Applying to Medical School w/o Bachelors

[tifflove13]

Has anyone gotten accepted into medical school without a Bachelor's degree? There are some schools that do not require one.

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[ThoracicGuy]

Has anyone gotten accepted into medical school without a Bachelor's degree? There are some schools that do not require one.

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I would you even try? Just because the school doesn't require it does not mean that they don't prefer you to have one. You also significantly limit the number of schools that you can apply to.

 

[Save a life]

I highly doubt it will work. I believe even if a school doesn't require it every applicant for the past so many years has had a bachelors.

 

[tifflove13]

I would you even try? Just because the school doesn't require it does not mean that they don't prefer you to have one. You also significantly limit the number of schools that you can apply to.

I was thinking of applying my junior year and if I didn't get accepted, finish my 4th year for my bachelors. Not a big deal, I don't think it would hurt anything.

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[ThoracicGuy]

I was thinking of applying my junior year and if I didn't get accepted, finish my 4th year for my bachelors. Not a big deal, I don't think it would hurt anything.

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You are unlikely to have all the prerequisites finished if you are science major as well as the MCAT. Trying to squeeze all the classes into 3 years is likely to lead to a worse GPA. I would not recommend this.

 

[Fremont101]

I was thinking of applying my junior year and if I didn't get accepted, finish my 4th year for my bachelors. Not a big deal, I don't think it would hurt anything.

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Do you mean applying in spring of junior year? Or sophomore year?

 

[tifflove13]

Do you mean applying in spring of junior year? Or sophomore year?

Spring of junior year. I'll have my pre-reqs done and I'll take the MCAT then.

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[ThoracicGuy]

Spring of junior year. I'll have my pre-reqs done and I'll take the MCAT then.

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If you apply in June of your Junior year, you wouldn't matriculate until after your fourth year of school and that should be enough time for your degree.

 

[tifflove13]

If you apply in June of your Junior year, you wouldn't matriculate until after your fourth year of school and that should be enough time for your degree.

Thank you.

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[ThoracicGuy]

Thank you.

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Now I mean the June at the end of your junior year, to be clear. You actually apply in the summer between junior and senior year.

 

[tifflove13]

Now I mean the June at the end of your junior year, to be clear. You actually apply in the summer between junior and senior year.

So you would still have to complete your senior year if you applied then?

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[IJumpYouJumpJack]

So you would still have to complete your senior year if you applied then?

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Yes. If you apply the summer after junior year, during senior year is when you would go on interviews and such. Spring of senior year is when you have to make a decision on which medical school to attend.

 

[tifflove13]

Yes. If you apply the summer after junior year, during senior year is when you would go on interviews and such. Spring of senior year is when you have to make a decision on which medical school to attend.

Thank you!

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[787593]

Has anyone gotten accepted into medical school without a Bachelor's degree? There are some schools that do not require one.

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Isn't this what Rand Paul did with Duke?

 

[piii]

It will never happen.

 

[cactusman]

Isn't this what Rand Paul did with Duke?

Yes, but Duke now requires a bachelor's. A few still don't require finishing undergrad, but most (all?) of them don't actually accept anyone without it.

 

[ChrisMack390]

Generally you get accepted to schools on the condition that you actually finish all of the degrees you list on your app.