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Hello!
I was educated K-11 in New York State; however, a few months ago I moved to Florida. I didn't want to spend my senior year in a brand new school and was anxious to start college. (I had already been taking college classes during my junior year.)
I consulted a counselor who suggested I consider taking the G.E.D. and then enter college in January. Well, that's what I have decided to do. I have been awarded the President's Scholarship ( I was an excellent H.S. student) and will begin college this January.
This is my question: I am planning on majoring in Psychology and then applying to medical school. Will they even look to see if I completed high school ? Will having took the G.E.D. lower my chances of getting into a med school? Are there any medical schools that flat out WON'T accept you without a H.S. diploma? I am extremely worried that perhaps I have made the wrong decision. Any information you could give me would be greatly appreciated! Thank you for your time!
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Hi,
I think you should not be worrying about high school or GED. Life after high-school for those of us who go on to college and graduate/professional schools is a competely new ball-game, and once you graduate from college no one will really care whether you have GED or whether you graduated from high school. What will matter is that you are a college graduate. You obviously have done well in school and your only concern should be to do just as well or better in college.
College degree is required for admission to medical schools. High school and any other pre-college education becomes very irrelevant once you graduate from college. Medical schools care little what you have done in high school or even how well you have done in high school. For the purposes of medical school, it does not matter if you graduated from high school or took GED. What matters is your COLLEGE performance.
So, I think you have NOTHING to worry about. I very much doubt that anyone will even ask you about your "pre-college" record when you apply to medical school, but if that happens it will be more a result of human curiosity than a test of whether to admit you. In that case just be as honest as you have been in your e-mail and explain your situation and how you decided to plunge yourself directly into college life. Your brave decision might actually help you, since it demonstrates that you can handle critical situations.
Best of luck to you,
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