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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]VCU has under a 5% acceptance rate. One thing they do mention is the average accepted applicant has 450 hours of healthcare-related experience.

It's a way of seeing if the kid is genuinely interested in a medical career and has an idea of the commitment they are making. [/quote]

This is crazy. How do you get these hours?[/quote]

For the person I know who did a BA/MD, it was a mix of things over the 3 years of high school before applications:
* science research (through a class at school that got her into a lab at the local university for the summer...obviously not an option for every kid)
[b]* EMT class/ambulance ridealongs with the local fire department
* part-time job during school year and summers as a pharmacy tech
* candy striper at local hospital[/b]

She had other ECs too, and high test scores and grades. Luckily went to a good suburban public school and had supportive parents, but she's the first doctor in her family. [/quote]

I have a daughter who is an EMT and she was not allowed to enroll in the course until she had finished high school and was 18 in our state.  I thought it was national

What are age restrictions on these, does anyone know?[/quote][/quote]

Can do at 16 with parent permission. Can also take national exam at 16 with parent permission. [/quote]

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