<p>MY daughter (presently High School Junior) intends to take a 7 year accelarated program in medicine.</p>
<p>I note that there are not many colleges that are offering this 7 years accelrated program. However there are other Undergraduate majors in Medicine-related subjects like Biology, etc.</p>
<p>Can anyone guide me on good colleges providing 7 years accelerated program in the Northeast.</p>
<p>Can she take undergradute program in Medicine-related subjects as an alternate ??</p>
<p>Two that immediately come to mind are Boston University and Union College in Schenectady, New York. These 7 year programs admit students into their college and provide acceptance into their affiliated med school after successful completion of two or three years of college work with a certain GPA. Taking an undergrad pre-med curriculum is not the same thing at all as it does not offer the automatic acceptance into med school that the 7 year programs provide.</p>
<p>Obviously the seven year program takes a year less than does 4 years of undergrad and 4 years of med school. Seven year programs almost always guarentee acceptance into the university's med school at the same time you are accepted to the undergraduate school, provided you meet certain requirements during the three years you spend doing undergraduate study. One of the bigest advantages of the 7 year program is NO MCAT! But with that said, they are very intense competative programs.</p>
<p>aswat12389many thx for your response. I understand from your message the premedicine is a 4+4 years program (with an MCAT ). What subjects are considered core subkects for pre-med.</p>
<p>I wasn't a premed but if I remember correctly, premed courses include 1yr each of calculus, general physics, general chemistry, organic chemistry, and biology. It doesn't matter what your major is and interestingly, the non-science/non-engineering majors tend to do better in med school admission (probably because those disciplines tend to have harsher grading or be more competitive).</p>
<p>Quite a few combined medical program are not accelerated. Most people considering combined med program aren't looking at the 1 year saved but the comfort of guaranteed (almost) admission. At Northwestern, the "accerlerated" program isn't necessarily more intense because from what I remember, the program places students out of some of the distribution requirements so that people can finish the undergrad parts with less credits than usual. Students move on to the med school after 3 years of undergrad provided they finish with >3.0 (or 3.2) GPA. If you are good enough to get accepted, 3.0+ should be pretty easy to get. Northwestern has a top-20 med school and with an acceptance rate around 5 percent, many that get into it have 3.6+ GPA from respectable undergrad institutions and have good recommedation, research experience, and do well with the interviews. It's a reach for almost all applicants. That's why the guaranteed admission is such a great deal. Baylor (through Rice/Baylor program) school of medicine is another top-20 school. These two are probably the best programs out there. WashU has a top-5 med school but the combined program is pretty lame because they require MCAT score of 36 and undergrad GPA of 3.8+. Such requirement kinda kills the whole idea behind a combined program.</p>
<p>Can anyone comment on the 7 Year accelarated program starting at Rutgers (with the last 4 years studies carred out in UMDNJ). I have heard good things about UMDNJ, however, I am not sure, how is hte quality of education in Rutgers, Newark campus ??</p>
<p>that site has a good list of accelerated combined BA/MD programs.</p>
<p>a Rutgers education is a great education in itself, though the thing about it is i would like to be exposed to better quality professors that one would find in a more selective school. Rutgers is not very selective (though the UMDNJ part of the admissions process is very competitive). but don't get me wrong, a person can do very well for himself/herself if s/he were to be educated at Rutgers. the thing with the accelerated program is UMDNJ is not in a very good location in Newark and i personally would not have that as my first choice for med school. the undergrad route provides more flexibility and freedom in applying for a med school in that regard and, though you must labor once more through testing and admissions, the freedom that you have is ultimately more beneficial in my opinion.</p>
<p>hence it all boils down to the personal preference of your daughter. i'd advise her to keep an eye out for the programs listed on the website, but also to keep the normal 4+4 route an option.</p>
<p>I know what you mean. I was thinking about a med program, but none of the great medschools offer these programs. The only one I came across was Baylor medical school, but as far as Columbia JOhn Hopkins or Harvard--forget about it.</p>