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Hi, I am a premed student about to go into my 3rd year of college. I went onto some websites of Osteopathic medschools and noticed that several of them only require premed classes and 90 credit hours. Has anyone who is in med school now gotten in after 3 years? I am just curious about this, because if there is a chance of being able to get in a year early, I will probably give it a try. I am taking the mcat in august btw.

 

[DrMom]

Many med schools (MD & DO) have this option, but very few people get in this way. The few I know who've done it were 1 or 2 classes short of their degrees. There are some, though, that do get in with fewer hours completed. It's basically up to you whether or not you want to spend a bunch of money applying a year early, but with less of a chance of getting in.

 

[!dr_nick!]

definitely. No degree makes you far less competitive. Remeber, some of the people you compete against will have masters or phd's, and virtually all will have undergrad degrees.

 

[Cowboy DO]

Maybe im wrong, but im assuming that many schools do this if they have a combined degree program. Like a BS/DO or BS/MD that will let you get both degrees in only 7 years. Just a thought. Also a lot of schools say the minimum GPA is like a 2.75 but in reality its going to have to be much higher than that. So i dont know why they even bother.

 

[Hernandez]

Hi, I am a premed student about to go into my 3rd year of college. I went onto some websites of Osteopathic medschools and noticed that several of them only require premed classes and 90 credit hours. Has anyone who is in med school now gotten in after 3 years? I am just curious about this, because if there is a chance of being able to get in a year early, I will probably give it a try. I am taking the mcat in august btw.

I only know of 1 person that managed to do this.

 

[OnMyWayThere]

I remember reading this on several of the schools' websites:

" A bachelor's degree is not required, however it is highly recommended and 100% of our matriculants have earned a bachelors prior to matriculation"

 

[DeLaughterDO]

Ok,

I am one of the "few" in that I entered medical school w/o a bachelor's degree (I have an associates degree in nursing). It can be done - in fact, the only school that ever had a problem (allo/osteo) w/ it (i.e. refused to even interview me) was an Ivy league school: Univ of Penn. If your OVERALL package is solid, you shouldn't have a problem. In fact, my premed advisory board said I was one of the BETTER applicants they'd seen in a few years. Of course, I had more drive than most...

However, I don't know that I'd advise to go this route.. you'll definitely be asked a lot of questions.

my .02...

jd

 

[San_Juan_Sun]

I never finished my degree and I had no problems whatsoever. In fact, my school didn't even realize it until I pointed it out to them (I was worried it might be a problem). They didn't care a bit. Some schools (roughly 1/3?) require a bachelor's, so I simply avoided those schools at application time. For what it's worth, 99% of my class had a bachelor's degree at matriculation. A good chunk also had a masters. I'm all about bringing down the average. 🙂 Good luck.

 

[potential]

Ok,

I am one of the "few" in that I entered medical school w/o a bachelor's degree (I have an associates degree in nursing). It can be done - in fact, the only school that ever had a problem (allo/osteo) w/ it (i.e. refused to even interview me) was an Ivy league school: Univ of Penn. If your OVERALL package is solid, you shouldn't have a problem. In fact, my premed advisory board said I was one of the BETTER applicants they'd seen in a few years. Of course, I had more drive than most...

However, I don't know that I'd advise to go this route.. you'll definitely be asked a lot of questions.

my .02...

jd

oh my overall package is solid enuf, baby!

 

[CanadianDoctor]

I also got in with only 94 credits. I also only got a 23 on the MCAT and I was accepted to 3 dif. schools (including allopathic). I chose MSUCOM. Although I am a non traditional student...........30 years old with kids and I am a high school drop out. As stated before, if you have a solid package......some schools don't need to see a degree before making a decision.

 

[Boxer1]

Another thing to consider is how challenging your roughly 90 credits have been, and how well they have prepared you for med school. I feel like the upper level classes I took my last year of undergrad made my transition into med school a lot less traumatic than it would have been going into med school at the end of my junior year. If you?re a whiz kid, or if school comes easy for you, then go ahead and apply early, but otherwise the transition may be a big step up. Just something to consider.