Medical School

Admissions committees for medical school evaluate data on a variety of bases that include your academic record, MCAT test scores, experience in the medical field and extracurricular activities. If you are accepted into medical school, expect that you will have a challenging schedule throughout your time there.

After beginning with a general foundation of biological and population sciences, the medical school curriculum will develop to include clinical work and then proceed even further to work with patients as well as faculty in an atmosphere that mixes the clinical and scientific aspects of disease. In the last year of medical school, students may choose a special concentration of medical study to prepare them for future residency work at a hospital.

The courses that a student can expect to take in the first two years of medical school include physiology, pharmacology, microbiology, pathology, immunology, neuroscience and more. As the courses develop they will include pathophysiology (investigating the dimensions of disease). The coursework in medical school will also include preparation for the first part of the US Medical Licensing Exam.

All the while, students will use a problem-solving approach to medical treatment and medical diagnosis and work both in the classroom and in the field to develop strong doctor-patient skills.

Most medical schools offer even more than the typical four-year program. Students may be able participate in research with doctors and researchers, pursue a joint degree or do some medical travel, all of which equip the student to become an excellent medical doctor.