<p>Does anyone know of any/have any imput on a Medical School which one attends after they have completed high school?</p>
<p>what? right after high school with no undergrad?</p>
<p>that's like in foreign countries, not in America. But, there are B.S./M.D. programs where you apply for med school and undergrad at the same time. Some schools that have this are Northwestern, Brown, and a lot of others. But I haven't personally heard of a med school that allows kids straight out of high school.</p>
<p>Yah, these programs exist mainly in Europe. They're not that well know about here in the US(Or at leats not where I am).</p>
<p>A family friend who lives in Britain mentioned it, I was just wondering if anyone else had gone through it or had some experience with it.</p>
<p>oh, that makes sense, I know it is common practice in other countries.</p>
<p>I have a female friend who did this.....but she went to Asia. </p>
<p>but of course there are always exceptions to each program. Here is one:
CNN.com</a> - 12-year-old begins medical school - Aug. 26, 2003</p>
<p>Commonwealth and many European (ex. Austria) countries have been doing it for many, many years. I can't imagine that it's poorly done or that people dislike it, otherwise there really wouldn't be many indigenously-produced doctors in much of Europe and the Commonwealth.</p>
<p>Most of these programs are six years. At foreign medical schools students don't take the breathe of distribution req like at our undergrad colleges in social sciences, languages, etc. That means it's not much different from our system when you take out the science stuff: two yrs of pre-med coursework, 2 yrs of medical school coursework, 2 yrs of clinical rotations.</p>
<p>Thanks for the information. I have heard that these programs usually have lower admission rates in residency programs within the United Sates. Is this true? Does it depend on the student/school?</p>
<p>I've gotten offers from Cambridge and St. Andrew's for medicine, and my mom came over to the U.S. from Britain to do her residency. The residency admissions rates are slightly lower, and there's quite a bit of paperwork you need to fill out, but it's totally feasible. </p>
<p>You'll need to acquaint yourself with the British admissions process though, since they care far more about subject tests (especially AP or IB) and less about GPA. Also, they require you to take the UKCAT or BMAT (kind of similar to the MCAT), and there are only a few testing centers in the U.S. that offer them (I think the nearest one to you is in San Diego). One more thing is that you will have to fly over there for interviews in early December, and they're really inflexible about the timing so you might need to take a week off of school to do it. Basically, the logistics of getting in are a bit complex, but it's certainly doable and worth trying for.</p>
<p>If you just want to skimp on the undergraduate time, go to a 7 year accelerated BS/MD program. The fastest thing that you will find in the US is UMKC 6 year program.</p>
<p>You will find MD after HS in Europe and Asia, but many of those degrees are not "accepted" in the US or you will still have to go through some re-certification process (if it is even possible).</p>
<p>I have always assumed that "skimpping" on my undergraduate time, and therefore graduating at a younger age would look better on an application for residency. Is this true?</p>