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Originally Posted by FiftyBelow
A preliminary assessment of my competitive qualifications yields that I have a lot of work to do. While I have a majority of the core-requisites for medicine (from first year), I did fairly average in those courses and in one case, O.Chem, I got a C+. Furthermore, my volunteer record is virtually non-existent. As well I'm going to be an Arts graduate competing with science grads.... I do know, however, that I'm ready to put my foot down to amend all of these, no matter how long it will take.
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Don't quote me on this, but I think some medical schools do not favor any particular degree, just as long as you have the prerequisites.
I'm not sure where you would like to go for medical school and this might not apply to you, but I heard that some Arts students have done better on the MCAT than Science students. This is probably because a large part of the MCAT is reading comprehension, and Arts students are typically better at that than Science students. Of course, it is obviously better if you have a good understanding of the material.
For these reasons, I wouldn't worry about competing with Science grads.
Also, I think it's awesome that you are actually taking the time to figure out what you want to do.
If medicine is what you really want to go into, I say go for it!