<p>I understand your point about critical thinking. In physics we don’t use textbooks and our teacher (who is a physicists I believe) never lectures. EVER. Not one time this entire school year…and yet I’ve learned the most from his class than any other class I have ever taken. A normal day in his class is him sitting behind his desk with the words “Find the effects of gravity on the cart” written on the board. That’s it. We have no procedures…we are divided into three groups and we all “experiment.” Then we form a circle in the middle of the room (where my teacher remains quiet the entire time) and the three groups debate until we derive a formula and come to a conclusion. Since I’m such a good critical thinker, I’m usually the only one talking…and everyone just nods and agrees with a few people debating me (even though we have a lot of smart people in my class…I’m just the bigger talker I guess you’d say). Then my teacher always buds in and questions me. Even though what I’m saying is right, he always like to make ME of all the people in the room think deeper as if he’s trying to find a flaw…and I always debate with him. Like everything in physics clicks in my head besides Newtons third law. He did a special experiment just to prove it to me, but I still don’t believe it…I’m still trying to find ways to challenge it…but anyways, I’ve developed some intense critical thinking skills in his class, and I see your point of why it’s so important for develop this. Months ago if you asked me what forces were acting on an astronaut floating in space, I would tell you, “None.” Now that I’ve been in his class I would be dumbfounded by how vague of a question that was.</p>
<p>As for the EMT program, it is three years…except we cover MUCH more than an EMT-B course. The entire first year is Anatomy and Physiology. The next year is EMT-B skills…but we also learned weird stuff. Like how to test urine, how to suture, how to make incisions, etc. This year is kind of like a paramedic course. Even though we will never be able to use these skills on a real person (or take the paramedic exam) it’s pretty cool to learn how to intubate and run basic simulations in the lab.</p>
<p>And I know I shouldn’t take the MCAT. 
I get bored sometimes. I have overbearing parents so I never get to do anything interesting unless I sneak out in the middle of the night which I can only do on the weekends to go to parties…(and what accounts for 50% of the reasons that I am graduating early)…so I either read, talk on the phone, text, or if I’m really bored take an MCAT (which I’ve only done once). </p>
<p>As for maturing into an adult, I can mature as fast as I’m required to. There have been some situations that have happened in my life that has made me mature much more rapidly than my peers. If I’m around really mature people, I will soon get to their level.</p>
<p>Also, I agree with you now about why I need to take all of the courses to prepare me for medical school, but I still don’t understand the point of the last two years. I think that’s a debatable issue. I once read an article about a fifteen year old medical student. He turned out find, I suppose. Haven’t heard anything about him killing a patient or doing something wrong due to his immaturity. You know, maturity and age is not directly correlated. I can point out to you millions of 25 year old men that I’m more mature than.</p>
<p>And I probably am going to apply with 90 semesters hours. Just to see what happens. 
If I go to Rice or Emory University and I’m apply to a very bottom tier medical school, I still couldn’t get in?</p>
<p>Also to BigRedMed, </p>
<p>I’m sure the information in the medical school curriculum would be much more relevant than the pre-medical curriculum. A general biology course at a university isn’t designed for just pre-meds…but a general biology course in medical school is designed for future doctors. </p>
<p>To kristin,</p>
<p>I’m sure if I show intense dedication and have amazing EC’s I will have a fighting chance. There’s a reason that I am choosing Oxford College of Emory University over Emory College. The classes their are smaller, the students aren’t as competitive as the Emory college students, plus the campus is only 700 students with maybe 100-150 premeds. The professors are just as highly qualified as the Emory College campus, so I will probably easily get a research internship and amazing recommendation letters. My cousin went to Oxford and got accepted to Stanford for engineering. He said the reason being was probably due to his recommendation that he got from his Oxford professor.</p>
<p>But yeah, I’ve typed a lot. So I guess I will stop.</p>