Getting a DUAL degree, Med School PLUS law school? Help!?
Question:
so i'm thinking of doing a dual degree...have any of you done this, would u advise this?
I'm doing DECENT in law school, not great, but the problem is that I know NOTHING about science. the last science class i took was 3 yrs ago and it was biology where i struggled to get a B/B+ average.
Is it possible for me to start from scratch and succeed? I'm thinking of devoting my summer to studying for it and just taking the MCAT with no definite plans and taking it from there depending on how I do. Will med schools even consider me since I have no background in science and my major was liberal arts? HELP!! should i even do this?
Answer:
As the previous poster said, you don't have a good chance of getting into medical school. But even aside from that, I don't see why you would want to get an MD if (a) you know nothing about science, (b) haven't take science classes beyond what seems to have been minimally required, and (c) didn't even do very well in that class.
You say you have a lack of passion for the law, but you don't have passion for medicine either. Don't just waste money by getting additional degrees. Either make your way through law school, or consider taking a leave of absence for a semester or a year and figuring out what you really want to do.
Personally, I would stick with law school just to finish what you've started, but I'm pretty risk averse like that. The great thing about a JD, though, is that you can do a lot of things with it; you're not just limited to practicing law. And even within law, you might find as you take more law school classes that you're actually passionate about some specific area (or at least like it enough to do it for a few years and make the law school investment pay off).
You're certainly not limiting yourself to one field with a law degree. People leave law firms all the time after a couple years and go into things like entertainment, business, writing, etc.
Good luck!
Go back to school and get a degree in biology. That is where you need to start. Don't worry about this. You will get all the science classes you need. After you graduate with that degree, you can apply to medical schools. You will need to have good grades to be accepted to medical school. If my friend did it, I bet you can too. I was amazed she made it through. It takes hard work, sometimes tutoring and lots of memorization and hands on. Basically as you would in anything you study. Her degree was difficult but she pulled through to graduate and then was eventually accepted into medical school. Good luck.
http://www.slaw.neu.edu/news/tufts.htm...
If you are good enough, you can try to get into this program. BU Law also have similar programs.
You're in luck because I'm a 2nd year medical student.
I'm sorry to say that you dont have a good chance of getting into medical school.
When I was doing my undergrad studies I majored in Chemistry and had a 4.0 GPA. So in your case, since its been 3 years since you took a science class, its a no go.
Also, as for the MCAT.I started studying for as soon as I started college..in your case, studying for only 1 summer will not help you get a good score on the MCAT.
Medical school is very tough to get accepted to.a lot of people that apply are people like me that devoted their undergraduate studying to get a 4.0 gpa and studied for the MCATs for a long time.
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