<p>I'm sorry for being ill-informed (=]) but how do I take a pre-med program at Columbia?
I'm already accepted there and was wondering if I need to fill out an extra application/if its already too late/if I get to choose that course later etc etc</p>
<p>Thanks in advance and dont flame me for being so stoooo-pid. =)</p>
<p>You don't. You take the required courses for med school sometime in your 4 years. You have to major/concentrate in something real (whether it's biology or art history).</p>
<p>you have to have your pre-med courses done by either fall or spring of jr year, cant remember.</p>
<p>at that time you get a special med school advisor if i remember right.</p>
<p>There is no specific timetable for taking the pre-med requirements but if you want to go directly to med school from undergrad I think that your applications go out just before senior year. This means that everything needs to be done, including the MCAT, before then. My daughter went abroad during her junior year so she is still finishing up the requirements as a senior. There are a group of students in the post-bac program taking the pre-med requirements so don't be surprised if you see some older students in your classes. There are many ways to set yourself up to apply to med school.</p>
<p>If memory serves, my daughter first met with the pre-med advisor during her second year at Columbia.</p>
<p>There is a section on CC that specifically deals with pre-med/med school issues. You might want to check it out.</p>
<p>the first two responses are inaccurate....</p>
<p>you don't have to do anything right now but when you declare your major in soph year you will have to declare a premed concentration. Also, if you are in CC you do NOT have to major/concentrate in anything "real"....you can graduate with a "premed concentration" and that's it (i dont recommend this though). You do not have to take the required courses by your junior year...you just have to take them prior to matriculating in med school (assuming u get in) but it is suggested that you take most of the courses prior to applying in order to give med schools a basis to judge you. A lot of people tend to take time off before applying to med school and you will be assigned a premed advisor the year you decide to apply, whether it is while you are still attending columbia or after you graduate.</p>
<p>no, i knew i was right.</p>
<p>"It is imperative that students interested in beginning medical training directly after college complete all the requirements for entrance by the end of the junior year. It is, however, entirely acceptable to delay application and entrance to these schools several years beyond graduation, if desired.
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Also, if you are in CC you do NOT have to major/concentrate in anything "real"....you can graduate with a "premed concentration" and that's it (i dont recommend this though).
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<p>I stand corrected.</p>
<p>Is this a new thing? I've never heard of anyone doing it. If that's the case, I think even less of CC ;)</p>
<p>not sure how "new" this is...but its well known that you dont have to major in anything in CC..the only requirement to graduate is that you fullfil the min number of credits. </p>
<p>and to clarify you do need to major in something in SEAS even if you are premed.</p>
<p>as for when you complete the courses, if you aren't done by junior year they won't keep you from applying...but people usually finish everything but a lab or two by junior year if they plan on applying right away.</p>