Princeton Pre-Medical Program?

[PtonGrad2000]

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@newest newb

. . .it has never been heard of for a student to complete the MCAT before his/her final semester at Princeton.</p>

<p>Thus, if you are applying to medical school out of Princeton, you must be prepared to apply after taking the MCAT in your senior year. What that means is that you can’t apply until after graduation, and thus it is not possible for a pre-medical student at Princeton to go directly from undergraduate to medical school.

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<p>Newest, I’m afraid that you are badly misinformed here. A great many Princeton students go directly to medical school after graduation. Of those going to medical school, about 50% start in the fall after they have graduated. The other 50% take a year off (often known as a “glide year”.) Those who go directly to medical school after graduation simply take their MCATs earlier.</p>

<p>“Applying to medical school is a complex process starting in the spring of the year before you wish to matriculate (approx. 18 months prior). Roughly 50% of Princeton applicants elect to take one year off prior to matriculation at a medical school, waiting until after senior year to apply (there are often many advantages to doing this). You can hold off on knowing most of the details until the year you apply, but there are two exceptions—issues you may want to think about as early as possible: timing the MCAT and gathering letters of recommendation.”</p>

<p>[Health</a> Professions Advising - Princeton University](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/hpa/premed.html]Health”>http://www.princeton.edu/hpa/premed.html)</p>