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[cabrill]

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right now i am taking up nursing as my premed,
what is my chance to be in med school? is there any advantage or disadvantage with my premed course?

thanks!

[jameslynton]

Originally Posted by cabrill

right now i am taking up nursing as my premed,
what is my chance to be in med school? is there any advantage or disadvantage with my premed course?

thanks!

Hey cabrill - I get this question a great deal. You need to be sure you are taking the pre-med pre-reqs with nursing. One thing you have to understand Doctor and nurse are two different skill sets! What you learning in nursing will last about two weeks in medical school clinicals on average - then you will be even with the other medical students who did not go this route. The biggest advantage you will have will be in charting (my opinion).

Since my daughter is going this route - she needed to go to summer school to take the extra pre-med courses. Don't plan any of your pre-med courses your junior or senior year in nursing unless during the summer. Reason is in most nursing programs you will doing clinicals these two years and will not have the time literally to do any other courses. Many nursing students do extra nursing programs during the summer so they have more certifications when they graduate (ie like critical care, surgerical, ob/gyn, intensive care, neo-natal). Generally my daughter averages one-two clinical shifts a week (9-10 hours generally in the hospital(s) working a Friday or Saturday shift under supervision) along with her course work this year.

A fair number of nurses a year make the transition from RN to MD. Same with EMT to MD. The question you need to ask and be able to talk about is when you interview why do you want to leave nursing from MD programs?

[cabrill]

thanks for your advise sir, i am very bothered about other pre-med pre-reqs that nursing program doesn't offer... i'll double my effort just to catch up with the other pre-req before i enrolled in med...

can u give me some pointers what area should i double my effort just to get inside med school? thanks!

i already called a med school here in our place then they assured me that i can enrolled in med as long as i graduate with a bachelor degree( preferably medical courses) and i should pass the NMAT exam, then what ever the result of my exam the dean of that school will be the one who will evaluate whether i can enroll to med or need some catching up with other pre-req in med before i can enroll...

[Tipton]

A medical school is most likely to advise students that they can study pretty much anything they want as long as they complete the general prerequisite courses and do well on the MCAT. What you need to focus on is how are you going to be competitive among the thousands of other applicants also applying to that particular medical school.

Excellent communication skills, high cumulative and science GPAs (usually 3.70+ with some exceptions), general familiarity with current medical issues, volunteer work, research experience, demonstrating you can thrive in a rigorous academic environment...etc.

My concern with what you are attempting (gaining admission to a med school directly after completing a BSN undergrad degree) is you will be spending a ton of time and energy learning and honing professional skills which are in no way preparing you for medical school. Or if they are preparing you in some ways for medical school, you are probably no better prepared than the Philosophy graduate who also aced his sciences.

I suggest you focus your undergraduate education on what you really want to do. If you want to be an MD, prepare for medical school. If you want to be a Nurse, complete a nursing degree. Gaining admission to medical school is a large enough task by itself to risk not gaining admission because you were busy focusing on other things.