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students that good grades alone will
guarantee entrance to law, medical
and graduate schools, many other
factors are considered by admissions
•cdtnimttees, two Texas A&M faculty
members told an audience Wednes
day.
IKandida Lutes, associate dean of
the College of Liberal Arts, and Dr.
Hillary Jessup, adviser for the A&M
student pre-law society, gave a full
of interested students helpful
jat^ce on applying to schools in gen-
I and hints about some schools in
cular.
ssup said it takes grades and a
Law School Admissions Test
to get into law school. But she
H these two factors are not the
I : things considered.
■ aw schools want to know what
m eseach applicant different from
all te other applicants, she said.
■ fou need to let them know that ‘I
am different from any other 21-
yeir-old student applying to law
school,’ "Jessup stressed.
Jessup said students interested in
lag schools should prepare for the
Lfl. She said A&M’s pre-law so
ciety gives mock tests to prospective
latlschool applicants for $5. Jessup
said practice exams give students a
chance to see what types of questions
they will be expected to answer.
Jessup said that although there is
no one particular major for pre-law
students, 50 percent of the pre-law
students generally major in history
or political science.
Lutes reassured members of the
audience with aspirations of going to
“You need to let them
know that 7 tun different
from any other 21-year-
old student applying. ’ ”
— Hillary Jessup, adviser.
medical school that about 50 percent
of those who apply are accepted, de
spite the belief of most students that
only a small percentage of students
get into medical school.
She said it is important to remem
ber that majors do not determine
who gets into medical school.
Lutes cited a 1978 Rockefeller
Foundation study that said that two-
thirds of medical applicants come
from natural sciences; 8 percent, be
havioral sciences and 4 percent, hu
manities.
Forty-six percent of the students
who apply from the natural sciences
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HOUSTON (AP) — Despite his
previous comments to the contrary,
Bhocratic National Chairman Paul
Kirk now says Houston is a top con
tend! r for the 1988 national conven
tion, regardless of the outcome of
the governor’s election.
r‘No city has exceeded Houston in
the enthusiasm it has shown for
hosting our party in 1988,” he said
ina statement released Wednesday.
^Earlier, Kirk had said it would be
tough for the city to host the conven
tion if Gov. Mark White loses his bid
for re-election.
Kirk was on the road Wednesday
and unable to talk about the issue,
said Terry Michael, his press aide.
' But the chairman called Mayor
Kathy Whitmire to assure her that
Houston will remain on the list of
top contenders for the convention,
aides to the mayor said.
Houston’s economic condition will
be taken into account, something
that never before has been men
tioned as an influencing factor in the
selection process, Kirk said in his
statement.
“The Democratic Party isn’t going
to forget the economic transition be
ing faced by one of America’s most
progressive communities,” Kirk said.
The chairman also said he was
sure White would defeat his Repub
lican opponent, former Gov. Bill
Clements.
On Monday, the national chair-
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get into medical school, she said,
while 42 percent of the social sci
ences and 50 percent of the humani
ties applications are accepted.
Lutes said this data proves that a
student does not have to go the sci
ence route to make it to medical
school. She recommends students
study what excites them and also
take the required classes.
“Do what you enjoy doing, but do
it well,” Lutes advised. “Grades do
matter, but if you do well here (at
A&M) and choose a school to match
your skills you have a good chance of
getting in.”
Lutes said students should con
sider their motivations for going to
graduate school before actually de
ciding to go.
Lutes said graduate school is a
great deal of work and advised stu
dents not to consider it unless they
really love it.
Undergraduate students can take
steps now to improve their applica
tions to the schools later, Lutes said.
She urged students to get to know
their professors because they can
provide good letters of recommen
dation later.
She also urged students to get a
part-time job while in school. She
said students who work while in
school generally come out on top be
cause of the practical experience
they receive.
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man told a Houston Chronicle re
porter that the re-election of White
is critical to Houston’s chances to get
the convention.
His remarks angered some Hous
tonians who are working diligently
to host the Democratic Party’s 56-
member convention site selection
committee. The committee will
study Houston next week.
On Wednesday, GOP Chairman
George Strake called Kirk’s earlier
remarks blackmail and said Texans
would not be influenced.
“I would remind Chairman Kirk
that Republicans came to Texas (for
their national convention) in 1984
even though Republicans did not
hold the governor’s office,” he said.
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