<p>oh by "they" I was talking about Americans who do that, not internationals</p>
<p>These are not internationals I am talking about, Celebrian. Check the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland website. There are tons of Americans and Canadians there. Look under Admissions: US.</p>
<p>no, aren't they americans who went to ireland? i mean staying in the states as an american must be pretty rare</p>
<p>What do you mean 'staying in the staes as an american must be pretty rare'? I am confused..or maybe I confused you. Anyway, yes they are studying in Ireland right out of high school and one girl after a year at Tufts. The Royal College website states that there are 130 American and Canadian students in each year at either Trinity or Royal College.</p>
<p>Oh, I see what you mean now, Celebrian. Sorry.</p>
<p>He means this is a rare occurence at the 130 or so American medical schools. I've read countless material on medical school admissions being premed myself without anyone even mentioning the possibility of attending med school right out of high school. </p>
<p>I suppose it is possible for a high schooler to take the proper AP courses, take the MCAT's, and do the relevant EC's, but it is unlikely a high school student can do extremely well on the MCAT and with so many qualified college applicants there is no reason for medical schools to take immature high school students. The closest thing we have to this are those BA/MD programs where admits will have a direct track to med school as long as they maintain certain GPA requirements (meaning they won't have to take the MCAT).</p>
<p>It is a rare occurence at US medical schools. These schools are in Ireland and have 130 American and Canadian students in them, many of whom are straight out of US and Canadian high schools. The four kids I know personally were all 17, 18 and 19 when admitted. Med school in Ireland is 6 years instead of four, so they will be more mature (hopefully) when they graduate than if it were only a 4 year program right out of high school. They do not have to do MCATs.</p>
<p>You're right, Norcalguy, though. I think it would be almost impossible iln the US.</p>
<p>Not all high school students are ignorant, immature idiots who sell bars before school either. If the student has enough discipline to take the MCAT, which requires advanced college classes, then they are probably very mature. As for the odds, that's another story...</p>
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<p>Well it's been established it CAN be done, but that doesn't mean it should be done</p>
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<p>A couple thoughts ... </p>
<p>The pre-meds I knew took a ton of advanced biology and chemistry courses as undergrads. You did not describe which college couses you have taken but without rigorous advanced courses I would think the MCATs would be quite difficult</p>
<p>I have a family friend who got accepted to a top med-school out of undergraduate. This school asked him to delay his schooling for 1-2 years to he could live outside of school and gain some real world experience before starting med school ... he was brilliant but they wanted him to work on the human half of the equation.</p>
<p>Bottom line, I would think only extraodinary applicants could enter a US med school at 18 ... essentially awell grounded personable genius.</p>
<p>There's also the med school at my college, University College Dublin, if you want to come to Ireland. 5 year course now.</p>