UChicago Joint-Degree Programs

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<p>When researching UChicago undergraduate programs on their website, I stumbled on this interesting paragraph:

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A four-year joint degree program leading to a concurrent award of the BS in Biological Chemistry and the MS in Chemistry is available for a select group of students who have achieved advanced standing through their performance on placement or accreditation examinations.

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<p>It turns out that UChicago offers many other joint-degree programs, in areas varying from Statistics to Slavic Studies. </p>

<p>My question is, how many people actually do a joint-degree program? Does the rigor of the programs make them exceptionally difficult/destroy what would be an otherwise solid GPA? I'm still considering future options such as grad/medical school, so it'd be useful for any current students or alumns who tried the program had anything to say. Maybe I missed the slew of marketing, but I hadn't heard of this option until after reading up on their website so I'm a bit curious as to how popular joint-degree programs are at UChicago.</p>

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<p>Bump for this question. Some information is given about these programs however I would love for a current students perspective if they are participating or know someone participating in such a program.</p>

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<p>Chicago also has a program to admit students in third year to med schools based on their interest and standing in the school. I can no longer find that link I saw couple of years ago.</p>

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<p>Here is a link to a page mentioning joint-degree programs in general:
[Joint</a> Degree Programs - University of Chicago Catalog](<a href=“http://collegecatalog.uchicago.edu/thecollege/jointdegreeprograms/]Joint”>Joint Degree Programs < University of Chicago Catalog)</p>

<p>There is also a link on that page leading to some info on the 3rd year med school program that texaspg mentioned
<a href=“https://upcomingcatalog.uchicago.edu/thecollege/professionaloptionmedicine/[/url]”>https://upcomingcatalog.uchicago.edu/thecollege/professionaloptionmedicine/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>This is about as much info as I can find though.</p>

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<p>Most programs allowing a joint bachelors and masters within the same department are listed in the deparment requirements and not in the school joint programs.</p>