VCU guaranteed med program

[Anonymous]

what is needed to get into this?

[Anonymous]

https://honors.vcu.edu/admissions/preferred-applicant-track-medicine/

[Anonymous]

That sounds great. Get me a time machine.

[Anonymous]

These programs usually require the student to do/complete/maintain the exact same things that would be required to gain admission to medical school independently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These programs usually require the student to do/complete/maintain the exact same things that would be required to gain admission to medical school independently.

Don't know about the VCU program, but one of the attractions of most of these programs is shaving off a year of schooling from the 8 usually needed for undergrad + med school.

[Anonymous]

I know one person who was admitted to a guaranteed medical program. He also was admitted to Harvard (undergrad only) and took that option. This is to give you an idea of how competitive these programs are.

[Anonymous]

Op - the student has to be so extraordinary. Apply. Get back to us when you get in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know one person who was admitted to a guaranteed medical program. He also was admitted to Harvard (undergrad only) and took that option. This is to give you an idea of how competitive these programs are.

Just make sure the kid keeps up his grade. My brother was admitted to one of these guaranteed medical programs, got a bad grade in organic chemistry and then was no longer able to continue in the program. So he ended up with a degree from a lesser school with no guaranteed medical program when he could have graduated from an Ivy with the same outcome.

[Anonymous]

Pitt has one of these, too.

And that's no slouch medical school.