I’m in engineering right now, I am considering going to medical school, what are the perquisites I would have to have, would I have to take an extra semester to get caught up on courses?
Go to the admissions pages of some nearby med schools and peruse. Go to your colleges’ career advisory center and see what sessions they have. Many students take an extra semester or take post grad courses for the pre reqs. You’ll have to prep for the MCATs and likely, do some decent research/work or voluntarism in health or related fields.
There’s a pre-med forum here on the site as well
You can google medical school prerequisites and get the answer. Many students take an extra semester or an extra year to finish requirements and study for the MCATs.
What year are you? You don’t need to take an extra year if it’s not too late. My son was an eng’g major and finished his degree and the premed prereqs within 4 years.
Which Eng’g discipline are you in? Some disciplines require all or nearly all of the premed prereqs anyway.
You’ll need:
Bio I and II
Gen Chem I and II
Ochem I and II
Physics I and II or Physics with Calc I and II
biochem
a year of freshman comp
and recommended psychology and/or sociology, genetics, cell bio and a couple others.
Make sure to do a lot of research! And make sure you’re really passionate about being a healer. Because medical school and residency require huge sacrifices. The money isn’t as good as it used to be either, so you really have to go into it for the right reasons, wanting to be a healer. – And for those of you that do, you have my highest respect. A lot of people very close to me in my life have gone through medical school and residency and fellowship – I personally have never seen anyone work harder than doctors and surgeons in residency.
Read thru the very informative FAQ at http://www.rhodes.edu/hpa/15890.asp They also have a nice writeup in the PreMed Essentials link on the left side of that page. Another useful guide is at https://www.amherst.edu/campuslife/careers/act/gradstudy/health/guide
When your college is back in session, go see the premed advisor.
Remember it’s not just the prerequisites. Most successful med school applicants also have lots of extracurriculars related to medicine - like shadowing doctors, assisting in biomedical research, volunteering in hospitals and/or doing summer programs related to health or medicine.
The best starting point is to talk to the pre-med adviser at your college. They are the most familiar with the specifics of your program and will be the most helpful. They can review everything in details to see what needs to be done in your specific situation.