Thank you!! I’m noting down all these points so we can find out more during our visit 
Thanks for the response. She did not get into ILS but she got an invitation for FIRE and submitted interest forms. Can freshmen opt to get into ILS if there are spots? I think it is by invitation only, right?
Thanks for sharing your daughter’s UMD experience.
I think this was the main reason for choosing this path. She has been determined to pursue a medical career and we felt that BSMD may reduce the uncertainty in the process to some level.
First of all, heartfelt thanks for taking so much time and sharing detailed inputs about med school and different steps involved. I’ve learned a lot this past day and i understand this process a bit better now. I plan to ask my daughter and husband to read this whole thread as well. We’ll definitely discuss more about back up specialty and other alternate options and make an informed choice.
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From UMD:
“First-year students enrolled in College Park Scholars, CIVICUS and FIRE are eligible to apply to the Honors College. If admitted, students must withdraw from those programs to join the Honors College.”
So if she decides to go to UMD, I assume she can apply to ILS, but please check with admission to confirm this.
Here is the link for UMD pre-health: https://prehealth.umd.edu/
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My DD is in BS/DO program, does not need to take MCAT with the goal to be a family doctor. If there is interest on such path, look up LECOM program. Students can apply even during or after first year, but they have to take all required courses in LECOM affiliated schools and these schools not always have space.
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@momsearcheng I don’t think any of the accepted listed schools in the thread title are on the LECOM list…but you would know better than I do.
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She can transfer, but that may cost fortune…
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Here is the LECOM list.
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Thanks for the pointers. I’ll check it out.
Thank you for the links.
Congrats on the acceptance to BS/MD program. It’s a good option if she decides to study medicine.
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I understand - but when I read their webpage, it’s showing an undergrad program being run by the med school - so I’m getting confused.
She is saying that’s a med school curriculum.
I was reading it - obviously incorrectly - as what undergrads are doing.
Their title on the page is: School of Medicine Undergraduate Medical Education
The UCs are generally more selective than CSUs, and tend to have more students in liberal arts (including science) majors that pre-med students tend to choose and which work better for fitting pre-med courses into. CSU students skew toward pre professional majors with the goal of getting a job after a bachelor’s degree.
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I think we can move on from this. It clearly says “school of medicine”.
Re: Riverside for a bachelors…this student can take all the required courses for medical school applicants there.
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It also says this - and they list the curriculum i listed. It is not talking about pre-reqs but an integrated undergraduate curriculum. It may be wrong but then they should change their website.
I keep reading it - and it says this (the paragraphs I put above about year 1-4) - so if it’s not right, they should fix their website - as it’s misleading then because they are saying they have an undergraduate program at the med school - over four years
The UCR School of Medicine’s unique Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) curriculum prepares our students for distinguished careers in clinical practice, teaching, and research.
There is nothing wrong with their website. They are talking about the first four years of med school, which are called undergraduate medical education or UME. That’s different than a bachelor’s undergraduate years.
Here are more examples, but all med schools will use the same terminology.
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OK - then I’m learning - someone else posted about it months ago and I thought that’s what it means.
Not sure why they’d call med school undergraduate - but clearly I misinterpreted.
Thanks for the education.
So we can move back to the OP, right?
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