<p>I was wondering if there are any B.A./M.D. programs or B.S./M.D. programs that accept transfers into their programs. Hopefully there is a program that accepts transfers and doesn't require the kids in the program to take the mcats......</p>
<p>Why so wussy?</p>
<p>There’s no easy way in to medical school. If you’re afraid of hard work, get out now.</p>
<p>I don’t know any combined degree programs based only in the US that accept transfers into the program.</p>
<p>“Why so wussy”</p>
<p>Rofl…Why take the chance of not getting into medical school, if I can get into a program that gaurantees me a spot?</p>
<p>And who said that B.A./M.D. or B.S./M.D. programs were easy?..You still have to work really hard to keep your grades up…</p>
<p>They are very accelerated programs with many going almost year round. I would think that alone would eliminate the chances for transfer.</p>
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<p>For some BA/MD or BS/MD program, once you are in it, you only need to maintain much lower grades (and often lower MCAT scores, if required at all) in order to stay in that program. An example for this is Rice/Baylor, which is actually a quite good choice if 1) you yourself know you are going into medicine at the age of 16-18 (that is, not your parents who want you to go there :-)) AND 2) you are capable of accumulating very good and medicine-related ECs before you are graduated from a high school – This is not an easy task, especially when you have no knowledge (or connection?) to know where to start as a high schooler.</p>
<p>Many CCers on this forum believe that most BA/MS programs are not worth going into, for various reasons.</p>
<p>hopefully theres a 8 year program that accepts transfers…i will call all of the programs and ask…8 year programs seem to be “less” accerlated than your 7 year program or 6 year program…</p>
<p>I’m fairly certain that none of these programs accept transfers, and if your looking for the easy way out just because you don’t want to “take the chance of not getting into medical school” you may want to reconsider your motivations for going into medicine. These programs are meant to select people who are intellectually guaranteed to be smart enough for medical school, have shown strong work ethic, AND have shown through their extracurricular involvement/shadowing/volunteer work that they know what medicine is like and are committed to medicine as their MOST desired future. Out of those, only the ones who have convincing interviews are selected. In other words, if you did not apply to these programs coming out of high school, it is not likely that you are what they are looking for. Regardless, they don’t accept transfers.</p>
<p>Why are you so worried about getting in/do you think you won’t be able to get in without one of these programs? If you are so certain of your fit for medicine why didn’t you apply to these programs in HS? What have you done to convince yourself/show others that you know what medicine is like, are the right type of person, and are sure this is your definite goal in life?</p>
<p>If you truly have what it takes to get into these programs then you don’t need to worry about getting into medical school by taking the traditional route.</p>
<p>If you are a humanity major, there is an early admission program at Mount Sinai. But I would think it is very competitive. Although it is not what OP prefers to have, it may be somewhat close to what s/he wants, as “MCAT’s are neither required nor permitted to be taken.”</p>
<p>[Mount</a> Sinai - Humanities and Medicine Early Acceptance Program](<a href=“http://www.mountsinai.org/Education/School%20of%20Medicine/Degrees%20and%20Programs/Humanities%20and%20Medicine%20Early%20Acceptance%20Program]Mount”>http://www.mountsinai.org/Education/School%20of%20Medicine/Degrees%20and%20Programs/Humanities%20and%20Medicine%20Early%20Acceptance%20Program)</p>
<p>MCAT or no, admission to the HuMed program is very competitive.</p>
<p>There is no easy way in.</p>
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<p>Just as I have believed!</p>
<p>I heard that many students are more afraid of those humanity classes than their science ones, as they feel that they do not have much “control” (I do not know whether I use the right word here) over how the professor would evaluate their reports.</p>
<p>just go to google and type early assurance medical programs</p>
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This rings especially true at my school, which has a B_/MD program. Even now, going into my senior year, I’m still consistently shocked by how much weaker the students in the combined program are compared to academically strong premeds who are not in the program. I don’t know, I’m sure it’s different elsewhere and highly variable, but whoever is responsible for admitting students to my school’s combined program does a very poor job of it. There are at least a couple that made Cs and Ds in their prereqs. I think it’s partly that they get too relaxed with the lax requirements to stay in the program, but also that college performance is difficult to predict (with accuracy) based on high school performance.</p>
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I agree. It’s just not the same when you’re not stressed to maintain the highest gpa, scoring the a great mcat score, and participating in many activities.</p>
<p>The reason I didn’t apply to some of these programs is that I was running out of time when I started my college apps…I started too late, and only had time to fill out my undergraduate applications…(Lesson learned for apps to medical school)…It was the first semester of senior year so I was a lazy sloth who was also very disorganized( lesson learned for apps to medical school)…</p>
<p>Thanks for the help everyone, I will look into this program…It says Humanities or Social Sciences(I hope econmics major fits “social sciences”)</p>
<p>^ I just notice that in your Location field, you said “Texas —> Emory University or Teaxs A&M”. I know it is too late for you now. But just for a record, I learned from two sources (one is actually from my local newspaper, which may be quite credible) that Texas A&M has a program which gives you a guaranteed admission to its medical school after high school. So, one of the possibilities is right under your nose :-)</p>
<p>The kid who was admitted to that program was the valedictorian from her high school. She and my child were actually in the same middle school at one time. Then her family moved her to a somewhat less competitive high school. A wild guess here is that her family is not able/willing to spend more money just to live in this school district.</p>
<p>Some families do choose to save money for professional schools in the future so they try to spend as little money as possible at the undergraduate level.</p>
<p>The consensus here is that there is no easy road to medical schools.</p>
<p>mcat2, Texas A&M has a Partnership for Primary Care program that she may have received or maybe JAMP. Both seem to be excellent programs but are somewhat limited (by income for JAMP, by nature of intended practice for the other).</p>
<p>My gosh. We may have found one for the OP. I have no idea how limited it is…but I know it is limited. [Partnership</a> for Primary Care - Texas A&M Health Science Center](<a href=“Texas A&M College of Medicine”>Texas A&M College of Medicine)</p>
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This at least suggests to me that current college students (interested in primary care in underserved areas of Texas) can apply and avoid the MCAT. </p>
<p>My computer froze when downloading the brochure so someone with better access can check.</p>
<p>Curm, Thanks for digging out this information. I heard that MS3-MS4 students at Texas A&M can choose to be at Temple, Round Rock (north of Austin), or College Station – all are very nice locations. “nice” means “small town” here.</p>
<p>By the way, is TCOM inside UNT (University of North Texas)? If yes, its location is also very nice. On the other hand, it appears that the location of the higher-ranked UTSW seems to be not as nice (too close to the downtown of a very big city – Being from a smaller city, I tend to be scared by a big city. I know this is my weakness.)</p>
<p>I have downloaded that .pdf file. My understanding is that:
- It is mostly meant for URM.
- Limited to 15 students per year.
- SAT 1200 out of 1600, or 26 ACT (so low!)
- No MCAT required.
- Maintain 3.25 GPA in college.
- 3.5 GPA at the end of high school.
- Need to attend the colleges which are listed there – most (except the one at College Station) seem to be not competitive colleges.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>