<p>Well...I am confused about the BA/MD and BS/MD program. What are them?
Could anyone please tell me specificly about these two program? Could anyone give me a example?</p>
<p>okay, ba/md programs are programs that allow people to get both a bachelor's degree and a medical degree in 7 or 8 years. They're typically applied to by students in high school highly interested in becoming doctors. These programs are highly selective since they provide a straight and "easy" (easier) path towards a medical degree. Many of them also do not require MCAT testing (and if they do, they don't really think too much about scores).</p>
<p>Most doctors however become doctors by following the normal "8 year path". They major in anything they want (economics, philosophy, psychology, etc) and then apply to various medical schools. Prior to applying, however, they must take the MCAT (medical college admission test). Medical schools place a lot of importance on MCAT scores. </p>
<p>Some of the most competitive ba/md programs are 7 year programs which bascially combine the last year of your undergraduate education with the first year of your graduate (in this case, medical) education.</p>
<p>also, ba/md and bs/md programs are the same.</p>
<p>BA/MD means you get a liberal arts/social studies type of undergrad degree; BS/MD means your program has a science/engineering flavor in the undergrad portion.</p>
<p>Example: At Northwestern HPME, you get a BA if you do your undergrad portion in their Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences, but you get a BS if you do your undergrad in their McCormick College of Engineering.</p>
<p>IMPORTANT NOTE: if you go to PennState-Jefferson Premedical-Medical Program, not only do you get a B.S. in Science and then a M.D., but you also get a JoePa !!!</p>
<p>There are plenty of combined medical programs that allow ANY major, including engineering, language, music as long as you meet Med. school subject reguirements. They are also might be very flexible in duration of undergrad. Some of them require MCAT and some do not. My D. is in one of them.</p>