Among them, more than 20 schools offer BA/MD degrees for high school students to apply directly, and then enter medical schools directly after studying for several years. The advantage of course is that students can reduce the pressure of applying for medical school and concentrate more on their studies. Some schools require students to provide MCAT scores, and only the lowest scores can directly enter medical schools, while others do not require MCAT. However, BA/MD usually requires students to have certain grades, and generally maintains a GPA of about 3.2.
Applying for BA/MD is usually carried out at the same time as applying for undergraduate courses in the same university. Apply for an undergraduate course first, and indicate that you will apply for a BA/MD again. Generally, you will add one or two essays. Usually, the theme is that practicing medicine is a lifelong commitment. Why do you want to be a doctor at an early age? This composition will be difficult for a teenager who has never seen human suffering. Most of the works are too artificial to bear.
The better BA/MD is 4+4 (such as Les+Baylor, UCSD, Brown, USC) and 3+4 (such as Boston University and Northwestern University). There is also a Northeast Ohio University with a very low evaluation, which is actually 2+4. If we compare the difficulty of undergraduate application, the best BA/MD (Les/Baylor, UCSD, Northwest, Brown) is similar to HYPSM, and the intermediate BA/MD (such as USC, BU, Drexel) is similar to Cornell and Duke. Weaker ones are similar to Berkeley, UCLA and the University of Michigan. If you have problems getting into a prestigious school, you won't have a chance to apply for BA/MD.
Coincidentally, many schools offering Bachelor of Arts/Doctor of Medicine degrees are open to international students. If you graduate at the top of your class in an American high school, you may have a good hope. (Good people are about 1% to 10%)