<p>which one is better if you want to get into medical school?</p>
<p>See my response in your other post</p>
<p>Amy, this question (if I understand it correctly) isn’t like comparing apples and oranges, but it is kind of like comparing apples and fruit. I *think *you might need to clarify some college/university vocabulary.</p>
<p>Colleges and universities grant degrees. There is a hierarchy–some degrees are higher than others–and with some exceptions, it goes like this:</p>
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<li> The most basic degree is a bachelor’s degree. Most people’s bachelor’s degrees are either Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science, but there are also bachelor’s degrees in business administration, music, fine arts, and other areas. Usually, it takes four years of college to earn a bachelor’s degree. (Until these parentheses, I have omitted something called an associate’s degree, which is awarded by community colleges, and usually takes two years or more to earn.)<br></li>
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<p>While you are earning your bachelor’s degree, you will be called an undergraduate, because you won’t have graduated from college yet. Both 4-year colleges and universities award bachelor’s degrees.</p>
<p>After you complete a bachelor’s degree, you can go to a university to earn an advanced degree in an academic discipline, or a professional degree in a field such as medicine, law, dentistry, business, optometry, etc.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>The next academic degree is a master’s degree. Earning a master’s degree usually takes about two years of university after college, and often requires writing a thesis. A master’s degree will be almost entirely within one subject area, such as English literature or psychology or petroleum engineering. Most academic degrees come in the same varieties as bachelor’s degrees: M.A. or M.S., but there are other master’s degrees in fine arts, music, etc. </p></li>
<li><p>The highest-ranking academic degree is a doctoral degree. This is often a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), but there are some other doctoral degrees, too.</p></li>
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<p>OR…</p>
<p>after college, you can go to a professional school (law, medicine, dentistry, optometry, social work, etc.) within a university and earn an advanced degree there.</p>
<p>If you want to become a doctor, here’s what you need to do. First, go to college and earn a bachelor’s degree. You can “major,” or specialize, in almost anything, but most people who want to go to med school find it easiest to fulfill their science requirements for med school if they major in one of the sciences. But you can’t really “major” in pre-med (most places); “pre-med” in most places is a career advising program to help you get into medical school, but not an academic department. You can major in biology, or chemistry, or psychology, or environmental science, or… After your bachelor’s degree (which can be either a B.A. or a B.S.), you will need to go to a medical school (where you’ll earn the degree of Doctor of Medicine, M.D.) or a school of osteopathic medicine (where you’ll earn the degree of Doctor of Osteopathy, D.O.). This will take another four years after college. After your M.D. or D.O., you’ll be able to call yourself “Dr. Amyharvard,” but you’ll still need more training in a medical specialty such as pediatrics or surgery or dermatology; you will get this as on-the-job training, working in a hospital as something called a “resident.”</p>
<p>So, you, specifically, Amyharvard, need to earn a bachelor’s degree at a 4-year college or a university. While you’re earning your bachelor’s degree, you’ll have to major in something, and you’ll probably also want to participate in a pre-med advising program. You’ll be both pre-med and working toward a bachelor’s degree. In your final year, or some time thereafter, you’ll apply to medical school or a school of osteopathic medicine.</p>
<p>Last thing: if you already knew all this, and I misunderstood your original question, I apologize.</p>
<p>i know what bachelor is and how to be a doctor but i was confused what pre med is,college degree or something else thanks for the answer it actually helped me to understand what pre med is.thanks a lot,:D<br>
PS:i am from bangladesh so i didn’t knew about pre med stuff. Thanks once again.</p>
<p>note, amy, that there is no such thing as a ‘premed major’ in the US. Well yes, a couple of colleges offer something similar, but US med schools prefer a traditional liberal arts degree. But also note that admission to a US med school is extremely difficult for internationals as most US med school do not accept internationals.</p>
<p>Oh, you’re from Bangladesh? Then one thing to add is that there are some countries (or, at least, there used to be) where a degree in medicine is an undergraduate degree–where you don’t have to complete a B.A. or B.S. before your medical education. The U.K. and the Republic of Ireland are two such countries (or, at least, they used to be).</p>
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<p>Thanks a lot both of you.and yah in bangladesh medical school is an undergraduate thin. But I will earn my bachelor degree in US.I will apply for college next year. So i was researching about how this works in US and college stuff. You were really helpful.:-D</p>
<p>Thanks a lot both of you.and yah in bangladesh medical school is undergraduate . But I will earn my bachelor degree in US.I will apply for college next year. So i was researching about how this works in US and college stuff. You were really helpful.:-D</p>
<p>You’re welcome. Best of luck, Amyharvard.</p>
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