You know whats best, if you want to come straight from high school, do it...don't cry, don't complain for not saying you were warned. Its simple, you can come straight from high school, get a license in one of a small handful of states and happily work...but god forbid your spouse or for other economic reasons you have to move to another state, they check you you don't have the requirements and are unable to practice unless you go back to uni for some credits...

Now your thinking...oh thats no problem...I will go back to uni if I have to make up missing credits AFTER I become a doctor...yea...thats the master plan that never works...

Also, for you ladies and gents that have ideas of coming back to Ontario, not trying to burst your bubble, but its VERY hard to come back to Canada to practice...not saying impossible...but VERY hard...

Point is, don't limit yourself by coming straight from high school with dreams of being a physician by the age of 22 when down the road another year or two of uni could have been beneficial

WindsorMD has a solid point that lots of people are ignorant to understand.


The school isnt trying to lie to you, you CAN get a job, but dont be picky about the state down the road, nor the pay connected to your job in the state you really didnt have a choice on choosing.

So many people in Premed keep saying how they want to practice in NYC, or other big states when they fail to realize that just showing your MD degree isnt enough to work..you need undergrad credits from undergrad.

In the end, do your own research.