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It's exactly what a lot of black people in the US wanted at the time. Do you think they came to the US by choice?
did this thread get derailed much?...
It's exactly what a lot of black people in the US wanted at the time. Do you think they came to the US by choice?
It doesn't take too much maturity to take one class per semester online. The OP lives at home, we don't know how dependent he is on his parents etc.
Also, taking classes online says absolutely nothing about how socially mature a person is.
did this thread get derailed much?...
The OP said that he/she is taking one course per semester of home schooling and is concurrently enrolled in Harvard's extension program. Where are you getting this one class per semester online nonsense?
It's exactly what a lot of black people in the US wanted at the time. Do you think they came to the US by choice?
The Harvard Extension Program is online. I guess I read it wrong about how many. I can't tell if it is one high school class or one Harvard Online class per semester from the OPs post, but regardless my point remains.
LOL. So you're saying that because some blacks wanted to return to Africa, it would be OK for Honest Abe to round ALL of them up, forcibly put them on ships, and return them to Africa?
Abraham Lincoln had 18 months of formal education. How did he manage to become mature without high school and college?
By the time he was about the age that someone would start medical school, he had buried his mother, been up-rooted and moved due to family difficulties, taken a long-distance trip alone in a canoe and been hired to take goods down river from Illinois to New Orleans. Maturity isn't about schooling. It is about having had the life experiences that help to develop compassion and empathy, the development of increasing levels of responsibility for one's self and others, and the development of social skills including self-confidence and self-reliance.
Since this discussion isn't about blacks and slavery, I'm going to go ahead and not respond to any more of these posts...
I am home schooled in one course per semester and also enrolled (at a tutition of $1,000 per full time semester) at Harvard University Extension School (HES hereafter).
I've researched several medical school websites and have yet to find any age restrictions. The only restriction common to all medical schools seems to be an undergraduate degree prior to matriculation.
I just don't see the point of going to college again for another undergraduate degree.
In other countries, medical school does indeed begin around age 18/19 anyways.
I'm probably missing something, but do you actually get a degree from the Harvard thing? The website said 'Diploma in Premedical Studies.' A diploma is something you get at the high school level, a degree is something at the college level. It also said you need 8 classes for 32 credits. I cannot fathom a university that would grant an individual a bachelor's degree upon completion of 32 credits. I think the number at my school was 170 or something.
By the time he was about the age that someone would start medical school, he had buried his mother, been up-rooted and moved due to family difficulties, taken a long-distance trip alone in a canoe and been hired to take goods down river from Illinois to New Orleans. Maturity isn't about schooling. It is about having had the life experiences that help to develop compassion and empathy, the development of increasing levels of responsibility for one's self and others, and the development of social skills including self-confidence and self-reliance.
Hello, I would appreciate some advice from current MD students.
I am 16, and could be classified as a sophomore in high school living in Boston, Massachusetts. As an alternative to public or private high school, I am home schooled in one course per semester and also enrolled (at a tutition of $1,000 per full time semester) at Harvard University Extension School (HES hereafter). HES is one of the (13?) degree granting schools of Harvard University. It does grant undergraduate degrees, mostly geared towards "non traditional students." And, as I'm sure many of you know, there is something called the Health Careers Program by which non-science majors can complete MD prereqs. The undergraduate degree tha HES offers is abbreviated ALB, and those from Harvard College (the traditional more selective undergraduate day program) grants AB. So as an alternative to a high school diploma, I will graduate with an ALB in Extension Studies with a concentration in History from HES, with all pre-med courses completed this (my sophomore) year.
I have already completed general chemistry and physics during my freshman year and the an 8 credit biology course this past summer.
I completed them with all A grades, and the lowest cut off for an A grade so far was 87%.
I am currently in organic chemistry and doing very well.
Here are links from the Extension School website detailing the undergraduate program I am in:
http://www.extension.harvard.edu/undergrad/default.jsp
(admission to the ALB program requires certain grades in three courses as a pre-degree student)
http://www.extension.harvard.edu/2009-10/programs/hcp/diploma/
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Since I will have completed an undergraduate degree and all pre-med courses at age 18, is it possible to begin MD school thereafter? I plan to take the MCAT this summer, in lieu of the SAT or ACT.
I've researched several medical school websites and have yet to find any age restrictions. The only restriction common to all medical schools seems to be an undergraduate degree prior to matriculation.
There are four medical schools in my state (Harvard, BU,Tufts, UMass) and I would be happy to go to any of them immediately after "high school."
As for clinical experience, I volunteer at Massachusetts General Hospital 4 hours a week in the day care and as a pianist in the oncology ward.
When I am 17 I plan to work as a pharmacy assistant.
I just don't see the point of going to college again for another undergraduate degree. In other countries, medical school does indeed begin around age 18/19 anyways. Meanwhile, I am the youngest person in all of my pre med courses...and some students already have bachelor degrees and are just now starting pre med between the ages of 24-32.
i wouldn't do PeaceCorps or AmeriCorps, its getting kinda late for that anyway. do something normal like working a regular job and interacting with the everyday man/woman and learning to pay bills while getting further healthcare exposure to make sure that you will be happy being in the field of medicine for the rest of your life
When we're 18 we know it all and then you hit college and realize you know less and less every year.
In other countries, they limit the number of children you can have, they have mandatory service requirements, they will kill you if you speak up against the government. You're in this counrty, you play by its rules and traditions.