Top Advantages of Being Accepted into BS/MD Programs

Top Advantages of Being Accepted into BS/MD Programs

High school students who are interested in a medical career should consider combined BS/MD programs. Many of these college-to-medical school pathways reduce the overall number of years students will spend studying to become a medical doctor.

If your child is certain that she or he wants to be a physician, why wait? As you proceed with the college admissions process, you may want to consider the accelerated program option, where the student applies to a program that guarantees acceptance into medical school after college.

Many of these specialized programs don’t require the MCATs, so students don’t have to worry about studying or registering for MCAT prep courses. Because students already know that they are admitted to medical school they can now pursue a major of interest rather than “traditional” premed major although they will have to take basic premed courses, including accelerated math courses, chemistry, organic chemistry, biology, physics and other courses.

There is also the financial aspect. It cost thousands of dollars to apply to medical school: MCAT prep courses, visiting medical schools, unpaid internships and application fees. In addition depending on the program if it’s a 7-year med program you could save as much as $100,000.

Of course one of the great advantages that I observe with our high clients is that is that in their senior year in high school they know that they can now be called “Dr.”

Dr. Paul Reginald Lowe is the managing director and lead admissions expert at Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group. Tel. (203) 387-1574, and founder of Ivy League Admissions Advisors and BS/MD Admissions Advisors.

Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group headquartered in Woodbridge, CT has offices in Greenwich, CT; White Plains and Manhattan, NY; Fort Lee and Princeton, New Jersey and Boston. Dr. Lowe specializes in providing exclusive concierge-type admissions advisory services for families and students who are interested in applying to and experiencing the unique educational environment and communities of Ivy League and highly selective colleges and elite private day and boarding schools.