<p>I'm going to be a freshman in high school pretty soon, so i want to be ready. Just for background info, I'm a straight A student, went to the state California science fair, got first place school spelling bee, and got student of the year. I'm going to take college courses at my local junior college so i can graduate high school with an associates degree and I'm also a pianist, violinist, and clarinetist in my school band. I heard that you have to take a MCAT, but when and where do u take that. Do u have to have previous knowlegde of medicine to take it? I also heard that after high school i can go straight to a univeristy, but for Harvard don't i need additional requirements?</p>
<p>If you have the highest grades and SAT/ACT scores, a few colleges (not Harvard) offer a combined undergrad and grad program in Medicine. You must maintain high grades and make good MCAT scores to enter the med-school phase.</p>
<p>For Harvard, you need to have completed your undergraduate degree (does not have to be a biology or chemistry major, but you do need to have completed such courses and have highest grades and high MCAT scores, as well as lab or hospital experience.)</p>
<p>Many people take the MCAT the senior year of college, which is tough with all the other demands of classes. Others wait until after college graduation so they can take an MCAT prep course or self-study for the test, and apply for the following fall entry.</p>
<p>After high school, yes you can go straight to American University- which is also called college, and earn your B.A. or B.S. However you cannot go straight into graduate level programs such as Medical, Law, or Business School without the undergraduate degree.</p>
<p>Hope that helps.</p>
<p>You have the cart way before the horse, my young friend!</p>
<p>First, you need to get a bachelor’s degree (a B.A. or B.S. or some equivalent degree) from a college or university. You can pick almost anything for your major field of study in college, but because getting into medical school requires good training in science, a lot of pre-meds find it convenient to major in one of the sciences. While you’re getting your bachelor’s degree, advisors at your college or university will help you plan your courses and outside activities to make you a strong applicant for medical school.</p>
<p>While you’re getting your bachelor’s degree, you need to get very high grades, especially but not only in the courses required for medical school admission. In order to get into medical school, you’ll also need strong letters of recommendation from a couple of your college professors, and good scores on the MCAT, the Medical College Admissions Test.</p>
<p>Many students apply to medical school when they are in their final year of undergraduate college–kind of like the way most students apply to college while they are seniors in high school.</p>
<p>But, seriously, right now you’re 14. You need to focus on getting good grades in academically challenging classes in high school, so that you can be ready for college. At this point, there isn’t anything you can do to prepare yourself for medical school.</p>
<p>Oh God…</p>
<p>Thx for the help guys! So I cant go straight into Harvard medical after high school? Cause I see a lot of posts of people asking if their high school grades are good for it. Also, u can’t get your B.A or B.S at Harvard?</p>
<p>Have you tried looking at: [Application</a> Process | HMS](<a href=“http://hms.harvard.edu/content/application-process]Application”>http://hms.harvard.edu/content/application-process)</p>
<p>Do you people not know a ■■■■■ when you see one?</p>
<p>What’s a ■■■■■? The little green guys?</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s fair to call the OP a ■■■■■ because we’ve all been in his or her shoes before. Like several CC-ers have mentioned, there are several steps between you and medical school right now, so you should focus on maintaining your grades, taking challenging AP classes and possibly college courses, and continuing the music and science extracurriculars you currently enjoy. However, your enthusiasm suggests that you should look into a couple of schools that offer a combined BS/BA and MD program (a couple schools that I looked at were Rice/Baylor and Caltech/UCSD, but I ended up choosing Harvard College as a simple bio major). There are several caveats to choosing the former path, such as lower reqs (Caltech/UCSD medical scholars program asked for a 3.5+ undergrad gpa to go onto med school, no MCAT score), but generally there are a limited number of spots so admissions to these programs are very selective. Some people prefer the rigorous course selections available to students enrolled in these accelerated programs, while others prefer to wait a year or two before declaring themselves as premed.</p>
<p>Two separate parts of Harvard:</p>
<p>[Harvard</a> College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_College]Harvard”>Harvard College - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>[Harvard</a> Medical School - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Medical_School]Harvard”>Harvard Medical School - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Before I knew CC, I knew Google and Ask ( and now Bing, I guess). If he couldn’t even take the time to discover ON HIS OWN that you have to get a bachelors degree before even considering med school…“Oh God”</p>
<p>And lol at the thought that Harvard Med School has different requirements than the other 200 medical schools in the country.</p>
<p>Thx guys! (even with some rude comments)</p>