BS Degree Necessary?

[neil7818]

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Hi Everyone,

I've got a questions - I'm currently in the 9-year Howard B.S/M.D Program, and the way the structure works, is for the first 2 years you complete undergraduate courses, for the two following years, you enter med school and begin med school courses that also complete your Bachelors degree (overlap) and after the first 2 years of med school you recieve a bachelors (with two more years of medical school remaining).

Now, I'm considering transfering to a different medical school based on my scores and was wondering if it is possible to apply to medical school after the first two years of undergrad without a bachelors? Or must I first complete the first 4 years (including 2 of medical school), and then transfer medical schools after that (since I've allready gotten med school credit)? I considered asking my advisors but I didnt want to inadvertently piss them off - thus I'm here!

Now, I'm not set on transfering, I'd just like to keep my options open.

Any advice would be great!

Thanks,
Neil

 

[mpp]

Nearly all the medical schools require a Bachelor's degree and the few that don't require a minimum of 90 credit hours. So you'd definitely need more than just two years. Not sure if you'd receive any 'med school credit' if you try and transfer after four years...something tells me nay but I really don't know for sure.

How does that add up to 9 years anyway? Seems like a combined program should be less than 8 not more....Most of the combined programs I know are 6 years.

 

[sacrament]

I believe that most medical schools (not counting the combined BS/MD programs) require a minimum of three years of undergrad, and some do require a BS (or BA). Even those that technically do not require a BS probably only reserve the "3 years of undergrad" option for the truly, truly exceptional.

 

[neil7818]

Sorry guys, it is a 6-year program, I dont know why I wrote 9 year (guess I've got a form of upside down dyslexia). Sorry about the confusion and thanks for the help.