Graduating in 5 years instead of 4 in undergrad

[tennisball80]

---

Members don't see this ad.

What will medical schools look if you graduate in 5 instead of 4 years in undergrad ?

Any ideas regarding this issue ? 🙂

 

[EyEnStein 07]

Not sure, but it shouldnt matter. They might as why, but then again you might have a great explaination....

ex.
-you took a semester off to do research or something that was "big"
-family issues/ financial issues
-you are in a program that requires 5 years (Bs/ms, Ba/ma)

there can be many reasons, maybe you even transfered schools and were pushed back a little. As long as you have sufficient grades and test scores, i doubt it will raise any flags.

 

[Silverman780]

Depends on the major and why you took the extra time.
IE: You did an engineering internship for a couple semesters.

It may look bad however, if it was because you changed majors half-way through, that weren't even close to each other, like from biology to music or some thing like that, it shows indecisiveness. But like all things if you argue your reasons well and give good reasons why it doesn't matter there shouldn't be to much of a problem

 

[MilkmanAl]

I was in college for 9 semesters to finish my degrees. Med schools won't consider it either way unless you had to repeat some coursework. Even then, I don't think they're concerned with the time you spent in college but rather that you had to repeat courses.

 

[Maygyver]

Depends on the major and why you took the extra time.
IE: You did an engineering internship for a couple semesters.

It may look bad however, if it was because you changed majors half-way through, that weren't even close to each other, like from biology to music or some thing like that, it shows indecisiveness. But like all things if you argue your reasons well and give good reasons why it doesn't matter there shouldn't be to much of a problem

Yeah. If you had to repeat courses because you dropped, they would probably mind, but there are other reasons why you might have to go for longer.

 

[ACSurgeon]

What will medical schools look if you graduate in 5 instead of 4 years in undergrad ?

Any ideas regarding this issue ? 🙂

It mainly depends on WHY it took you 5 years. Were you double majoring/getting minors in stuff? Did you do a co-op program where you worked a full time job for 1 year? THIS WILL LOOK FINE OR EVEN BETTER THAN NORMAL


Were you failing and repeating classes? Were you unable to succeed with a full load so had to take less courses per semester? THIS WILL LOOK BAD.

 

[Myuu]

Depends on the major and why you took the extra time.
IE: You did an engineering internship for a couple semesters.

It may look bad however, if it was because you changed majors half-way through, that weren't even close to each other, like from biology to music or some thing like that, it shows indecisiveness. But like all things if you argue your reasons well and give good reasons why it doesn't matter there shouldn't be to much of a problem

Or from Computer Engineering to Biology! But if you can defend this well and draw parallels (as needed), as long as you've done things that back up your newfound commitment to medicine, you can even get away with six.👍