better shortcut to med school?

Pre-Med & Medical School Multiple Degree Programs
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<p>i was in europe this summer, and i was talking about my options for college and my decision with some people over there (i picked harvard over nw7yr). anyways, the people in UK told me that u go to med school directly after high school, bypassing the whole undergrad thing. if you guys are interested in getting admission to med school, why doesnt someone try to apply to a foreign med school from high school? </p>

<p>the way i see it (and im probably wrong here), getting into med school in the UK from high school is far more common than getting accepted to an ivy or cambridge/oxford. so kids who can get accepted to an ivy or cambridge/oxford here have a good shot of getting into med school there. everyone there told me that i didnt really have a decision to make and that i shouldnt have even thought of passing up harvard over taking 7 years to become a doctor. anyways, its just a thought.</p>

<p>o ya, and here's for someone who messaged me or something. someone else might have the same q's:</p>

<p>i applied to like 7 med programs. it was much easier to apply to the ivies (although i only applied to harvard early). the harvard app would have been the same one i wouldve used for yale, had i applied.</p>

<p>as far as applying to the med programs, the only app i wouldnt reccommend is brown's, just cause you have to make 2 essays saying the same thing as 1 would for other apps. also, if u apply to bu, DONT waste time applying for the trustees scholarship cause only one symed (7yearmed student) gets it and your competing with alot of other really smart people.</p>

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<p>generally, it is harder for foreign medical students to get back into America to practice medicine</p>

<p>This might not be so for Cambridge/Oxford medical graduates. But I know for sure that for Americans to enter those colleges, a separate exam is required in addition to the application forms. In short, that route is much harder than trying to get into an Ivy League school or a combined degree program.</p>

<p>As for the Trustees scholarship, that's faulty reasoning. Apply anyway. It certainly doesn't hurt. When I applied for Harvard, I too was competing with a lot of smart people. That didn't stop me from sending in my forms.</p>