Can I go to med school for psychiatry right after my BA?
Favorite Answer
Also, if you want to go further with your education, I’d recommend taking extra science and math courses as recommended by an advisor, and probably go for a Bachelor of Science rather than a Bachelor of Arts. I say this because I never took Chemistry or Physics, and I am now having to take those courses as well as some other science courses to get the pre-requisites needed to pursue another degree, and from the research I’ve done it looks like most schools want you to have taken those courses. If you already have taken those types of classes, then that’s great!
Best of luck!
to get into medical school there is no one exact method to get in the door. some people say it is good to be one major or another – then you hear about someone else who majored in a completely unrelated subject who gets in.
generally you have to take entrance exams to get into medical school – it is like the SAT’s all over again except harder. you have to do essays about yourself and what makes you so gosh darned special. life experience shows up here.
you migh consider getting some volunteer experience with your psych degree or helping people in some way – study lots of math &human related sciences, read lots of books about sociology and culture. get to be very diversified in your knowledge and then give it a go.
good luck
You don’t have to go to med school to become a psychologist. You can get your PhD and go through that route. However, caution, there are some things that you can and can not do as a PhD psychologist so you may want to research that.
If you are interested in med school, please visit http://www.pre-med.info
- Academic Writing
- Accounting
- Anthropology
- Article
- Blog
- Business
- Career
- Case Study
- Critical Thinking
- Culture
- Dissertation
- Education
- Education Questions
- Essay Tips
- Essay Writing
- Finance
- Free Essay Samples
- Free Essay Templates
- Free Essay Topics
- Health
- History
- Human Resources
- Law
- Literature
- Management
- Marketing
- Nursing
- other
- Politics
- Problem Solving
- Psychology
- Report
- Research Paper
- Review Writing
- Social Issues
- Speech Writing
- Term Paper
- Thesis Writing
- Writing Styles