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[MeganBeth]

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Hi, I have a question, I am graduating in May and recently started the pre-med requirements this semester because I had extra room in my schedule and not alot of hours. So, here is the deal, I am applying for graduate school at my school in Public Policy and taking pre-med requirements. This Public Policy program is two years, and I am taking summer school mainly to get some of the pre-med requirments out of the way so I can have a lighter load with grad classes. My grad class shouldn't be too difficult, because I have had several 400/500 split level classes, and I generally have made A's with the occasional B in these classes. Now, I am just wondering if this sounds like an okay plan, or not, because I would like to get a Masters in Public Policy, because I feel it will help in my later medical career, and that I have enough time to do it. This Masters program also offers a great internship in the spring where I could work in any government office in my state I please, and I would try to work with something that deals directly with healthcare, okay this is getting wordy, so I just want some outside opinions other than my typical friends. Thanks y'all.

 

[jellibelli]

Hi, I have a question, I am graduating in May and recently started the pre-med requirements this semester because I had extra room in my schedule and not alot of hours. So, here is the deal, I am applying for graduate school at my school in Public Policy and taking pre-med requirements. This Public Policy program is two years, and I am taking summer school mainly to get some of the pre-med requirments out of the way so I can have a lighter load with grad classes. My grad class shouldn't be too difficult, because I have had several 400/500 split level classes, and I generally have made A's with the occasional B in these classes. Now, I am just wondering if this sounds like an okay plan, or not, because I would like to get a Masters in Public Policy, because I feel it will help in my later medical career, and that I have enough time to do it. This Masters program also offers a great internship in the spring where I could work in any government office in my state I please, and I would try to work with something that deals directly with healthcare, okay this is getting wordy, so I just want some outside opinions other than my typical friends. Thanks y'all.

Go for it. Sounds like a good plan. If you want to go directly into med school after you finish your masters, apply at the start of your second year in the masters program. Take your MCATs at the end of the first year, gauge how well you did, and, 😛 if you need to, retake it. Then apply, get interviews while you're attending classes, graduate in may with a masters, and then you can start med school in august.

Good luck!

 

[MeganBeth]

do you think it would hurt my chances or help or none of the above to get a masters in something non-science related?