<p>Hi..Im currently a freshman majoring in biology in stanford. Can anyone help me with this question?</p>
<p>Is it possible to apply in your sophomore year and get into a medical school if you are deciding to graduate in three years? How will this reduce my chance of getting in and is there anything I can do to make up for that disadvantage?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot</p>
<p>This will put you at a significant disadvantage. Significant. </p>
<p>I'm not sure if you'll even have enough credits for AMCAS to verify your application. The best thing for you to do would be to do 3 years of college, take a year off and do something productive, and apply in the summer after your third year.</p>
<p>To elaborate: all other candidates will have between 50% and 100% more coursework than you, and therefore a more established track record overall, to say nothing of in more advanced coursework. Add in the extra research and other EC's they have, and it's adding up to a major, major problem.</p>
<p>What about applying the summer after my third year and instead of taking a year off, go into a PhD program instead?</p>
<p>I don't understand. It'll take you years to do a phD.</p>
<p>No..I mean if I applied to med school in my third year, and if I got in, Ill leave my PhD program unfinished after the first year and attend the med school instead. Is that an option</p>
<p>That means you would've needed to take the GRE and apply to grad school which apparently isn't something you even want to do. Not to mention, leaving a degree program prematurely is very bad (you will have to declare to med schools if you're in the middle of a phD or master's program). I don't understand why you would want to enter into a phD program with the intention of leaving after a year. That year could be put to much better use (working, research, volunteering, traveling, whatever).</p>