<p>I’m going to apply to Med Schools, BUT I’m not going to apply for the M.D program, but the Ph.D program. Thus, do I still have to finish the regular Pre-Med pre-req requirement and take the MCAT?</p>
<p>If you’re talking about the MD/PhD program, yes you need the MCAT, so yes you need the pre-reqs.</p>
<p>If you’re not talking about that, elaborate on this PhD program?</p>
<p>There are many PhD programs affiliated with medical schools, you will apply for them under the standards of other graduate programs (GRE, etc).</p>
<p>Is it often the case that those PhD programs affiliated with a medical school, combined together, are even much larger than the MD program?</p>
<p>When DS took immuno as an undergraduate, he said the professor was from the medical school. However, many students who are not undergraduates are PhD students, not MD students. These PhD students major in immuno. He also said the immuno department is a department in the medical school, not in the graduate school which often shares the same professors with the undergraduate college.</p>
<p>This leads me to speculate that the MD program is only a small part (in terms of the number of students, or professors) of a medical school. Nonetheless, maybe the MD program is kind of the “crown jewel” of all the programs in a medical school. (It may be too arrogant for me to say so.)</p>
<p>I learned that at a particular medical school, in the 4th (or other) year, the MD students will take some electives which many non-MD students will also take. Also, in the dorm (yes, that school kindly provides the students with the dorm, how nice!), many students may share a dorm room (or just the living room?) with other students. A potential problem is that MD students may live with PhD students. Almost all MD students are, how can I put it, more “main-streamed” (e.g., US citizens) while a very high percentage of PhD students were from colleges overseas. It could cause some cultural conflicts at the beginning and it requires some adjustment from both sides.</p>
<p>I do not know whether any of these are true though.</p>