Is the Miami-dade honors program an ideal program for pre-med students?
The honors program is a 2 year program where students earn an AA degree before transferring to another college to complete their undergraduate education. You will not be eligible to apply to med school with just an AA.
So, no this isn’t an “ideal” pre-med program. (There is no ideal pre-med program.) You will need to complete 2 years at another college or university before you could potentially apply to med school. While starting at CC (which is what the honors program is) is non-ideal, neither is it the a complete deal breaker when it comes to med school admission. But you will need to earn a BA or BS degree first, and maintain a high GPA both at MDC and wherever you transfer to to finish your baccalaureate.
MDC does offer a BA in biology with concentrations in biotechnology, biopharmaceutical sciences or science education. The focus of the bio program is immediate employability upon graduation, not preparation for a med school application.
What are your stats and your financial constraints? I assume you’re a resident of Florida.
Thank you for responding! I apologize for not being clear. What I meant to ask is if MCD honors would help me stay on track for med school and competitive undergraduate science programs like biomedical engineering or nursing at schools like Emory or Yale.
Most MDC honors students that I met have transferred to amazing schools, but what they all had in common was that they applied for programs in Humanities and mostly political science.
Not only that but in Miami-Dade’s website they only mentioned organizations such as Model UN and only one Stem program that is more focused on research than Health science. So I wonder if MDC Honors program is more beneficial to students interested in careers like law and public service than to those aspiring to become physicians, nurse Practitioners, etc.
My stats are not the most impressive: I have a 4.0 and 4.8 weighted, about to enter the IB program, psat:1010, club officer of two clubs, laboratory volunteer. I am a Florida resident and definitely would appreciate the fact that I can pocket money during my first two years of college and have a good chance of getting a scholarship once I transfer( I heard many students get to go to schools like Emory and Georgetown almost on a full ride)
It’s always better to attend a 4 year college starting freshman year if at all possible if med school is your goal. You don’t need to attend a selective college or a private college to be viable med school applicant. Any of your Florida public universities are just fine for pre-med.
As a FL resident, are’t you eligible for Bright Futures?
Your stats so far look pretty good. What are your financial constraints for college? (IOW, how much are your parent able pay toward your college expenses each year?)
If you post your stats, your state of residency and your financial limits in the financial aid, the posters there will likely have some good suggestions for you.
FYI, Yale accepts very, very few transfers each year ( <25 according to last year’s CDS).
Emory’s nursing program does accept transfers. Here’s their webpage: http://www.nursing.emory.edu/admission-and-aid/bsn-programs/bsn-transfer-option.html
Pay close attention to the required coursework to considered by the program.
I don’t believe Georgetown offers any merit aid, just need-based aid. Emory offers a limited amount of merit aid TO FRESHMEN as well generous need-based aid. So it’s likely those MDC transfer students you mentioned received generous NEED based aid due their family financial circumstances which has no bearing on whether they had graduated from MDC Honors Program or not.