Med school cost

[GermKiller76]

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Hey guys, Im a High school student in my junior year. I recently just want through many changes in what i want to do, though i now know Im sticking with Pediatrics. I was just wondering how exactly a 7 year bs/md program works (ex: George WashingtonU, Boston University) Is it free for the first 3 years (undergrad) and then you pay for the med school portion only. Personal experiences and grades would be very appreciated, thanks a lot guys

 

[OveractiveBrain]

Hey guys, Im a High school student in my junior year. I recently just want through many changes in what i want to do, though i now know Im sticking with Pediatrics. I was just wondering how exactly a 7 year bs/md program works (ex: George WashingtonU, Boston University) Is it free for the first 3 years (undergrad) and then you pay for the med school portion only. Personal experiences and grades would be very appreciated, thanks a lot guys

Dude. Go to college. REGULAR college. If you are so bawler as to be able to do a combined, go to an AWESOME college. You know why? Cause you smoke weed, drink beer, dance with a pretty girl. You meet people. You make friends. You grow as a person. You grow mentally, emotionally, and physically. You have no idea that you want to do medicine. NO IDEA.

One of the benefits of a US education is that you get to go through some stuff before you have to decide what you go into as a career. Most of the time, people who have TAKEN TIME OFF from education, the "non traditional" get it better than the rest. They understand work, committtment, etc. They end up in a field that better suits them as opposed to the one that sounded cool when they started, or the one that pays more now that they have a 250 on Step 1. People who take LONGER often find MORE SATISFACTION with their work. Anecdotal at best, but an observation that has proven true time and time again.

Serial, bro. Forget the 7 year program. Locking yourself into a trajectory for ONE YEAR LESS is NOT WORTH IT.

Expand your mind. Expand your limits. Eat some shrooms (only if they are legal in your state of residence). Learn some stuff, the details of which will be useless, but the experience is wildly worth it. Maybe you'll find out you'd rather be a nurse, a welder, an artist, or a Japanese Musician.

To answer your original question: YOU PAY FOR EVERYTHING. Nothing in life is free. Gifts are favors. Some one has an agenda. No one cares about you except you. Get used to it now. Unless you are a PhD/MD because you give up 3-5 years of your life for a "free" double degree. Lolz.

 

[Pomeshnue]

Please do everyone a favor and go to college before making this decision. Medicine is rapidly changing with the ACA and you don't know enough to make an informed decision having asked this question.

 

[tiedyeddog]

Don't do it. Go to a four year college. Hell, if you want to just graduate in three years. It isn't that hard.

Really, explore your options.

 

[Winged Scapula]

I have never heard of any of these combined programs not charging full tuition for the entire program nor can I find any evidence otherwise on their current respective websites.


These programs are uber-competitive and most applicants have perfect SAT scores and GPAs. But beyond that, the advice above is excellent. There is something to be said for having a real undergraduate college experience. You can take the advice of the first poster and join a fraternity, get drunk, smoke weed, and get laid and really enjoy those days. There's a reason people often refer to the college days is the best years of their life!

Or you can choose to be studious and thoughtfully plan out what you want to do with your rest of your life while making good friends and even better memories.

Regardless of what college experience you have and/or choose it is a period of maturation and socialization. Do not underestimate the advice the first poster has given you. All too often people who rush through these years find themselves socially awkward and unable to identify with their peers and their patients.

 

[peteB]

Please think very carefully before you go to an accelerated program. You're only saving a year which is insignificant in the context of your entire life, but you're being robbed of the opportunity to explore other options, and even to explore other med schools when it comes time.

In high school I also was dead set on becoming a doctor, and continued that into college, but now that I'm actually in med school I am regretting this decision. So please don't jump into it rashly.

 

[GoSpursGo]

Moving to hSDN.

 

[gimghoul]

Go to college. Real college. Get drunk. Have fun.

Then worry about med school.