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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here,

So, I know that a direct nursing program doesn't prepare someone for medical school.

But I am wondering about nursing programs like UMD where you take prereqs at the main campus for two years and then go to another campus for two years of nursing.  Could a student decide after 2 years that they didn't want nursing and still have enough prereqs to finish something like a B.S. in Biology with the med school prereqs in time?

Or could she start as premed and then if she gets clarity that she wants nursing, get a degree in 3 years (she has a lot of IB credits) and get a 1 year BS to BSN, and still be on track?

We're just trying to figure out what options are.

I'd also love thoughts from anyone about the difference between those two career paths.  She'd like to work in underserved communities, particularly urban ones, and is really interested in women's health.  She's always wanted to be a doctor but is now having worries that medical school debt will make working in low income communities impossible, and also about the logistics of having children and medical school/residency etc . . .  So, she's looking into CNM.  Having a couple years to make that decision while start college would be helpful.  [/quote]

I can’t speak to this specific school, but the nursing pathway and premed pathway are not interchangeable.  You will not be able to graduate in 4 yrs if you switch majors- maybe if you switch after first or second semester freshman year, but passed that you will likely add at least another year on.  The nursing sciences and other reqs are not the same as the premed ones.  
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