Comments on: Is it possible to attend a medical college without first having to attend a college? http://www.medicalsupplyservices.com/blog/is-it-possible-to-attend-a-medical-college-without-first-having-to-attend-a-college/ Tue, 22 May 2012 00:56:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: gomanyes http://www.medicalsupplyservices.com/blog/is-it-possible-to-attend-a-medical-college-without-first-having-to-attend-a-college/comment-page-1/#comment-74 gomanyes Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:40:00 +0000 http://www.medicalsupplyservices.com/blog/is-it-possible-to-attend-a-medical-college-without-first-having-to-attend-a-college/#comment-74 There are some "direct" medical programs where you apply right out of high school. They generally last 7 years, so you save one year as compared to 4 years of college and 4 years of med school. Boston University has one, and there are a few others. But just because you have completed MCAT courses doesn't mean you know everything. You will learn a lot more in college that you need for med school, even if it's not on the MCATs. There are some “direct” medical programs where you apply right out of high school. They generally last 7 years, so you save one year as compared to 4 years of college and 4 years of med school. Boston University has one, and there are a few others.

But just because you have completed MCAT courses doesn’t mean you know everything. You will learn a lot more in college that you need for med school, even if it’s not on the MCATs.

]]> By: ladyroo http://www.medicalsupplyservices.com/blog/is-it-possible-to-attend-a-medical-college-without-first-having-to-attend-a-college/comment-page-1/#comment-73 ladyroo Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:27:50 +0000 http://www.medicalsupplyservices.com/blog/is-it-possible-to-attend-a-medical-college-without-first-having-to-attend-a-college/#comment-73 No, it isn't....at least not in the United States. American medical schools require a bachelors degree for admission. Yes, you take the premed subjects in high school, but that's not the same level as the college courses. Even if you took bio, physics, chemistry, etc. in high school you have to take the college level to be eligible to apply to American med schools. Most medical schools don't "count" AP or IB credit as having completed a required college course. Being a "premed" MEANS that you're taking the prerequisite classes....bio, physics, chemistry, organic chemistry and so on. Most schools require a complete year of each, including labs. If you for some reason took these classes at an accredited college while still in high school, you don't retake them again in college--you are expected to advance on to more challenging levels of coursework. Medical schools aren't at all impressed by people who want to do the bare minimum required to get by. The "fastest" way to get to med school is accelerating your time in college (usually by entering with enough credits to start as a sophomore)....but graduating early often puts you at a disadvantage in applying to med school because you have a year less of grades, activities, and research compared to the other students you're competing against. My advice: chill out and enjoy college and life. No, it isn’t….at least not in the United States. American medical schools require a bachelors degree for admission.

Yes, you take the premed subjects in high school, but that’s not the same level as the college courses. Even if you took bio, physics, chemistry, etc. in high school you have to take the college level to be eligible to apply to American med schools. Most medical schools don’t “count” AP or IB credit as having completed a required college course. Being a “premed” MEANS that you’re taking the prerequisite classes….bio, physics, chemistry, organic chemistry and so on. Most schools require a complete year of each, including labs.

If you for some reason took these classes at an accredited college while still in high school, you don’t retake them again in college–you are expected to advance on to more challenging levels of coursework. Medical schools aren’t at all impressed by people who want to do the bare minimum required to get by.

The “fastest” way to get to med school is accelerating your time in college (usually by entering with enough credits to start as a sophomore)….but graduating early often puts you at a disadvantage in applying to med school because you have a year less of grades, activities, and research compared to the other students you’re competing against.

My advice: chill out and enjoy college and life.

]]> By: Greta http://www.medicalsupplyservices.com/blog/is-it-possible-to-attend-a-medical-college-without-first-having-to-attend-a-college/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Greta Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:31:26 +0000 http://www.medicalsupplyservices.com/blog/is-it-possible-to-attend-a-medical-college-without-first-having-to-attend-a-college/#comment-72 No, all medical school applicants need to first have a college degree before they can go to medical school. No, all medical school applicants need to first have a college degree before they can go to medical school.

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