<p>I'm still in highschool but i'm already 100% sure what I want to do with my life, become a doctor. I already know what college I want to go to for pre-med but I was wondering can I go to that 4 year university to get my bachelors in bio-medical sciences and also go to my local community college for my associates in nursing? Ignoring the fact that I will pretty much have no free time and my life will be filled with course work, I just want to know is it physically possible. Thanks</p>
<p>I think your plan is fraught with problems. If you want to be a nurse, practice for a while, and then pursue med school – devote your energies to being a nurse. To do it on the side, while trying to get a top GPA in biomed, while readying yourself for MCATs seems nuts.</p>
<p>You should ask physicians and nurses you know personally about this plan of action. It doesn’t make sense, IMHO.</p>
<p>I know nurses who have gone on to be physicians – but nursing was not a stepping stone for them. When entering the profession, they fully thought they’d be nurses forever. Eventually their focus shifted, they paid their dues with extra courses and got admitted to med school.</p>
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You know, at this point in life it may seem as if accumulating credentials is the way people get ahead. But in reality experience matters. What good will it do you to complete a degree in nursing if you don’t have any actual nursing experience? Nobody is going to look at you and think of you as a nurse if all you have is coursework. Furthermore most 4-year colleges have rules against taking classes at a CC during the regular school year (summers are ok).</p>
<p>If you are 100% sure you want to be a doctor, then do that. Excel in your courses, volunteer or work in a medical setting, take part in research, get to know some profs. Here is a good starting point: [Amherst</a> College Guide for Premedical Students](<a href=“http://www3.amherst.edu/~sageorge/guide2.html]Amherst”>Amherst College Guide for Premedical Students)</p>
<p>If you have the money to pay for all of this, yes you could enroll at more than one institution at the same time. However it would be a big challenge to coordinate both sets of courses, and to keep the various homework assignments, projects, and exams straight. It would probably make more sense to attend the two institutions only half time. You also need to know that credits earned at one place won’t necessarily transfer to the other, and that it is likely that at some point you would need to let both places know that you were juggling coursework at the other institution.</p>