You could safely relax the regulations that set the bar for becoming a licensed MD. Knocking 2 or 3 years off would be easy. Right now, the first step to becom

You could safely relax the regulations that set the bar for becoming a licensed MD. Knocking 2 or 3 years off would be easy. Right now, the first step to becoming a licensed MD is to get a BS or BA degree. Any degree will do the job, though it is expected that certain classes will have been taken. This is taking 4 years, but meeting the legitimate needs for medical school should only take about 1 or 2 years. I'll work it out, based on what Yale specifies: These are bright people, so assume that they have AP credit for all 3 basic sciences. That leaves 1 semester of organic chemistry and 1 semester of biochemistry. That's it. Checking prerequisites at UCF, biochemistry requires Organic Chemistry II. We could thus be looking at 3 semesters. Do the biochemistry over the summer, and it's just one year. Despite this, Yale requires attending at least 3 years for an undergraduate degree. Yale doesn't care at all what the degree is. It could be music history, military science, creative writing, or whatever. You just need to put in the time, a minimum of 3 years. To help you waste time, not even a "5" on the AP tests will be accepted by Yale. All we're accomplishing here is a supply limitation. We jack up the time and expense to become a licensed MD. We also shorten the resulting career by 2 or 3 years.