some basic info

[bidiboom]

Hi people, if you give some info I really will be very much relieved. Its actually very much a basic q: to have premed education do you have to have a 4-year bachelors degree in any US university? Isnt it enough just to have the prerequisite courses? I mean, do I have to have the prerequisite courses (Bio,Chem,Physics etc.) in any major field that takes years to graduate? After high school I graduated from a 2 year program of a university in Turkey, in IT. Later I worked as a software pro for years, now I may have an opportunity to have my dream education in medicine... MCAT is not the problem, I am preparing, but this premed ** degree and the time it consumes (if it takes 4 years in a university) is impossible. Would you please clarify this timing point? I cant be sure... Thanks for all... * * * * * * *

[slevit1]

You do need a bachelor's degree and you do need to take the MCAT to be accepted to medical school. However, you do not need to be a pre-med or science major. You just need to take the prereqs, which include 2 years of chem, a year of bio, a year of english, and a year of physics. Depending on if you've got previous college courses that you can transfer in or if you take summer courses, it doesn't have to take 4 full years.

[ericismyname]

"premed'' is not an actual degree. Anyone can be a premed degree. They just pick whatever major they want and then take the prereq courses as their electives for their degree. There are more majors that are not science than majors that are science in medical school.

As for your question slevit is right.