Rosalind Franklin Troubled Medical School Resign
One of the newer trends in medical school education in the US are combined undergraduate/medical school programs or guaranteed-pre-professionals programs available to high school students... students! Please continue to study while you are in the program! The great thing is, many school offer these combined/guaranteed programs for many of the healthcare fields including Medicine, Pharmacy, and Dentistry! So please contact your schools in the area for your high schoolers and find out if any of the colleges/universities offer this. What these programs offer, is a guaranteed seat/position in their respective medical school., can enjoy your free time more during your undergraduate years. So. Some programs are set up in the traditional manner (4 year of undergraduate and 4 years of medical school), while others allow you to skip one year of undergraduate, and other will allow you to finish the whole process in just 6 years!!! Shave off 2 years of the long journey. It is NEVER too early to prepare to apply for these programs as they are competitive to get in to for obvious reasons. They were able to get their academic life back together eventually, but, they had to apply like regular students to medical school. These combined programs expect your student to maintain a certain GPA throughout their undergraduate years, take required pre-requisite classes before starting medical school, and finish all required undergraduate hours for their major. Thus, the advantages of the combined programs are. These vary from program to program, so please ask! Now are there any disadvantages to getting into these programs? Honestly, I can't
