This guest post comes from Stefan from StudySuccessful.com, a site about successful studying!.

How to apply for med school in Europe

I’ve read many blogs about studying, and I ran into some posts about ‘applying for med school.’ The American people have to do strange things and are only focused on grades and extracurricular activities. In Europe, it’s just the same!

I’m a high school student in Holland, and I want to study Medicine next year. There are two ways to get there.

1.  Through a draw.

Every student who wants to study Medicine is registered and you have to get picked out of a big pile of ‘want to become med school students’. Sounds unfair, but it isn’t that unfair. The better your grades are, more chance you have to be drawn. And if your average grade is above an 8 (on a scale to 10) you are in there anyway. This means the Dutch are also focused on grades, the higher grades you have, more chance you have to join the education you want to do!

2. Through the ‘not central selection.’

This is a way besides the draw, and just for the ones who want to. Only a couple of universities work with this system.