<p>Does anyone know of colleges in Connecticut with Pre med med programs? What is the criteria to get in?
My son is a sophomore in high school... Will he have to do MCAT?</p>
<p>Your son is only a soph in high school. That is probably too young to be certain that med school is in his future. I would not be considering schools just for 7 yr programs.</p>
<p>Instead, I would be considering schools that can prepare my child for med school (if that ends up being his desire) but also has other choices if at some point he determines that he doesn’t want to be a doctor.</p>
<p>The only BS/MD program in Connecticut is at UConn:
[B.A./B.S</a>. and M.D. Program at the UConn School of Medicine](<a href=“http://medicine.uchc.edu/prospective/admissions/babs_md/index.html]B.A./B.S”>http://medicine.uchc.edu/prospective/admissions/babs_md/index.html)</p>
<p>There’s nothing wrong with thinking about schools now for 7 year programs, since the competition for these kinds of programs is intense.</p>
<p>There are downsides to a combined BA/MD program that applicants and their families tend not to think about. First, it is not at all unusual for college students to change their minds about career goals during college. In fact, it is the norm. I know a number of students who dropped out of combined degree programs but who went through a lot of unnecessary emotional distress as a result. You have to weigh this against the advantage, if the student’s goals do not change, of avoiding the stress of applying to medical school. </p>
<p>Also, the student obviously is limited to that particular medical school. And any student good enough to be admitted to a combined degree program is likely to have no problem being admitted to a medical school later on–and possibly a better one. While there are no bad medical schools in this country–they are by no means all the same. But very few high school students are in a position to descern the difference. Remember, there is a reason why some universities offer comined degree programs and others do not. [Hint–the one’s that do believe that they getting a higher quality student than they would otherwise attract. What does that tell you?]</p>