7 Year Med Programs

[i_wanna_be_Brown]

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/15096353#Comment_15096353
Emphasis mine.

As for accelerated programs, there’s one of those in my state too, and some of my friends from HS chose to attend; there’s even a few kids in my med school class who transferred out of the accelerated program. It’s set up as 1.5yr UG + 4.5yr med (with the last semester UG/first semester med line kinda blurred–so closer to 2+4). My viewpoint on it is this: the kids in the accelerated program in my state tend to do poorer on boards, fewer of them get their top choice of residency, and fewer of them end up in highly specialized fields. I would NEVER choose to sacrifice a few years of UG (which were awesome years in terms of making friends, growing up, exploring my interests, etc) in order to get to med school sooner–and be statistically less likely to end up in a field I want to practice in.