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technically, an undergrad degree isn't required, only a handful of courses whether you'd actually get admitted without one is an exercise for the reader
by nqzero 11y ago
technically, an undergrad degree isn't required, only a handful of courses
whether you'd actually get admitted without one is an exercise for the reader
- ejstronge 11y agoI'm not aware of any accredited, MD-granting US medical school that don't require an undergraduate degree prior to matriculation - do you have examples? There are accelerated bachelors+MD programs that high schoolers can apply to; these would shave off two years of overall training time. Notably, despite being accelerated programs, these grant a bachelors degree before program participants advance to medical school.
- blue11 11y agoTechnically, most US medical schools don't require an undergraduate degree. However, the amount of coursework required is so large (about 3 years) that it makes sense to do a little bit extra work and get the BS anyway. It's good to have a BS degree in case you don't get into medical school.
- ejstronge 11y agoI'm still curious about specifics - can you link to a US, MD-granting institution that doesn't require an undergraduate degree? EDIT: I'm aware that this used to be the case but I don't believe that any schools still allow this.