I was homeschooled can i still get into med school?
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I was home schooled through highschool i am curently enrolled in college as a buisiness major but what i am really interested in is becoming a Dr. and attending med school. I had a hard time finding a college that would accept that i was homeschooled i could get accepted into any community college or a university but some schools will not accept a homeschooled diploma. My main question is after i complete my degree can i get into a med school with my degree and a homeschool diploma i curently have a 4.0 gpa and i dont have SAT scores since it was not required when i graduated for a home school student.
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Answer:
As far as I know med schools don't care about your high school diploma all they care is that you meet their requirements of college classes that must be taken. There are certain science classes you need to take in the biology and chemistry fields that you may not have taken with the business degree to get into med school though and that they do care about. Just check med school sites to see what classes they require but I guarantee they don't care where you went to high school just as long as you went to college.
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As already mentioned. Medical and graduate schools will probally not care about your high school, or SATs. Do well in your undergraduate work, meet their premed requirements. See the link below for further info: http://www.aamc.org/medicalschools.htm
Anna M
Yes. Your high school (and lower) information doesn't matter. If you get accepted into a college or university, get a decent GPA, get good letters of recommendation and get good scores, I can't see how it would matter.
qvamp
Good luck Ben and if you want to be a doctor then i hope you take all the classes that you need to be able to become one. Fight for what you want and don't give up. I am sure you have your reasons for this dream of yours. Go for it! Can you take some home school courses in science and biology and chemistry? If not what about the community colleges?
blazegirl
If you are serious about medical school you should apply to transfer to a university that offers a full slate of biology and chemistry courses. If you have done well in college, your high school experiences won't matter. Quite often, the same schools that wouldn't accept you as a homeschooler will be interested once you've proven yourself at another college.
sankayak
I would take both the ACT and SAT. I know many friends who got into private schools and went onto Med school they were homeschooled. Make sure you have a diverse background do volunteer work. Good luck many of my friends were white males and typically it is harder to get into med school for that stereo type.
whitney w
I am a medical school student and I believe that they don't really look at your highschool diploma. However, please read the following, as it may help you out twords fulfilling this goal. First, a bachelors degree in any major so long as you fulfill the specific prerequisites of the schools you are applying to (Organic Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Genetics etc) is required, this generally takes between 3-5 years to complete. You should strive for an overall GPA of at least 3.6 or above to be competative with a science GPA of at least 3.0. Next, you need to take the MCAT exam which is a 6 hour comprehensive biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, verbal, and writing test for admissions into medical schools. You also need to submit an application to AACOMAS or the AMCAS depending on whether you want to be a Doctor of Osteopath or an Allopathic Doctor. These applications generally take a few months to fill out and require a lengthy essay. In additon, medical schools also look at how much community volunteer work you have done, jobs you have had throughout school (medical is perfered such as CNA, TMA, EMT), and any awards or scholarships you have received. Based on these things, your essay, MCAT score, and grades the medical school will decide whether or not to offer you an invitation to interview with them. If you receive an invitation to interview you go to the school for the interview. During interview day which is generally about 8 hours long, you will may take a variety of tests (science) and submit a writing sample (another essay). Also you will most likely interview with a few people first for 15-20 minutes where you will be asked questions about your past education and activities as well as about your interest in medicine and why you would be a good candidate for their program. Then you will probably interview with someone who is in charge of the program (a dean or director) They will ask you questions similar to those in the other interview, but also questions about your opinion on various topics like medicare, abortions, managed health care, and euthenasia. Once you finish the interview you wait to hear if you are accepted (anywhere from a few days to many months). If you get in to medical school you generally have 4 years of classroom work and internships to complete (On the average day, I sit in the classroom from 6:45am untill 5:30-6:00pm with 1/2 hr to 45 min break for lunch. Most of my lectures are about 4 hours long, and I am currently taking 35 credits in classes). Once you finish medical school you participate in something called "the match". It is another interviewing process where you go to various hospitals and interview for a position in their residency program. The hospitals rank you on a given scale and you rank the hospitals on the same scale. Once your interviews are complete you are paired up with the hospital you most closely match with on rankings (ie. you ranked them at an 8 and they ranked you at a 9). Then you start your residency which lasts for 4 years for a general family practicioneer, but much longer depending on a specialty (surgeons take 4 years extra for general surgery and 2-4 years past that for specialty surgery like orthopaedics.) During this time you get the "crap" jobs that the practicioneers above you don't want to take, and get paid a low salary ($20-$30K) Keep in mind that by this time you will have racked up close to $500,000.00 in debt from school. Once your residency is finished you get to be a true doctor and practice on your own. It is a tough path, but if it is what you want and what you are passionate about then you should go for it. Hope this helps.
med student
to get into many colleges in the US either ACT or SAT is required. to get into med school you need to have a bachelors degree in something and the required courses including chemistry, biology, physics, and math. they don't look at stuff before college that often, but they pay attention to your MCAT score, your gpa, and your activities. start volunteering at a local hospital and that will help.
shiara_blade
Definitely not! And what kind of a school does not require SAT scores from a home schooled person!? If anything, those are the kids you would require it from as well as 5 Sat II's (almost all respectable colleges require SAT and numerous SAT II's for homeschooled students). Are you in a community college because that is completely different. I do not think you can get into medical school.
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