Hey guys. I'm currently a junior at a high school that is partnered with a community college. By the end of my senior year, I'll have my Associate's in Science degree. I'm planning on then applying to a university and getting my Bachelor's in Biology (I chose bio over psych because bio is better for MCAT prep... haha why not knock out two birds with one stone?) and then I hit a wall.
I would graduate at 18 with my Associate's. And then spend two years at whichever university I get into (the credits are all guaranteed to transfer to any public university in my state) for my Bachelor's... and after I get my Bachelor's... what happens?
I talked to a teacher about what to do after I graduate from university. He said I'd be super young to be applying to med school (20 years old). So does it make sense to go ahead and get my Master's degree in something science-related? It'd only be two years... so I would be spending the same amount of time in college as my friends who go to traditional high schools. Would that look good to medical schools?
Specifically, if I said something along the lines of "oh, yeah, well... I felt that I was too young to apply to medical school so I went ahead and got a Master's degree... to, you know, knock out some time" would I be looked at any different by admissions?
If a Master's degree wouldn't distinguish me... then is 20 really too young to apply to med school? What else would make sense to do?
I've just started thinking about all this. Any insight would be reeeally nice.
I would graduate at 18 with my Associate's. And then spend two years at whichever university I get into (the credits are all guaranteed to transfer to any public university in my state) for my Bachelor's... and after I get my Bachelor's... what happens?
I talked to a teacher about what to do after I graduate from university. He said I'd be super young to be applying to med school (20 years old). So does it make sense to go ahead and get my Master's degree in something science-related? It'd only be two years... so I would be spending the same amount of time in college as my friends who go to traditional high schools. Would that look good to medical schools?
Specifically, if I said something along the lines of "oh, yeah, well... I felt that I was too young to apply to medical school so I went ahead and got a Master's degree... to, you know, knock out some time" would I be looked at any different by admissions?
If a Master's degree wouldn't distinguish me... then is 20 really too young to apply to med school? What else would make sense to do?
I've just started thinking about all this. Any insight would be reeeally nice.