<p>I'm going to michigan engineering in the fall, and have accrued about 41 credit hours made up of 26 hours of classes at a community college and 2 from ap macroecon (heard that counts for engineering school??). If I score well on the enviro and stats exams, I'll have 49 credit hours total. I'm gonna major in biomedical engineering as a premed path, and have heard from lots of people that med schools hate people graduating early (2.5 years for me). I want to go to michigan's medical school, so would it be a good idea to do the undergrad-grad program and get a masters as well in 3.5 years?</p>
<p>Don’t rush through school, you’ll regret it in the long run.</p>
<p>I’m going to be in school for 12 years. Taking 0.5-1.5 years off doesn’t really seem like “rushing” now, does it?</p>
<p>i feel like undergrad isnt the same as med school, u know wat im saying? ull have lots of fun during ur ug yrs.</p>
<p>Admission to med. school is very difficult if do undergrad in 3 years or less. UM med school really hates this. They want mature candidates; this was really stressed at one of their presentations.</p>
<p>But the main question is whether adding the year for a masters in biomed engineering (making it 3.5 years, more than 3) would make medical schools feel better about my application. Anybody know whether that would work?</p>
<p>When you get to michigan, I’m confident you’ll drop your plan of all this and do undergrad in 4 years. Biomedical engineering is a tough major, why not just take it slow and do it in 4 years? No one is attacking you to do a masters degree. At the end of the day you can only start med. school after four years, and you’ll be in equal footing to everyone else when you start.
Think long and hard about why you want to do what you want to do. Definitely don’t do it to show off.</p>
<p>OP - are you sure all your credits transfer and apply to your intended major the way you want them to? </p>
<p>I guess what I’m asking is if you simply have ~50 ish credits total due to APs and CC classes, OR, do you have 50 credits that you know transfer, apply to the degree and so on. Because if you haven’t checked this, you might find that the credits don’t do as much for you as you thought. Might turn out that they only save you 1 semester instead of 3, or potentially even less.</p>
<p>you can if you have plenty of credits from HS and stay well focused. A family friend completed UCLA’s Business Economics in just 2 years and is now developing her father’s real estate business.</p>
<p>I actually have more credit hours from community course classes and additional AP tests, but I’ve cut them out because they either are not explicitly mentioned on Michigan’s credit reference cite or are not specifically stated as transferring to Michigan’s college of engineering.<br>
The classes I’ve taken that will transfer are English 110, 111, History 102, Chemistry 120, State and Local Government, Intro to Philosophy, Comparative Religions, Microeconomics, and Introductory Golf. The AP credits that will transfer are Calculus AB (5), Biology (5), Psychology (5), Macroeconomics (4-distribution credits for engineering), and possibly Statistics and Environmental Science, both of which I took these past two weeks.<br>
So in essence, I’m getting out of the weeder and “remedial” courses, courses that would have 300 students taught by TA’s who barely speak english.<br>
I’d also like to get a minor in Economics - would that help me get the 4 years(ish) I need to better suit michigan’s medical school’s tastes?</p>
<p>If med schools really want you to go to school for 4 years, I think the BME masters is a good idea. Retake your pre-med requirements, and if you still have room for more classes, there are other humanities classes that medical schools recommend. </p>
<p>I’d personally get bored and feel like I’m wasting money if I were to take it easy and take <16 credits per semester just to lengthen the time I’m in school.</p>
<p>Yeah, I know - if the price of tuition is constant at 12 credits and up, why on earth would I want to take only 12 in order to get the 4 years? Seems like a waste of money to me.</p>
<p>credits don’t line up always. You might not get a class because of scheduling
You’ll want to take other classes
You can only take up to 2 hard classes a semester if you want your GPA to live
You won’t enjoy college if you load yourself up with finishing a masters in 3.5 years.
You won’t have time for a social life, joining student orgs, volunteering, etc.
Why do all this if it has no benefit except for the name?
When you start med. school no one will care what you did before med. school.
Too many high schoolers think they’re are the king of the world. When you get to umich and get your ass handed to you, you’ll know what I’m talking about. </p>
<p>“courses that would have 300 students taught by TA’s who barely speak english”
I haven’t had a single class like this. Most classes are taught by instructors or professors.
The classes that are taught by grad. students are usually small class (<18) (like intro language courses) or discussion sections</p>
<p>Couldn’t have said it better myself blackpen…</p>
<p>I’m going to UMich med next year. If you’re really serious about it, first ask yourself why you want to be a doctor, and why they should admit you. Then, contact the admissions office and ask Robert Ruiz (Director of Admissions) or an underling about what you should do. UMich has by FAR the most transparent admissions process of any med school I know.</p>
<p>tmazer, if you want to get into the Michigan medical school, you are going to have to maintain a 3.8+ GPA. To do so in the CoE at Michigan will require you to take a reasonable workload. Assuming you are indeed given 49 credits toward your Engineering degree, you are still going to have to take 80 credits at Michigan. To do so in 5 semesters would require you to take 16 credits per semester. It may be possible, but in the CoE, 16 credits and 3.8+ GPA usually don’t go hand in hand. I would limit myself to 14 credits per semester and definitely talk to your advisor about what courses you should take at Michigan (even if you have taken them at CC) for the Medical school to give you the consideration you deserve. Trust me, even if you are given credit for a course you took at CC, the Medical school adcom will probably not hold it in the same regard as applicants who took it at Michigan. Expect to end up having to take 90 credits at Michigan, and at 14-15credits a term, you are looking at 3-3.5 years to graduate.</p>
<p>As many here have suggested, take your time and enjoy your college experience. Medical school is NOT 12 years of college! It is 4 years of very stressful studying and another 4 years working 80 hours per week for virtually not money. Your college years are a once-in-a-lifetime experience…make the most of it.</p>