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Hello,
I recently stumbled upon this website and I am very grateful that something like this exists. I found a lot of interesting and useful information, but I do have one very important question, for which I cannot seem to find the answer. First of all, I recently got my B. of Sci. in Psychology, thinking I would want to go to graduate school. After a loooot of thinking, I found out that medicine is actually something that I have been secretly dreaming about, but never thought that I could do. I also know that you don't have to have a degree in Life Science or something similar and close to medicine, in order to go to medical school.
However, my problem is that I didn't have biology or chemistry classes during my college career (I had some classes in elementary and high school, but I'm from a different country, so it's like I've never taken them, since I learned everything in a different language).
I am now confused whether I should take those 6-7 necessary classes, so I can take the MCATs, OR, if I can just study those subjects on my own and than take the test?
Another question is if those classes are necessary, would it be smarter to take only them or to actually make up whatever classes are needed to obtain another bachelors degree (something more related to medicine, like above mentioned Life Science or Human Biology, etc)?
Thank you for your help!
I recently stumbled upon this website and I am very grateful that something like this exists. I found a lot of interesting and useful information, but I do have one very important question, for which I cannot seem to find the answer. First of all, I recently got my B. of Sci. in Psychology, thinking I would want to go to graduate school. After a loooot of thinking, I found out that medicine is actually something that I have been secretly dreaming about, but never thought that I could do. I also know that you don't have to have a degree in Life Science or something similar and close to medicine, in order to go to medical school.
However, my problem is that I didn't have biology or chemistry classes during my college career (I had some classes in elementary and high school, but I'm from a different country, so it's like I've never taken them, since I learned everything in a different language).
I am now confused whether I should take those 6-7 necessary classes, so I can take the MCATs, OR, if I can just study those subjects on my own and than take the test?
Another question is if those classes are necessary, would it be smarter to take only them or to actually make up whatever classes are needed to obtain another bachelors degree (something more related to medicine, like above mentioned Life Science or Human Biology, etc)?
Thank you for your help!
