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How to get into Medical School:
First, of course, you choose an excellent undergraduate program, like ours at Queens University of Charlotte.
Then, to have a medical or dental school consider your application you must be a student in good standing, must have completed or have a definite plan to complete all required classes, and, in most cases, must have taken the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) or Dental Admissions Test (DAT). In addition to these minimum requirements students must demonstrate an interest in and knowledge of their chosen profession by working in a health care setting and to display leadership, maturity and an interest in their community through extra-curricular involvement.

 
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Curriculum requirements
Since neither pre-med nor pre-dent is a major, the requirements set out here are the minimum requirements set by most medical and dental schools in the US. Some schools will have a different set of requirements. It is recommended that you check into those schools that you will likely apply to, early in your college career. 
  • 1 yr. English
  • 1 yr. Mathematics
  • 1 yr. Biology with lab  (including a semester of        animal biology)
  • 1 yr. Inorganic chemistry with lab (quantitative and qualitative)
  • 1 yr. Organic chemistry  with lab
  • 1 yr. Physics with lab

All of these pre-professional program requirements are a part of any B.S. science degree at Queens: 
Requirements for science majors 

Queens Courses with Web Information:
 Principles of Biology (103) (fall 2002)
 Botany (204)  (spring 2002)
Ecology (304) (spring 2003)
Senior Seminar (460) (spring 2001)
 Senior Review (496) (fall 2000)

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Pre-medical and pre-dental preparation at Queens is a combination of both classroom and extra-curricular activity. The advantage of doing these pre-professional programs at Queens is our size and our location.
Classes at Queens University of Charlotte are small.  In organic chemistry class, for example, you are not one of hundreds of students, but one of 12-15 students. Inside the classroom the student will face a rigorous course of instruction from a dedicated faculty. When it’s time to write medical or dental school recommendations, our faculty really knows you as both a student and a person. 

Outside the classroom, as a Queens student you have the benefit of being on a campus and in a city where opportunities to develop leadership skills are easy to find. Also, Charlotte is a place where students can gain exposure to the medical profession by working in physicians’ offices, local hospitals, or other health related venues.

At Queens University of Charlotte the pre-med/pre-dent program is offered as one of our pre-professional programs rather than a separate major. Queens students who are interested in going to medical or dental school usually major in biology, biochemistry or mathematics. But, it is possible for students to major in almost any discipline and apply to medical school. Non-science majors simply take the additional science courses necessary to qualify. Our advice is to choose a major that you are passionate about and do the pre-professional stuff along with it. A science major is an advantage should you change your mind about a career.  

Your college pre-med/pre-dent program will be shaped by your own decisions. The formal part of your education in the classroom will supply the required classes and most of the knowledge base needed for the MCAT or DAT. You have to supply the work ethic to make good grades, the initiative to be an active, concerned member of the community, and the character to be a good future physician.

The faculty and staff at Queens are here to help with advice and support as you enter the challenge.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • READ THIS:  Advice from the New York Times (Sunday Magazine, 4 Aug 2002)

  • What happened to our recent graduates?  

    • Marcus Sims - Morehouse School of Medicine

    • Jennifer Houck - Ohio State School of Dentistry

    • Jennifer Sweeney - University of South Florida School of Medicine

    • Sharon McDaniel - Medical College of Georgia

    • Tamika Ussery - Meharry School of Medicine

    • Dan Breece - Pikeville School of Osteopathic Medicine

    • Ched Lohr - Marshall University School of Medicine

    • Kimberly Ward - Brody School of Medicine (East Carolina University)

    • Ryan MacRae - Medical University of South Carolina, School of Dentistry

    • Aqwan Stallworth - Mercer College of Medicine

    • Dixie Griffin – Medical College of Georgia

    • Tracey Kaylor – University of South Alabama, School of Medicine

    • Catrina Crisp – University of Tennessee (Memphis), School of Medicine

    • Jennifer Gentry – Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health Sciences

    • Jennifer Slaughter - Medical University of South Carolina, School of Dentistry 

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