<p>1) Does anyone know if Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, or John Hopkins offer the multiple degree program? </p>
<p>2) Also can you ask a college that you go to let you make a program like the accelerated programs if they have a medical school?</p>
<p>3) What would be a better plan?
Plan 1: Go to a state school for your B.S. degree to save money if the school is pretty good. Then switch to a really good medical school for your M.D. degree. </p>
<pre><code> Plan 2: Go to a pretty good college such as John Hopkins which has a medical school and spend like 8 years there even though it may cost a bit more.
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<p>Thanks</p>
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<li>no</li>
<li>not that i know of</li>
<li>plan 1</li>
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<p>1) no
2) you can ask, but the answer will probably be no.
3) plan 1, unless money is no object and you think you will be at the top of your class at hopkins, etc.</p>
<p>1,2) heck no</p>
<p>3) you seem to not know much about the pre-med process. I would read up on some of the other forums here to get an idea of it. It really depends on your confidence level and where you live. Going to a state school in Arkansas would not really give you a jumpstart. Going to Hopkins and other competitive ivies as pre-med means nothing. At least half of them end up dropping out or switching majors...very few because they 'weren't into biology,' which translates into, 'it was too competitive and I couldn't handle it or get a high gpa.' If you get into a bs/md program, take it! It's easy to say "I'll do well in college and get into a medical school." So many great students I know cannot get in because they simply weren't lucky. When you have so many applicants and so few spots, there really is a luck factor. A high GPA/high MCAT doesn't guarantee anything in this competition.</p>