UT Dallas Major Help (Fast Track)

naokuvi
Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:28:14 +0000

Hi @hello98 I had a friend who was in the same boat as you. He graduated highschool when he was 16 and took TCC and AP courses throughout highschool and graduated undergrad at the age of 18. The thing is medical schools are very biased towards applying at such a young age. This bias seems ridiculous but he found that most schools questioned his ability to finish the rigors of medical school and have the maturity to advance and understand healthcare related decisions. For medical school you can have some pretty old people applying to get in (not just your traditional straight out of undergrad 22 year old applicant). Because he finished so fast he had to take a masters degree and apply again when he was 20-21.

My advice for you would be to take a gap year between the time you graduate (if you apply when you’re 19 then you will apply when you are 20 and enter when you are roughly 21). Use this gap year to scribe, focus on your clinical experience, etc. With a whole year of dedicated clinical experience under your belt you can show medical schools that, even though you are 1-2 years younger than most applicants, you understand deeply the philosophy and experiences associated with being a healthcare provider. Another way is to get your masters degree program in areas like biomedical sciences, this will actually help you with your medical school admissions as they can see that you have already completed a degree in a hard field.

All this being said, remember to check whether your AP scores or community college credit or whatever you have will be viable for admissions. For example, if you have both calculus and statistic credits you may want to forgo one of those credits and take it in a univeristy to show medical schools that you can perform well in a university math class. Especially with UTSW you have to be an excellent applicant so make sure everything is crisp and solid before graduating early. Best of look to you and I envy you so much for being able to zip through undergrad and reach your goal faster!