<p>With AP credit and CLEPs, I will be entering Rutgers in the fall with 60 credits. I have credit for 2 classes of calc, 2 classes of english, 2 classes of bio, and 1 class of chem. I need 120 credits total to graduate and I can feasibly finish in 2 years. Would this put me at a disadvantage when applying to med school? And if i decided to do this, when would I take the MCAT?</p>
<p>enjoy college dont rush through it</p>
<p>I'm a premed at Rutgers and came in with around 50 credits I think. Are you on scholarship?? If so, I see no reason to rush through. I have the flexibility to take classes that are interesting, do research, study abroad, etc. If for some reason you really wanted to finish in 2 years (whats the rush?), you could if you took orgo next year and then took the MCAT next summer, while you're submitting your applications. Then gear up for interviews. (As my two years in college have flown by SO fast, I really can't imagine finishing college in the same time span!!)</p>
<p>Med schools probably won't look down on your decision, but they will be comparing you to students who took 4 years in undergrad. And I think it would be difficult to achieve the same things in half the time.</p>
<p>so you want to apply after your freshman year???? i don't think that is possible, and even if it was, you would prolly not make it in simply because you would need to take the MCAT, have research/clinical exp, and work on your apps all in one summer.
btw, med schools actually do look favorably upon older applicants.</p>
<p>by the extreme longshot that you get in</p>
<p>It would be difficult for a 20 year old to fit into med school and be respected by your peers who will be at least 2 and mainly 4 or 5 years older than you.</p>
<p>What if I graduated in 2 years and then completed my master's afterwards and then applied to med school. Would that work?</p>
<p>You'd still only have two years of undergraduate coursework, while your peers would have 50% more information than you, making them much "safer" bets from a med school's perspective.</p>
<p>This is a really bad idea. Most people don't think you should even cut it down to 3 years, so 2 would really be pushing it. Just take it a little slower and focus on getting a really high GPA.</p>
<p>For those who have a lot of AP credits, it seems that the ideal would be to finish undergrad in 3 or 3.5 years and take 1 or .5 year off after undergrad during the application year to med school.<br>
Does that make any difference from the guy who finishes in 4 years and applies to medical school end junior year? I assume he would still send only 3 years of coursework, so the amount of information he has would still be the same. Is that right?</p>
<p>Yup. (10char)</p>
<p>So I've decided to finish in 3 years, take maybe 15 credits a semester and focus on getting a high gpa. Is anyone that came in with alot of ap credits doing undergrad in 4 years? What would I do in that time? I already have half the credits i need to graduate.</p>
<p>I could technically come in with ~55 credits, but I plan to not take credit for math and science and redo them again in college. So i'll likely finish in 3.5 or 4 years. For AP credits, im just taking credit for history, english, etc.</p>
<p>I don't know how 7 classes amounts to 60 credits..you're getting 9 credits per class basically? I'm pretty sure AP Calc gives you about 8 so does bio so does chem..I think english gives you 4 each..so thats more like 32. I posted this in another thread already, but 2 years is ridiculous. Shoot for 3. Most medical schools won't let you in with less than 3 years of college.</p>
<p>I know some who does 11-12 APs which amount close to 60 credits.</p>
<p>But the OP doesn't have 11-12 APs. He has seven.</p>
<p>Maybe he only mentioned the seven classes required for the pre-med track, and is receiving more credits for other non-pre-med general ed. requirements.</p>
<p>Yup, I only mentioned my premed courses. I've passed 11 ap exams and 5 clep exams total.</p>