professional ice hockey player, National Champion football player, editor of campus newspapers, peace corp., teach for America, opening free clinic in Baghdad, former lawyer, Ph.D’s, etc.

DeanDanielRemickMichigan (May 30, 2006 5:07:56 PM)
Also biking across America to raise money for charity. Donating a kidney to a relative also comes to mind.

Too bad that Berkeley stresses out its students so much that they don’t have time to do any of those amazing things if they want to keep their grades high enough to be even considered in the application process. Perhaps that’s why I’m recommending to all of my friends’ siblings to go to UCLA instead.