<p>Can a person who is in harvard and wants to do pre-med still graduate from Harvard, but doesn't have any background taking ap courses? Can you compensate by taking summer classes to graduate in two years?</p>
<p>Can someone please respond soon to this query?</p>
<p>To graduate in less than 4 years at Harvard, you need to opt for Advanced Standing. See: [Advanced</a> Standing Advising Programs Office](<a href=“http://apo.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k73580&pageid=icb.page388448&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent823379&view=view.do&viewParam_name=asgeninfo.html]Advanced”>http://apo.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k73580&pageid=icb.page388448&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent823379&view=view.do&viewParam_name=asgeninfo.html)</p>
<p>Advanced Standing eligibility may be based on either AP tests administered by the College Board, or scores on international tests, but not on a combination of AP and other test scores. There is one exception, however. Students who enter with fewer than four AP credits may earn additional credits by passing certain Harvard Placement exams during Freshman Orientation, namely Chinese, Ancient Greek, Modern Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Music (Harmony). These are the only exams that may be used in combination with AP tests. Students wishing to take any of these examinations should consult the Calendar of Opening Days for New Students for the exam schedule.</p>
<p>Other than perhaps to save money, why would anyone want to truncate their Harvard experience to only two years? One of the best things about going to college at Harvard is being there. That why many student don’t leave campus to do study abroad programs, and most students get very sad as the end of their senior year approaches…</p>
<p>Instead you should apply to another college’s BA/MD program.</p>
<p>Otherwise, you should not give any hint of your plans because frankly, you don’t seem to have any mindset to be part of the community at Harvard – rather myopic IMHO.</p>
<p>It is next to impossible to be able to make it to a medical school within two years of joining a major college.</p>
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<li><p>You need to be ready to do MCAT at the end of first year. How would you do that without taking enough science classes and not having any APs to boot?</p></li>
<li><p>Someone needs to give you recommendations - who would give you medical school recommendations after one year of college? They would be out of their mind to do that.</p></li>
<li><p>No AP credits. Not enough time to do a series of classes to qualify for sciences GPA.</p></li>
<li><p>No research what so ever desired in medical school applicants.</p></li>
<li><p>Zero ECs.</p></li>
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<p>Frankly, people going to regular colleges won’t make it to medical school in two years if they have to apply separately for it. You can forget about doing it at any college.</p>
<p>The short but correct answer is–No</p>
<p>32 courses, fulfilling the requirements for a concentration (and those are most frequently specific courses that have to be taken sequentially not merely a number of courses) as well as fulfilling Gen Eds as well as language (as noted above). </p>
<p>Even assuming 2 summer school courses (that is all that is permitted–I suppose you could beg for a 3rd) so lets say three between freshman and sophomore year (summer school before september of freshman year does NOT count)-- that means 29 courses in 2 years or 14 one year and 15 the next-- or semesters of 7, 7, 7, 8 courses. I cannot think of any advisor who would EVER let someone do that, even if all of the other issues regarding requirements were somehow evaded…</p>
<p>No.</p>
<p>Even if you had tons of AP credit and loaded all your semesters and summers, it would probably be 2.5 at least.</p>
<p>Even with AP credit, you generally take 3 years. I’ve never heard of anyone doing it in 2, and even 3 is extremely rare.
You’re not even ALLOWED to take more than 4 courses in your freshman fall.</p>
<p>Are you actually at Harvard ,or imagining your future ?</p>
<p>This must be the ultimate uber-applicant. Harvard is but a brief annoyance for him/her on the clearly marked road to glory and fame.</p>