No. Medical school is a professional school. College is not. Med schools are not looking at your extra-curricular activities as much. They help, but in a smaller way. Med schools want to see if this person would make a good future doctor. And they have to base that on more than just extra-curricular activiites. Not only that, they have to determine if the person applying can complete the MD program to which they are applying. Do they have the “smarts” to finish the program if admitted.

I know people who had around a 3.2 or lower from Ivy League level schools and gave up their dreams of being a doctor because they couldn’t get into medical school, or felt they couldn’t. I’d say going to Monmouth, you have to have a 3.9 or 4.0 and do really well on the MCATs to have a good chance to get in. If you have lower than a 3.5, I’d say you have no shot whatsoever. That’s for ANY med school. To get into a med school like Hopkins or Harvard from Monmouth is pretty much close to dreaming. Even if you had a 4.0, you probably have no chance whatsoever. Why? You’re competing against people who have 4.0s from Ivy League schools, who are getting the same grades as you but against much smarter students. If you don’t believe me, go to Monmouth’s guidance counselor and ask them how many Monmouth graduates have been accepted to Harvard or Yale Law School or Harvard or Hopkins, or UCSF medical school in the past 10 years. If you truly have a dream of being a doctor, here’s what I would do. Finish two years at Monmouth and transfer to somewhere like Tufts or Boston College, whatever is the best private school you can get into, even Rutgers. It will increase your chances of being able to get into a good med school, and med school period. Also, it doesn’t really matter where you go to med school all that much. All are good.

Admission to medical school is very competitive. I think your best option is to research medical schools and their requirements. The requirements will differ, so you need to evaluate which schools can best meet your needs, and which schools are most likely to view you as a good candidate. Different schools will consider different factors, but your grades and experience related to the health care field will be extremely important.