What schools have the best 7 to 8 year med programs?

jenskate1
Tue, 07 Dec 2004 20:07:35 +0000

I don’t know… I agree with you that these programs are not for everyone.

It kind of depends what you want to do. If you do not want to go into academic medicine and simply want to be a family physician or pediatrician, etc., does it really matter which med school you go to? No.

Also, I agree that med schools want diversity. I just think that the combined programs take the pressure out of making some of the decisions about what to do during the college years.

Finally, I agree with you that many 6-7 year programs do make it difficult if not impossible to do things like study abroad, internships, etc. That’s why I didn’t apply to them. But 8 year programs don’t have this restriction.

BTW, I didn’t say that a good value is what matters MOST, but yes, i think it does matter. Why pay more than you have to, you know?