Accelerated pharmacy program to Med School?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>Right now I am a 2nd year student (technically still a undergrad) at a 0-6 pharmacy school. As of right now, I am feeling very unchallenged at the school and am beginning to feel like pharmacy is not the career I want anymore. I have always dreamed of going to medical school, but I'm not sure if that is possible. Does anyone know if this can be done? Going from pharmacy school to med school?</p>

<p>I have a 4.0 GPA, and I am in many extracurriculars. I am planning on studying for the MCAT soon. I want to transfer out of the pharmacy school and go directly into medical school after my 3rd or 4th year. I would be using this pharmacy school almost as my "premed". However, since I am at a pharmacy program, I would not have a bachelor's degree (after 6 years, our school only gives out a Pharm.D without a bachelor's) and many of the pre-requisites for med school are not offered at my school, since it is accelerated (ex. our school only offers one semester of biology). </p>

<p>I heard some medical schools look past these requirements under certain circumstances, would my case be an exception?</p>

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<p>While there are BA/MD combined programs, very few–if any-- accept transfers into the combined program. This is because the programs are highly structured and you’d likely be missing coursework/clinical medical volunteering/research experience that are built-in to these programs…</p>

<p>However, you might asked in this forum:</p>

<p>[Multiple</a> Degree Programs - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/multiple-degree-programs/]Multiple”>Multiple Degree Programs - College Confidential Forums)</p>

<p>Pre-requisites are pre-requisites. I doubt any med school – all of which can fill their seats 2 or 3 times over with fully qualified candidates would “overlook” a missing pre-req or three, even if you have a PharmD or a great MCAT score. You might possibly pick up some interviews, but any admission will still be conditional on completing all required coursework before you can matriculate. (As it is for everyone who applies to medical school.)</p>

<p>If you truly want to move from pharm to medicine, you’d probably best be served by withdrawing from your current program and enrolling in a university that will grant you a BA/BS and offers the required pre-med classes.</p>