<p>I'm also posting this in the study abroad section, since I don't know the best place. I'm an incoming freshman in the Temple (Philadelphia) Med Scholars program, which means I have a conditional spot at TUSM, provided that I get a 30 on my MCATS and maintain a 3.25 or 3.5, something like that. I have the option of doing this in 7 or 8 years, but since my high school didn't have AP Physics or Chem, they said it might be difficult to do the 7 year. I really want to study (summer) abroad; however, Temple's program is limited for premeds. They have campuses in Rome and Tokyo, so it seems like most people just go there to study architecture/ Italian/ art or international business/ Japanese, respectively. I know about the Danish government program in Copenhagen, but does anyone have any other advice for programs to look into, if I should just try to take a lot of summer classes and go for 7 years, when to go (should I try to go summer between freshman and sophomore years or can I wait a year? Will this mess up MCAT studying?), Temple students with experience, etc? I really don't know anything and don't really other advice to go by, so anything would be appreciated! I would like to go to an English-speaking country in Europe, but other advice is also appreciated.</p>
<p>I don't know anything about Temple's program, but my advice is that if you really want to go abroad, go for it. I went during the school year, but if I'd gone in the summer, I think that I could've gone either the summer after freshman year or the summer after sophomore year with no impact on my mcat studying. Going the summer after junior year would've been problematic not because of MCAT studying but because that was when I was applying to medical schools.</p>
<p>Regarding going to an English-speaking country, it's not a huge deal if the language isn't English. When I traveled to countries where I didn't speak the language, it was never really a problem to find people who could speak English. And there are some countries (notably the Scandanavian countries) where fluency in English is standard for everyone, and there are no language problems whatsoever.</p>
<p>I'm sorry that I couldn't be more help in recommending specific programs. Maybe someone else will know of one.</p>
<p>Go between in the summer between freshman and sophomore years, and study for the MCAT the summer after your sophomore year.</p>
<p>Yup that's what I did. Studied at the University of Cambridge the summer after my freshman year and now (summer after sophomore year) I have an internship with the FDA while studying for the August MCAT (august 22nd yikes!)</p>